Physician
Neurosurgery
Dr. Sandeep Kunwar, MD
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Doctor Sandeep Kunwar, MD practices Neurosurgery. She went to medical school at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is ranked 3 in research and 3 in primary care medicine She received awards:"Fellow (FAANS)". Sandeep Kunwar, MD is a published doctor and has 69 publications published. The lastest was: 'Studies on the activity of barnase toxins in vitro and in vivo.' Sandeep Kunwar accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Approach to the postoperative patient with Cushing's disease.
- Factors predicting recurrence after resection of clival chordoma using variable surgical approaches and radiation modalities.
- Incidence of headache as a presenting complaint in over 1000 patients with sellar lesions and factors predicting postoperative improvement.
- A predictive algorithm for evaluating elevated serum prolactin in patients with a sellar mass.
- Hypophysitis: a single-center case series.
- Rate and time course of improvement in endocrine function after more than 1000 pituitary operations.
- Modern treatment of 84 newly diagnosed craniopharyngiomas.
- Extended endoscopic endonasal approach for suprasellar Rathke's cleft cysts.
- Pituicytomas and spindle cell oncocytomas: modern case series from the University of California, San Francisco.
- Morbidity of repeat transsphenoidal surgery assessed in more than 1000 operations.
- Gamma Knife radiosurgery for sellar and parasellar meningiomas: a multicenter study.
- Cavernous and inferior petrosal sinus sampling and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative evaluation of Cushing's disease.
- Factors predicting postoperative hyponatremia and efficacy of hyponatremia management strategies after more than 1000 pituitary operations.
- Use of conivaptan for management of hyponatremia following surgery for Cushing's disease.
- Socioeconomic factors associated with pituitary apoplexy.
- A Comprehensive Long-Term Retrospective Analysis of Silent Corticotrophic Adenomas versus Hormone-Negative Adenomas.
- Clinical management of pituitary carcinomas.
- Medical versus surgical management of prolactinomas.
- A distinct bosonic mode in an electron-doped high-transition-temperature superconductor.
- Convection enhanced delivery of IL13-PE38QQR for treatment of recurrent malignant glioma: presentation of interim findings from ongoing phase 1 studies.
- PR1--a monoclonal antibody that reacts with an antigen on the surface of normal and malignant prostate cells.
- Cytotoxicity and antitumor effects of growth factor-toxin fusion proteins on human glioblastoma multiforme cells.
- A recombinant immunotoxin that is active on prostate cancer cells and that is composed of the Fv region of monoclonal antibody PR1 and a truncated form of Pseudomonas ...
- Studies on the activity of barnase toxins in vitro and in vivo.
- Pediatric pituitary adenomas.
- Genetic subgroups of anaplastic astrocytomas correlate with patient age and survival.
- Progress report of a Phase I study of the intracerebral microinfusion of a recombinant chimeric protein composed of transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha and a mutate...
- Unique astrocyte ribbon in adult human brain contains neural stem cells but lacks chain migration.
- Endoscopic adjuncts to intraventricular surgery.
- Cavernous and inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the evaluation of ACTH-dependent Cushing''s syndrome.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery and interstitial brachytherapy for glial neoplasms.
- Neuroradiographic changes following convection-enhanced delivery of the recombinant cytotoxin interleukin 13-PE38QQR for recurrent malignant glioma.
- Brain metastases of breast cancer.
- Chromosome transfer experiments link regions on chromosome 7 to radiation resistance in human glioblastoma multiforme.
- Convection-enhanced delivery of interleukin-13 receptor-directed cytotoxin for malignant glioma therapy.
- Comparison of intratumoral bolus injection and convection-enhanced delivery of radiolabeled antitenascin monoclonal antibodies.
- Safety of intraparenchymal convection-enhanced delivery of cintredekin besudotox in early-phase studies.
- The "yo-yo" technique to prevent cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea after anterior clinoidectomy for proximal internal carotid artery aneurysms.
- Extended bifrontal craniotomy for midline anterior fossa meningiomas: minimization of retraction-related edema and surgical outcomes.
- GNOSIS: guidelines for neuro-oncology: standards for investigational studies--reporting of surgically based therapeutic clinical trials.
- Direct intracerebral delivery of cintredekin besudotox (IL13-PE38QQR) in recurrent malignant glioma: a report by the Cintredekin Besudotox Intraparenchymal Study Group.
- Complications of lumboperitoneal shunts.
- Protein biomarker identification in the CSF of patients with CNS lymphoma.
- Safety and efficacy of the direct endonasal transsphenoidal approach for challenging sellar tumors.
- Long-term recurrence and mortality after surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy for nonfunctional pituitary adenomas.
- Intracerebral infusion of an EGFR-targeted toxin in recurrent malignant brain tumors.
- Pre-operative dopamine agonist therapy improves post-operative tumor control following prolactinoma resection.
- Surgical resection and permanent iodine-125 brachytherapy for brain metastases.
- Use of hybrid shots in planning Perfexion Gamma Knife treatments for lesions close to critical structures.
- Prognostic factors and grading systems for overall survival in patients treated with radiosurgery for brain metastases: variation by primary site.
- An approach to the management of patients with residual Cushing's disease.
- Poor drug distribution as a possible explanation for the results of the PRECISE trial.
- Long term outcome following repeat transsphenoidal surgery for recurrent endocrine-inactive pituitary adenomas.
- Phase III randomized trial of CED of IL13-PE38QQR vs Gliadel wafers for recurrent glioblastoma.
- Effect of imaging and catheter characteristics on clinical outcome for patients in the PRECISE study.
- Pituicytoma: characterization of a unique neoplasm by histology, immunohistochemistry, ultrastructure, and array-based comparative genomic hybridization.
- Infected Rathke cleft cysts: distinguishing factors and factors predicting recurrence.
- Utility of the immediate postoperative cortisol concentrations in patients with Cushing's disease.
- Surgical technique of temporary arterial occlusion in the operative management of spinal hemangioblastomas.
- Apparatus dependence of normal brain tissue dose in stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases.
- Microscopic endonasal transsphenoidal pituitary adenomectomy in the pediatric population.
- Suprasellar Rathke cleft cysts: clinical presentation and treatment outcomes.
- Rathke cleft cysts in pediatric patients: presentation, surgical management, and postoperative outcomes.
- Factors associated with delay to pituitary adenoma diagnosis in patients with visual loss.
- A theoretical investigation of optimal target-dose conformity in gamma knife radiosurgery.
- Phase II study of high central dose Gamma Knife radiosurgery and marimastat in patients with recurrent malignant glioma.
- Phase I trial of adenovirus-mediated p53 gene therapy for recurrent glioma: biological and clinical results.
- Epidural blood patch for headache after lumboperitoneal shunt placement.
Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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UCSF -
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center -
Washington Hospital Healthcare System -
UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1508807462 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | KUNWAR | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | SANDEEP | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 945381605 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 130.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1508807462 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | KUNWAR |
| First Name Of The Provider | SANDEEP |
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