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John Boockvar, M.D.

Dr. John Boockvar is a board certified adult neurosurgeon. Dr. Boockvar received a B.A. and graduated Cum Laude from theUniversityof Pennsylvania. Dr. Boockvar received an M.D. from SUNY Brooklyn-Downstate Medical Center where he graduated Summa Cum Laudewith Distinction in Research and was medical school class valedictorian. Dr. Boockvar did his surgical internship and neurosurgicalresidency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Boockvar did his NIH supported Post Doctoral research trainingin Neuro-oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Boockvar did specialized surgical training in brain and spinal tumors.

Dr.Boockvar's surgical focus is in benign and malignant brain tumors (go to www.cornellneurosurgery.org/braintumor),skull baseand endoscopic pituitary surgery, spinal tumors, minimally invasive spinal surgery and complex spinal disorders. Dr. Boockvarperforms minimally invasive brain and spinal neurosurgery.

Dr. Boockvar currently directs the Cornell Neurosurgery Laboratoryfor Translational Stem Cell Research and is Director of the Brain Tumor Research Group at Weill Cornell. Dr. Boockvar's laboratoryinterests have focused on studying adult human neural stem cell biology to investigate brain tumor formation and stem cellmigration and survival. Dr. Boockvar's laboratory is funded by the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Boockvar served as Editor-in-Chiefof the journal Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy and is an editorial board member of the journal Recent Patents on Anti-CancerDrug Discovery. He is an ad-hoc reviewer for Neurosurgery, Brain Research and Human Gene Therapy.

Dr.Boockvar has beenhighlighted in multiple newspapers (New York Times, Daily News, Wall Street Journal, Crain's)and on television for his researchon stem cells and for his minimally invasive surgical approaches.  Most recently he was seen on ABC World News Tonightand CBS Evening News for his work on stem cells. Dr. Boockvar is a frequent live medical consultant for the Fox Cable NewsNetwork.

If you would like to make an appointment with Dr. Boockvar, please call 212-746-1996.

AdministrativeAssistant to Dr. Boockvar:  Erma Bell

Clinical Practice Coordinators for Dr. Boockvar:  ReginaFoskey and Kattia Alexandre

Nurse Practioner for Dr. Boockvar:  Sharese Fralin

SurgicalCoordinator for Dr. Boockvar:  Camille Cesar

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Formore information on Brain Tumors, please visit the following sites:
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Dr. John Boockvar is currently the Alvina and Willis Murphy Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. He received a B.A. and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Boockvar received an M.D. from SUNY Brooklyn-Downstate Medical Center where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with Distinction in Research and was medical school class valedictorian. Dr. Boockvar served as President of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He did his surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He directed the University of Pennsylvania endoscopic pituitary and skull base laboratory and completed fellowship training in neurooncology and complex spine surgery.

Dr. Boockvar's surgical focus is in benign and malignant brain tumors, skull base and endoscopic pituitary surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery and complex spinal surgery. Dr. Boockvar performs minimally invasive brain and spinal surgery. Dr. Boockvar was recently featured on ABC World News Tonight for his work on minimally invasive approaches to brain and spinal surgery.

Dr. Boockvar directs the Neurosurgical Laboratory for Translational Stem Cell and Brain Tumor Research. His laboratory interests have focused on neural stem cells to investigate brain tumor formation and stem cell survival after intracerebral transplantation. Towards this effort, he has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NCI and NINDS) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Boockvar was awarded the AANS/CNS Joint Section of Neurotrauma and Critical Care's Young Investigator Award, a National Research Service Award from the NIH and the 2004 Anspach Research Award in cerebral ischemia. Last year, Dr. Boockvar was awarded The Charles Elsberg Fellowship from The New York Academy of Medicine and the American Brain Tumor Association Research Fellowship for his work on human neural stem cells. Dr. Boockvar was awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Young Investigator's Award for his research on brain tumors. This year, Dr. Boockvar was awarded the Starr Foundation Award as well as a 5 year research award from the National Cancer Institute for his work on brain tumor stem cells.

Dr. Boockvar is a scientific reviewer for the journals Neurosurgery, Brain Research, and Human Gene Therapy and is an editorial board member for the journal Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery. Dr. Boockvar was recently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy.

If you would like to make an appointment with Dr. Boockvar, please call 212-746-1996.

Administrative Assistant to Dr. Boockvar:  Erma Bell

Clinical Practice Coordinators for Dr. Boockvar:  Regina Foskey

Nurse Practioner for Dr. Boockvar:  Sharese Fralin

Surgical Coordinator for Dr. Boockvar: Camille Cesar

For more information about our Brain Tumor Center, please visit us at www.cornellneurosurgery.org/braintumor.

For more information on Brain Tumors, please visit the following sites:
New York Brain Tumor Center
Brain Tumor Research Group

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