August 16-22, 2010
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
Vail, Colorado
Jaishri Blakeley, MD
Dr. Jaishri Blakeley specializes in the care of patients with tumors of the nervous system including both primary brain tumors and
peripheral nerve tumors. Her research focuses on the development of clinical trials for these tumors and specifically, on translational
studies including tumor pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic investigations.
Dr. Blakeley received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 2001 and completed a year of internal medicine at Baylor prior
to moving to the Johns Hopkins University for her residency in Neurology. She then completed a two year fellowship in Neuro-Oncology at
Johns Hopkins. She is now an Assistant Professor in Neurology, Oncology and Neurosurgery and is Director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive
Neurofibromatosis Center (JHCNFC). She focuses her clinical efforts on the diagnosis and management of primary brain tumors in adults such
as glioblastoma multiforme, anaplastic astrocytoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma and low grade gliomas. In her role as director of JHCNFC
she designs clinical trials for rare diseases such as vestibular schwannomas in patients with neurofibromatosis type II (NF2). She is a
member of the Adult Brain Tumor Consortium and currently the national chairperson for two clinical trials for patients with malignant
gliomas and 2 clinical trials for patients with NF2 associated vestibular schwannomas.
APPLICATIONS DUE BY 3/26/2010
ACCEPTED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TUITION AND EXPENSES
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Supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
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