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Andrea Pirzkall

M.D.

Associate Adjunct Professor
Departments of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Neurological Surgery

185 Berry Street, Suite 350, Box 0946
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94107-0946
Phone: (415) 353-9405
Fax: (415) 353-9425
Email: pirzkall@radonc17.ucsf.edu

Publications
Experience
About

Education

1995	Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, GER
1996	Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, GER	MD	Medical Thesis
1995-1999	Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg & German Cancer Research Center, GER	Resident	Radiation Oncology
1999-2001	UCSF	Research Fellow	Radiation Oncology

Professional Experience

2001-present	UCSF	Associate Adjunct Professor	Radiation Oncology, Radiology and Neurological Surgery
2002-present	Faculty	Radiology, Center of Molecular and Functional Imaging (CMFI)
2003-present	Founding member	Junior Investigator Forum CMFI
2005-present	Associate Adjunct Professor	Joint appointments with the Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery
2001-2002	Consulting for DxTx Corp. (Early detection and diagnosis of lung cancer)
2001-2003	Consulting for Nomos Corp. (Treatment planning for radiation therapy)

Awards & Honors

2000	ASTRO Resident Clinical/Basic Research Award
2000	ICCR Poster Prize
2005	Brain Tumor SPORE Career Development Award

Publications

Pirzkall A, Debus J, Lohr F, Fuss M, Rhein B, Engenhart-Cabillic R, Wannenmacher M. Radiosurgery alone or in combination with whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastases. J Clin Oncol 11, Vol 16: 3563-3569, 1998.

Debus J, Pirzkall A, Schlegel W, Wannenmacher M. Stereotactic Radiotherapy / Radiosurgery: Methods, indications and results. Strahlenther Onkol 175:47-56, 1999.

Herfarth KK, Pirzkall A, Lohr F, Schulz-Ertner D, Spoo J, Frank C, Bahner ML, Pastyr O, Debus J. First experience with a noninvasive patient set-up for stereotactic radiation therapy of the prostate. Strahlenther Onkol 175(2):47-56, 2000.

Lohr F, Pirzkall A, Debus J, Rhein B, Hoess A, Schlegel W, Wannenmacher M. Conformal 3-D-photon radiotherapy for paranasal sinus tumors. Radiother Oncol 56(2):227-31, 2000.

Pirzkall A, Lohr F, Rhein B, Hoess A, Schlegel W, Wannenmacher M, Debus J. Conformal radiotherapy of challenging paraspinal tumors using a multiple arc segment technique. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 48(4):1197-204, 2000.

Pirzkall A, Carol M, Lohr F, Hoess A, Wannenmacher M, Debus J. Comparison of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with conventional conformal radiotherapy (CRT) for complex shaped tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 48(5):1371-80, 2000.

Lohr F, Pirzkall A, Hof H, Fleckenstein K, Debus J. Adjuvant treatment of brain metastases. Sem Surg Oncol 20(1):50-56, 2001.

Pirzkall A, McKnight TM, Graves EE, Carol MP, Sneed PK, Wara WW, Nelson SJ, Verhey LJ, Larson DA. MR-Spectroscopy guided target delineation for high-grade gliomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2001;50(4):915-928.

Debus J, Wuendrich M, Pirzkall A, Hoess A, Schlegel W, Zuna I, Engenhart-Cabilllic R, Wannenmacher M. High efficacy of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of large base-of-skull meningiomas: long-term results. J Clin Oncol 2001;19(15):3547-3553.

Graves EE, Pirzkall A, Nelson SJ, Verhey LJ, Larson DA. Registration of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging to Computed Tomography for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning. Med Phys 28(12):2489-2496, 2001.

Pirzkall A, Carol MP, Picket B, Roach III M, Verhey LJ. The Effect of Beam Energy and Number of Fields on Photon-based IMRT for Deep Seated Targets. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 53(2):434-442, 2002.

Pirzkall A, Nelson SJ, McKnight TR, Takahashi M, Li X, Graves EE, Verhey LJ, Wara WW, Larson DA, Sneed PK. Metabolic Imaging by means of 3D MR-Spectroscopy for low-grade gliomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002;53(5): 1254-1264.

Li X, Ying L, Pirzkall A, McKnight TR, Nelson SJ. Analysis of spatial characteristics of the metabolic abnormalities for newly diagnosed glioma patients. J Magn Reson Imag 2002; 16(3):229-237.

McKnight TM, von dem Bussche M, Vigneron DB, Lu Y, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Dillon WP, Graves EE, Pirzkall A, Nelson SJ. Histopathological validation of a three-dimensional magnetic resonance spectroscopy index as a predictor of tumor presence. J Neurosurg 2002; 97:794-802.

Nelson SJ, Graves E, Pirzkall A, Li X, Chan AA, Vigneron D, McKnight TR. In vivo molecular imaging for planning radiation therapy of gliomas: an application of 1H MRSI. J Magn Reson Imag, 2002; 16:464-476.

Nakamura JL, Pirzkall A, Carol MP, Xia P, Smith V, Wara WM, Petti PL, Verhey LJ, Sneed PK. Comparison of intensity modulated radiosurgery to Gamma Knife radiosurgery for challenging skull base lesions. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 55:99-109, 2003.

Pirzkall A, Debus J, Haering P, Rhein B, Grosser KH, Hoess A, Wannenmacher M. Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for recurrent, residual or untreated skull base meningiomas: preliminary clinical experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 55:362-372, 2003.

Lee MC, Pirzkall A, McKnight TR, Nelson SJ. Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging of radiation effects in the normal brain: dose-dependence and impact on automated spectral classification. J Magn Reson Imag 19(4):379-388, 2004.

Pirzkall A, Li X, Oh J, Chang S, Berger MS, Larson DA, Verhey LJ, Dillon WP, Nelson SJ. 3D MR-Spectroscopy for resected high-grade gliomas prior to RT: tumor extent according to metabolic activity in relation to MRI. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59(1):126-137, 2004.

Oh J, Henry RG, Pirzkall A, Li X, Catalaa, Chang SM, Nelson SJ. Survival Analysis in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme: Predictive Value of Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Diffusion- and Perfusion-Weighted MR Imaging. J Magn Reson Imag 19(5):546-554, 2004.

Chan AA, Lau A, Pirzkall A, Chang SM, Verhey LJ, Larson DA, McDermott MW, Dillon WP, Nelson SJ. 1H MRSI as a tool fro evaluating grade IV glioma patients undergoing Gamma Knife radiosurgery. J Neurosurg 101(3):467-475, 2004.

Laprie A, Pirzkall A, Cha S, Haas-Kogan DA, Banerjee A, Barkovich J, Prados MD, Le T, Crawford F, Lu Y, Nelson SJ, McKnight TR. Longitudinal multivoxel MR spectroscopy study of pediatric diffuse brainstem gliomas treated by radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 62(1):20-31, 2005.