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Andrew T. Parsa, M.D.

Neurosurgeon

Dr. Andrew Parsa is a neurosurgeon who specializes in brain and spinal cord tumors in adults. He's experienced in the surgical treatment of skull base tumors, acoustic neuromas and intraoperative mapping of brain function to optimize tumor resection and is an active member of the Gamma Knife radiosurgery program. Parsa's research interests include the development of a brain tumor vaccine.

Parsa won the 2003 Young Clinician Investigator Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He earned a medical degree at the Brooklyn College of Medicine at the State University of New York and completed a residency in neurosurgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.

Clinics

Neuro-Oncology Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2966
Fax: (415) 353-2167

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Neurosurgery Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-7500
Fax: (415) 353-2939

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Andrew T. Parsa

Additional Languages

French

Education

SUNY, Brooklyn College of Medicine 1996

Residencies

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Neurosurgery 2002

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Safaee M, Clark AJ, Oh MC, Ivan ME, Bloch O, Kaur G, Sun MZ, Kim JM, Oh T, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Overexpression of CD97 Confers an Invasive Phenotype in Glioblastoma Cells and Is Associated with Decreased Survival of Glioblastoma Patients. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e62765.
  2. Michaud DS, Siddiq A, Cox DG, Backes DM, Calboli FC, Sughrue ME, Gaziano JM, Ma J, Stampfer M, Tworoger SS, Hunter DJ, Camargo CA, Parsa AT. Mannose-binding lectin 2 gene and risk of adult glioma. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e61117.
  3. Safaee M, Clark AJ, Bloch O, Oh MC, Singh A, Auguste KI, Gupta N, McDermott MW, Aghi MK, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Surgical outcomes in choroid plexus papillomas: an institutional experience. J Neurooncol. 2013 May; 113(1):117-25.
  4. Oh MC, Kim JM, Kaur G, Safaee M, Sun MZ, Singh A, Aranda D, Molinaro AM, Parsa AT. Prognosis by tumor location in adults with spinal ependymomas. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Mar; 18(3):226-35.
  5. Huang T, Mueller S, Rutkowski MJ, Han SJ, Bloch O, Barani IJ, Parsa AT, Chang SM. Multidisciplinary care of patients with brain tumors. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013 Apr; 22(2):161-78.
  6. Bloch O, Parsa AT. Skull base chondrosarcoma: evidence-based treatment paradigms. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2013 Jan; 24(1):89-96.
  7. Kaur G, Kane AJ, Sughrue ME, Madden M, Oh MC, Sun MZ, Safaee M, El-Sayed I, Aghi M, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Parsa AT. The prognostic implications of Hyam's subtype for patients with Kadish stage C esthesioneuroblastoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Feb; 20(2):281-6.
  8. Oh MC, Sayegh ET, Safaee M, Sun MZ, Kaur G, Kim JM, Aranda D, Molinaro AM, Gupta N, Parsa AT. Prognosis by tumor location for pediatric spinal cord ependymomas. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Mar; 11(3):282-8.
  9. Oh MC, Ivan ME, Sun MZ, Kaur G, Safaee M, Kim JM, Sayegh ET, Aranda D, Parsa AT. Adjuvant radiotherapy delays recurrence following subtotal resection of spinal cord ependymomas. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Feb; 15(2):208-15.
  10. Safaee M, Oh MC, Bloch O, Sun MZ, Kaur G, Auguste KI, Tihan T, Parsa AT. Choroid plexus papillomas: advances in molecular biology and understanding of tumorigenesis. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Mar; 15(3):255-67.
  11. Kaur G, Kane AJ, Sughrue ME, Oh M, Safaee M, Sun M, Tihan T, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Parsa AT. MIB-1 labeling index predicts recurrence in intraventricular central neurocytomas. J Clin Neurosci. 2013 Jan; 20(1):89-93.
  12. Clark AJ, Cage TA, Aranda D, Parsa AT, Sun PP, Auguste KI, Gupta N. A systematic review of the results of surgery and radiotherapy on tumor control for pediatric craniopharyngioma. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Feb; 29(2):231-8.
  13. Oh MC, Kim JM, Safaee M, Kaur G, Sun MZ, Kaur R, Celli A, Mauro TM, Parsa AT. Overexpression of calcium-permeable glutamate receptors in glioblastoma derived brain tumor initiating cells. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e47846.
  14. Bloch O, Han SJ, Cha S, Sun MZ, Aghi MK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Parsa AT. Impact of extent of resection for recurrent glioblastoma on overall survival. J Neurosurg. 2012 Dec; 117(6):1032-8.
  15. Prendes BL, Groppo ER, Reynolds CL, Parsa AT, Cheung SW. A spheroid weighted-axis converter of vestibular schwannoma size: maximum diameter and cisternal volume. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Jan; 148(1):108-14.
  16. Oh T, Nagasawa DT, Fong BM, Trang A, Gopen Q, Parsa AT, Yang I. Intraoperative neuromonitoring techniques in the surgical management of acoustic neuromas. Neurosurg Focus. 2012 Sep; 33(3):E6.
  17. Sun MZ, Oh MC, Safaee M, Kaur G, Parsa AT. Neuroanatomical correlation of the House-Brackmann grading system in the microsurgical treatment of vestibular schwannoma. Neurosurg Focus. 2012 Sep; 33(3):E7.
  18. Clark AJ, Cage TA, Aranda D, Parsa AT, Auguste KI, Gupta N. Treatment-related morbidity and the management of pediatric craniopharyngioma: a systematic review. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Oct; 10(4):293-301.
  19. Crane CA, Han SJ, Ahn B, Oehlke J, Kivett V, Fedoroff A, Butowski N, Chang SM, Clarke J, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Prados MD, Parsa AT. Individual Patient-Specific Immunity against High-Grade Glioma after Vaccination with Autologous Tumor Derived Peptides Bound to the 96 KD Chaperone Protein. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Jan 1; 19(1):205-14.
  20. Han SJ, Zygourakis C, Lim M, Parsa AT. Immunotherapy for glioma: promises and challenges. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2012 Jul; 23(3):357-70.

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