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Harish Vasudevan, MD, PhD

Harish N. Vasudevan, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

Husband/father, scientist, (former) athlete

Meet Dr. Vasudevan

I am constantly motivated by our patients, and it is an honor to care for them in the clinic as well as carry out research in the laboratory to develop better cancer tests and treatments.

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Dr. Vasudevan is a radiation oncologist specialized in the treatment of nervous system tumors in pediatric and adult patients. As a physician scientist, his research focuses on how oncogenic growth factor signaling leads to cancer, with an emphasis on neurofibromatosis. His laboratory leverages a multidisciplinary approach to understand how such cancers develop with the goal of devising improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for patients.

Education

Education

2005-2009 California Institute of Technology BS with Honors Biology
2009-2017 Mount Sinai School of Medicine MD Medicine
2011-2015 Mount Sinai School of Medicine PhD Neuroscience
2017-2018 California Pacific Medical Center Intern Physician Internal Medicine
2018-2022 University of California, San Francisco Resident Physician Radiation Oncology
2020-2021 University of California, San Francisco Chief Resident Radiation Oncology

 
Professional Experience

Professional Experience

2022-present University of California, San Francisco Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology
2022-present University of California, San Francisco Principal Investigator Brain Tumor Center
2022-present University of California, San Francisco Assistant Professor Neurological Surgery 
2026-present University of California, San Francisco Assistant Professor Cell and Tissue Biology

 

 

Awards & Honors

2005 National Merit Scholar National Merit Scholarship Corporation
2005 Gatorade Will to Win Athlete Gatorade
2005-2009 Thomas J. Watson Scholarship IBM
2005-2007 Division III Intercollegiate Tennis NCAA
2007 NCAA/ITA Division III Academic All-American Intercollegiate Tennis Association
2007-2009 Carnation Scholarship Upper Class Merit Award California Institute of Technology
2007 Amgen Scholars Research Fellowship Amgen Corporation
2007-2008 Editor in Chief Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal
2007 National Pacemaker Award for Journalism Associated Collegiate Press
2008 Donald S. Clark Research Fellowship California Institute of Technology
2007-2009 Carnation Scholarship Upper Class Merit Award California Institute of Technology
2009 George W. Housner Travel Fellowship California Institute of Technology
2009 Graduation with Honors California Institute of Technology
2009-2011 NIH T32 Fellowship NIH
2010 President’s Volunteer Service Award AmeriCorps
2012-2015 NIH F31 Fellowship (NRSA) NIH
2014 Graduate School Travel Award Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2015 Terry Ann Krulwich Doctoral Dissertation Prize Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2015 Graduate School Travel Award Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2016 ASTRO Annual Meeting Travel Fellowship Amgen Corporation
2017 Adult Basic Research Award SNO Annual Meeting
2017 Biology Abstract Award ASTRO Annual Meeting
2018 GME Research Day Best Poster Award California Pacific Medical Center
2019-2021 Young Investigator Award Children’s Tumor Foundation
2020-2021 Catalyst Award Team Member UCSF
2021 Resident Recognition Abstract Award ASTRO Annual Meeting
2021 Top Peripheral Nerve Paper of the Year CNS Annual Meeting
2021 Young Investigator Award Winner SNO YIA Forum
2019-2022 ABR Holman Research Pathway UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology
2022 Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award Radiological Society of North America
2022-2025 Career Enhancement Program UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE
2023 Emerging Cancer Scholar Speaker UCSF Cancer Center
2022-2025 Francis Collins Scholar Award NF Therapeutic Acceleration Program
2023-2025 Gene Therapy Initiative Award Children’s Tumor Foundation
2023-2025 Career Enhancement Program DHART SPORE
2024-2027 New Investigator Award – ESI Department of Defense
2024-2025 Neuro-Oncology Research Award UCSF Cancer Center
2025-2028 Synergy Award Department of Defense
2025-2030 Gene Therapy Award Gilbert Family Foundation

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/12upZtz47lwk5/bibliography/public/

 

Redefining Possible