FREDERICK A. BOOP, M.D.

Chief

Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

LeBonheur Children's Hospital

Professor and Director

Department of Neurosurgery

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Address

Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute

1211 Union Ave., Suite 200

Memphis, TN 38104

Tel: (901) 259-5321; Fax: (901) 259-5300

Lab: UTHSC, 847 Monroe Ave, Suite 427

Education

M.D. Institution: University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

Residency Training: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX; Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital, Queen's Square, London; Pediatric Neurosurgery Roation, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CAN

Research Interests

Our current research efforts are divided into clinical research and basic science research.

For an overview of our laboratory efforts, please visit our UT laboratory website Research and Education > Center for Brain Tumor Research.

For an overview of our clinical trials in pediatric brain tumors, please visit the St. Jude website.

Links

Methodist Healthcare - Frederick A. Boop

St Jude Faculty - Frederick A. Boop

Recent Publications

• Boop FA. Germ cell tumors. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Aug;6(2):123; discussion 124. No abstract available. PMID: 20672931
• Johnson RA, Wright KD, Poppleton H, Mohankumar KM, Finkelstein D, Pounds SB, Rand V, Leary SE, White E, Eden C, Hogg T, Northcott P, Mack S, Neale G, Wang YD, Coyle B, Atkinson J, DeWire M, Kranenburg TA, Gillespie Y, Allen JC, Merchant T, Boop FA, Sanford RA, Gajjar A, Ellison DW, Taylor MD, Grundy RG, Gilbertson RJ. Cross-species genomics matches driver mutations and cell compartments to model ependymoma. Nature. 2010 Jul 29;466(7306):632-6. Epub 2010 Jul 18. PMID: 20639864
• Aquilina K, Clarke DF, Wheless JW, Boop FA. Microencephaloceles: another dual pathology of intractable temporal lobe epilepsy in childhood. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Apr;5(4):360-4. PMID: 20367340
• Aquilina K, Merchant TE, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Ellison DW, Sanford RA, Boop FA. Malignant transformation of irradiated craniopharyngioma in children: report of 2 cases. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Feb;5(2):155-61. PMID: 20121363
• Ogg RJ, Laningham FH, Clarke D, Einhaus S, Zou P, Tobias ME, Boop FA. Passive range of motion functional magnetic resonance imaging localizing sensorimotor cortex in sedated children. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Oct;4(4):317-22. PMID: 19795962
• Aquilina K, Merchant TE, Boop FA, Sanford RA. Chiari I malformation after cranial radiation therapy in childhood: a dynamic process associated with changes in clival growth. Childs Nerv Syst. 2009 Nov;25(11):1429-36. PMID: 19730869

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