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James L. Rubenstein, Ph.D., M.D.

Blood disorder specialist

Dr. James Rubenstein is a hematologist-oncologist or blood disorders specialist, whose expertise is treating patients with neurologic complications from cancer, in particular patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the brain, called central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. He also specializes in patients with cancer that has spread to the brain from other parts of the body. In his research, he is interested in immunologic tools to improve tumor response to chemotherapy and radiation treatment, to minimize toxicity from treatment and the development of tumor biomarkers to diagnose brain tumors.

Rubenstein earned a medical degree at Cornell University Medical College in New York and completed a residency in internal medicine at Stanford University Medical Center. He earned a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular neurosciences at Rockefeller University in New York and completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at UCSF, including training in neuro-oncology. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Association of Cancer Research. He won a Scholar in Clinical Research Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and a Research Career Award from the National Cancer Institute. He is an associate professor of medicine, in residence.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant
400 Parnassus Ave.,
Suite A-502
San Francisco, CA 94143
Existing Patients: (415) 353-2421
New Patients: (415) 353-2051

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

More about James L. Rubenstein

Additional Languages

French

Education

Cornell University Medical College 1992

Residencies

Stanford, Internal Medicine 1995

Fellowships

UCSF Cancer Research Institute, Hematology/Oncology 1997

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Wieduwilt MJ, Valles F, Issa S, Behler CM, Hwang J, McDermott M, Treseler P, O'Brien J, Shuman MA, Cha S, Damon LE, Rubenstein JL. Immunochemotherapy with intensive consolidation for primary CNS lymphoma: a pilot study and prognostic assessment by diffusion-weighted MRI. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 15; 18(4):1146-55.
  2. Chan CC, Rubenstein JL, Coupland SE, Davis JL, Harbour JW, Johnston PB, Cassoux N, Touitou V, Smith JR, Batchelor TT, Pulido JS. Primary vitreoretinal lymphoma: a report from an international primary central nervous system lymphoma collaborative group symposium. Oncologist. 2011; 16(11):1589-99.
  3. Rubenstein JL, Treseler PA, Stewart PJ. Regression of refractory intraocular large B-cell lymphoma with lenalidomide monotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jul 10; 29(20):e595-7.
  4. Algazi AP, Kadoch C, Rubenstein JL. Biology and treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma. Neurotherapeutics. 2009 Jul; 6(3):587-97.
  5. Kadoch C, Dinca EB, Voicu R, Chen L, Nguyen D, Parikh S, Karrim J, Shuman MA, Lowell CA, Treseler PA, James CD, Rubenstein JL. Pathologic correlates of primary central nervous system lymphoma defined in an orthotopic xenograft model. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Mar 15; 15(6):1989-97.
  6. Mrugala MM, Rubenstein JL, Ponzoni M, Batchelor TT. Insights into the biology of primary central nervous system lymphoma. Curr Oncol Rep. 2009 Jan; 11(1):73-80.
  7. Rubenstein JL, Shen A, Batchelor TT, Kadoch C, Treseler P, Shuman MA. Differential gene expression in central nervous system lymphoma. Blood. 2009 Jan 1; 113(1):266-7; author reply 267-8.
  8. Yang I, Delpolyi A, Sughrue ME, Rubenstein J, Bollen AW, Parsa AT. Sarcoidosis of the pineal gland: an unusual presentation of neurosarcoidosis. J Neurooncol. 2009 Jan; 91(1):113-6.
  9. Rubenstein J, Ferreri AJ, Pittaluga S. Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system: epidemiology, pathology and current approaches to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. Leuk Lymphoma. 2008; 49 Suppl 1:43-51.
  10. Roy S, Josephson SA, Fridlyand J, Karch J, Kadoch C, Karrim J, Damon L, Treseler P, Kunwar S, Shuman MA, Jones T, Becker CH, Schulman H, Rubenstein JL. Protein biomarker identification in the CSF of patients with CNS lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jan 1; 26(1):96-105.
  11. Rubenstein JL, Fridlyand J, Abrey L, Shen A, Karch J, Wang E, Issa S, Damon L, Prados M, McDermott M, O'Brien J, Haqq C, Shuman M. Phase I study of intraventricular administration of rituximab in patients with recurrent CNS and intraocular lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Apr 10; 25(11):1350-6.
  12. Kadoch C, Treseler P, Rubenstein JL. Molecular pathogenesis of primary central nervous system lymphoma. Neurosurg Focus. 2006; 21(5):E1.
  13. Rubenstein JL, Fridlyand J, Shen A, Aldape K, Ginzinger D, Batchelor T, Treseler P, Berger M, McDermott M, Prados M, Karch J, Okada C, Hyun W, Parikh S, Haqq C, Shuman M. Gene expression and angiotropism in primary CNS lymphoma. Blood. 2006 May 1; 107(9):3716-23.
  14. Orr JW, Dosoretz DD, Mahoney D, Roland PY, Kelly FJ, Blitzer P, Nakfoor B, Katin M, Rubenstein J, Boothby RR. Surgically (laparotomy/laparoscopy) guided placement of high dose rate interstitial irradiation catheters (LG-HDRT): technique and outcome. Gynecol Oncol. 2006 Jan; 100(1):145-8.
  15. Rubenstein JL, Treseler P, O'Brien JM. Pathology and genetics of primary central nervous system and intraocular lymphoma. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2005 Aug; 19(4):705-17, vii.
  16. Shenkier TN, Blay JY, O'Neill BP, Poortmans P, Thiel E, Jahnke K, Abrey LE, Neuwelt E, Tsang R, Batchelor T, Harris N, Ferreri AJ, Ponzoni M, O'Brien P, Rubenstein J, Connors JM. Primary CNS lymphoma of T-cell origin: a descriptive analysis from the international primary CNS lymphoma collaborative group. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Apr 1; 23(10):2233-9.
  17. Rubenstein JL, Combs D, Rosenberg J, Levy A, McDermott M, Damon L, Ignoffo R, Aldape K, Shen A, Lee D, Grillo-Lopez A, Shuman MA. Rituximab therapy for CNS lymphomas: targeting the leptomeningeal compartment. Blood. 2003 Jan 15; 101(2):466-8.
  18. Rubenstein J, Fischbein N, Aldape K, Burton E, Shuman M. Hemorrhage and VEGF expression in a case of primary CNS lymphoma. J Neurooncol. 2002 May; 58(1):53-6.
  19. Marín O, Yaron A, Bagri A, Tessier-Lavigne M, Rubenstein JL. Sorting of striatal and cortical interneurons regulated by semaphorin-neuropilin interactions. Science. 2001 Aug 3; 293(5531):872-5.
  20. Hevner RF, Shi L, Justice N, Hsueh Y, Sheng M, Smiga S, Bulfone A, Goffinet AM, Campagnoni AT, Rubenstein JL. Tbr1 regulates differentiation of the preplate and layer 6. Neuron. 2001 Feb; 29(2):353-66.

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