Anuradha Banerjee, MD

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, A.B., 1987, Human Biology
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, M.P.H., 1990, Epidemiology
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, M.D., 1992, Medicine
Univ. of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Resident, 1995, Pediatrics
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, Chief Resident, 1996, Pediatrics
Univ of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Clinical Fellow, 1996-99, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

• 1999-2000
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• 2001-2007
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, Divisions of Pediatric Oncology and Neuro-oncology, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
• 2007-Present
  Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, Divisions of Pediatric Oncology and Neuro-oncology, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

• Etzell J, McDonald B, Keet, C, Banerjee A. Medulloblastoma simulating acute leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Nov;28(11):703-10. Review.
• Pollack IF, Jakaki RJ, Blaney S, Hancock M, Kieran MW, Phillips P, Kun L, Friedman H, Packer R, Banerjee A, Geyer JR, Goldman SJ, Poussaint Ty, Want Y, Hayes M, Smith M, Weiner S, Boyett, JM. A Phase I Trial of STI571 (Imatinib Mesylate) in Children with Newly Diagnosed Poor Prognosis Brainstem Gliomas and Recurrent Intracranial Malignant Gliomas: A Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) Report. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Apr;9(2):145-60
• Kieran MW, Packer RJ, Onar A, Blaney SM, Phillips P, Pollack IF, Geyer JR, Gururangan S, Banerjee A, Goldman S, Turner CD, Belasco JB, Broniscer A, Zhu Y, Frank E, Kirschmeier P, Statkevich P, Yver A, Boyett JM, Kun LE. Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of the oral farnesyltransferase inhibitor lonafarnib administered twice daily to pediatric patients with advanced central nervous system tumors using a modified continuous reassessment method: a Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Study. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 20;25(21):3137-43.
• Pang J, Banerjee A, Tihan T. The value of tandem CSF/MRI evaluation for predicting disseminated disease in childhood central nervous system neoplasms. J Neurooncol. 2008 Mar;87(1):97-102
• McBride SM, Daganzo SM, Banerjee A, Gupta N, Lamborn KR, Prados MD, Berger MS, Wara WM, Haas-Kogan DA. Radiation is an Important Component of Multimodality Therapy for Pediatric Non-Pineal Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 May 15
• Haas-Kogan DA, Banerjee A, Kocak M, Prados MD, Geyer JR, Fouladi M, McKnight T, Poussaint TY, Broniscer A, Blaney SM, Boyett JM, Kun LE. Phase I trial of tipifarnib in children with newly diagnosed intrinsic diffuse brainstem glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2008 Jun;10(3):341-7
• Tate MC, Banerjee A, Vandenberg SR, Tihan T, Chi JH, Ames CP, Parsa AT. Post-radiation reactive changes in a single vertebral body mimicking metastatic pineoblastoma. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Nov;4(5):479-83
• Hashizume R, Ozawa T, Dinca EB, Banerjee A, Prados MD, James CD, Gupta N. A human brainstem glioma xenograft model enabled for bioluminescence imaging. J Neurooncol. 2009 Jul 8.
• Hashizume R, Gupta N, Berger MS, Banerjee A, Prados MD, Ayers-Ringler J, James CD, VandenBerg SR. Morphologic and molecular characterization of ATRT xenografts adapted for orthotopic therapeutic testing. Neuro Oncol. 2010 Apr;12(4):366-76. Epub 2010 Jan 11
• Geyer JR, Stewart CF, Kocak M, Broniscer A, Phillips P, Douglas JG, Blaney SM, Packer RJ, Gururangan S, Banerjee A, Kieran MW, Kun LE, Gilbertson RJ, Boyett JM. A phase I and biology study of gefitinib and radiation in children with newly diagnosed brain stem gliomas or supratentorial malignant gliomas. Eur J Cancer. 2010 Aug 12.
• Mishra KK, Squire S, Lamborn K, Banerjee A, Gupta N, Wara WM, Prados MD, Berger MS, Haas-Kogan DA. Phase II TPDCV protocol for pediatric low-grade hypothalamic/chiasmatic gliomas: 15-year update. J Neurooncol. 2010 Oct;100(1):121-7. Epub 2010 Mar 1
• Hashizume R, Gupta N, Berger MS, Banerjee A, Prados MD, Ayers-Ringler J, James CD, VandenBerg SR. Morphologic and molecular characterization of ATRT xenografts adapted for orthotopic therapeutic testing, Neuro Oncol. 2010 Apr;12(4):366-76. Epub 2010 Jan 11.
• Pollack IF, Stewart CF, Kocak M, Poussaint TY, Broniscer A, Banerjee A, Douglas JG, Kun LE, Boyett JM, Geyer JR. A phase II study of gefitinib and irradiation in children with newly diagnosed brainstem gliomas: a report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. Neuro Oncol. 2011 Mar;13(3):290-7. Epub 2011 Feb
• Haas-Kogan DA, Banerjee A, Poussaint TY, Kocak M, Prados MD, Geyer JR, Fouladi M, Broniscer A, Minturn JE, Pollack IF, Packer RJ, Boyett JM, Kun L. Phase II trial of tipifarnib and radiation in children with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas. Neuro Oncol. 2011 Mar;13(3):298-306
• Tihan T, Ersen A, Qaddoumi I, Sughayer MA, Tolunay S, Al-Hussaini M, Phillips J, Gupta N, Goldhoff P, Banerjee A. Pathologic Characteristics of Pediatric Intracranial Pilocytic Astrocytomas and Their Impact on Outcome in 3 Countries: A Multi-institutional Study. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Oct 10 [Epub ahead of print]