Burt Feuerstein, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Burt Feuerstein grew up in Buffalo, NY, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in music (1972), and from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Dentistry/Roswell Park Cancer Institute with an MD and PhD in pharmacology (1979). He completed his residency in

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Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of California San Francisco, was professor of Lab Medicine and Neurological Surgery at UCSF, and is emeritus since 2006. Burt moved to Barrow Neurological Institute in 2006, and joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix in 2010. He is Professor of Child Health and Neurology, and retired in 2018. His present academic interests include drug development, brain tumor diagnosis and therapy, medical ethics in human research, and mentoring.

PATENT INFORMATION for Dr. Burt Feuerstein:

Therapeutic polyamines Inventors: Basu; Hirak S. (Pacifica, CA), Feuerstein; Burt (San Francisco, CA), Marton; Laurence (Fitchburg, WI), Samejima; Keijiro (Kokubunji, Tokyo 185, JP) Family ID: 22521929 Appl. No.: 08/147,527 Filed: November 5, 1993

Therapeutic polyamines Inventors: Feuerstein; Burt G. (San Francisco, CA), Mohapatra; Gayatry (San Francisco, CA), Kim; Dong H. (San Francisco, CA) Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) Family ID: 23595852 Appl. No.: 08/403,457 Filed: March 14, 1995

Genetic gain and loss in gliomas Inventors: Feuerstein; Burt G. (San Francisco, CA), Mohapatra; Gayatry (San Francisco, CA), Kim; Dong H. (San Francisco, CA) Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) Family ID: 23595852 Appl. No.: 08/403,457 Filed: March 14, 1995

Glioma-associated nucleic acid probes Inventors: Feuerstein; Burt G. (San Francisco, CA), Mohapatra; Gayatry (San Francisco, CA), Kim; Dong Hyung (San Francisco, CA) Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) Family ID: 23595852 Appl. No.: 08/812,609 Filed: March 6, 1997

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship Pediatric Hematology/Oncology University of California, San Francisco 1985
  • Residency Pediatrics University of California, San Francisco 1982
  • MD and PhD Medicine and Pharmacology University at Buffalo 1979
  • BA Music Wesleyan University 1972

Grants and Projects

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Publications (96)

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DNA, NeoplasmGene DosageBrain NeoplasmsPolyaminesGlioblastomaChromosomes, Human, Pair 7In Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceAstrocytomaChromosome AberrationsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktChromosomes, Human, Pair 1Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17SpermineGliomaNucleic Acid Hybridization

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