Tarik Tihan, MD, PhD
Research and Clinical Interests
My goal is to develop a better understanding of the critical elements for histological classification of primary CNS neoplasms with specific emphasis on pediatric brain tumors, their distinctive subtypes and prognostic markers for each subtype. Our observations contributed to the understanding of biological behavior and molecular features in some tumors such as pilomyxoid astrocytomas. My laboratory actively collaborates with many colleagues from the Brain Tumor Research Center, UCSF, and scientists from other institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, and the Mayo Clinic to better define entities, and novel prognostic markers. I participate in the activities of California Childhood Brain Tumor Consortium, Children’s Oncology Group and WHO Classification of Tumours of the Nervous System. I take an active role in our professional organizations as the Vice President for Professional Affairs of the American Association for Neuropathologists. I also function as a member of the test material development committee of the NBME for Step I examination.
Selected Publications
- Bondy ML, Scheurer ME, Malmer B, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Davis FG, Il'yasova D, Kruchko C, McCarthy BJ, Rajaraman P, Schwartzbaum JA, Sadetzki S, Schlehofer B, Tihan T, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M, Buffler PA: Brain tumor epidemiology: consensus from the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium. Cancer 113:1953-1968, 2008.
- Chang JS, Yeh RF, Wiencke JK, Wiemels JL, Smirnov I, Pico AR, Tihan T, Patoka J, Miike R, Sison JD, Rice T, Wrensch MR: Pathway analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms potentially associated with glioblastoma multiforme susceptibility using random forests. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1368-1373, 2008.
- Fisher PG, Tihan T, Goldthwaite PT, Wharam MD, Carson BS, Weingart JD, Repka MX, Cohen KJ, Burger PC: Outcome analysis of childhood low-grade astrocytomas. Pediatr Blood Cancer 51:245-250, 2008.
- Pico AR, Smirnov IV, Chang JS, Yeh RF, Wiemels JL, Wiencke JK, Tihan T, Conklin BR, Wrensch M: SNPLogic: an interactive single nucleotide polymorphism selection, annotation, and prioritization system. Nucleic Acids Res, 2008.
- Smith JS, Chang EF, Lamborn KR, Chang SM, Prados MD, Cha S, Tihan T, Vandenberg S, McDermott MW, Berger MS: Role of extent of resection in the long-term outcome of low-grade hemispheric gliomas. J Clin Oncol 26:1338-1345, 2008.
- Tihan T, Zhou T, Holmes E, Burger PC, Ozuysal S, Rushing EJ: The prognostic value of histological grading of posterior fossa ependymomas in children: a Children's Oncology Group study and a review of prognostic factors. Mod Pathol 21:165-177, 2008.
Selected Awards
- 2001-2002 W Barry Wood Jr. Award for Teaching Excellence, JHU Medical School
- 2002-2003 UCSF Department of Pathology Teaching Excellence Award
- 2002-2003 UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, Diane RalstonTeaching Award
- 2004-2005 UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery Diane Ralston Teaching Award
- Professor of Pathology
- Pathology
- Neuropathology
Specialty Area
Neuropathology
Contact Information
- tarik.tihan@
ucsf.edu - Phone: (415) 476-5236
- Pager: (415) 433-1390
- Fax: (415) 476-7963
- Neuropathology Unit
- 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M551
- San Francisco, CA 94143-0102
Other UCSF Organizational Association(s)
- Brain Tumor Research Center
Hospital Affiliation(s)
- UCSF Medical Center