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Frederick A Boop MD

Memphis, TN 38120
United States (US)
Chiari Malformation, Craniosynostosis, Epilepsy, Plagiocephaly, Shunt obstruction / infection
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Background Information

About Me:

Chairman and a Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

I obtained my Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Arkansas in 1978 before gaining my Medical Degree in 1983 from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. My Internship was completed at the University of Texas Health Science Center in 1984, as was my Neurosurgical Residency, which I completed in 1989. In 1989 I completed a Fellowship in Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota, and in 1990 a Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. I am certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. Boop

I am currently a consultant on an NIH program project in investigation cytokines involved in the reparative cascade of events within the central nervous system following injury. Additionally, I am also involved as a principle investigator in a multi-center clinical trial of new programmable shunt valves and involved in the clinical investigation of outcomes following surgery for intractable epilepsy and spasticity.

Qualifications and Training:

BA - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (1978)
MD - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock (1983)
Internship
1983-84 - The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Residency
1984-89 - The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, Neurosurgery Resident
Oct-Dec 1986 - Neurology Rotation, The National Hospital, Queen's Square, London
Aug-Sep 1987 - Pediatric Neurosurgery Rotation, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

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Website: http://www.semmes-murphey.com/frederick-boop

Fellowships:

July-Dec 1989 - Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota
Dec-June 1990 - Pediatric Neurosurgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital

Selected Publications:

Retreatment of a choroidal vein of Galen malformation with embolization 42 years after open surgical treatment in the neonatal period.
Elijovich L, Choudhri AF, Arthur AS, Klimo P, Boop FA, Berenstein A.
J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Oct 8. pii: neurintsurg-2016-012709.rep. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012709.rep. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
27798855
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Clinical Characteristics and Long-Term Outcomes of Movement Disorders in Childhood Thalamic Tumors.
Sadighi ZS, Zabrowski J, Boop FA, Broniscer A, Gajjar A, Khan RB.
Pediatr Neurol. 2016 Aug 22. pii: S0887-8994(16)30242-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2016.08.012. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
27773422
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MiRNA203 suppresses the expression of protumorigenic STAT1 in glioblastoma to inhibit tumorigenesis.
Yang CH, Wang Y, Sims M, Cai C, He P, Yue J, Cheng J, Boop FA, Pfeffer SR, Pfeffer LM.
Oncotarget. 2016 Oct 2. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.12401. [Epub ahead of print]
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