Andy Bollen, DVM, MD
Professor
Pathology
School of Medicine

415-476-5236

Dr. Andrew Bollen specializes in neuropathology (diagnosis of nervous system disease by examining tissue, fluid or other samples). His expertise includes central nervous system tumors and infections as well as muscle and nerve pathology.

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Bollen earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego. At UCSF, he completed a residency in anatomic pathology and a fellowship in neuropathology, and subsequently joined the faculty. In addition, he has a doctor of veterinary medicine degree.

Awards

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  • Listed in San Francisco Super Doctors, 2012
  • Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2009
  • Listed in Best Doctors in America, Top Pathologists, U.S. News and World Report, 2009
  • America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, Castle Connolly, 2005
  • Listed in America’s Top Doctors, 2002
  • America’s Top Doctor, Neuropathology, Castle Connolly Guide, 2001
  • A. Baird Hastings Society, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 1985
  • Phi Zeta, Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine, 1980

Education & Training

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  • Resident Clinical Pathology (Laboratory Medicine) University of California, San Francisco 1991
  • Fellow Neuropathology University of California, San Francisco 1989
  • Chief Resident Anatomic Pathology University of California, San Francisco 1988
  • Resident Anatomic Pathology University of California, San Francisco 1987
  • M.D. Medicine University of California, San Diego 1985
  • Resident Veterinary Pathology University of California, Davis 1981
  • DVM Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis 1980
  • A.B. cum laude Biology Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1975

Interests

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  • Brain Tumors
  • Infections of the Central Nervous System
  • Radiation effect
  • CNS Vascular Malformations
  • Epilepsy
  • Skeletal Muscle and Peripheral Nerve Disease
  • Veterinary Neuropathology

Websites

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Publications (239)

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Subacute Sclerosing PanencephalitisBrain NeoplasmsMutationAstrocytomaNeoplasms, NeuroepithelialEpendymomaOligodendrogliomaNeurilemmomaIntracranial Arteriovenous MalformationsGlioblastomaDog DiseasesPolymerase Chain ReactionAmebiasisAmyloidosisGlioma

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