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Ira Bergman, MD, PhD
Job Title
Chief, Division of Child Neurology
Job Title
Interim Chief, Child Development Unit
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 2
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5520
Phone
412-692-6787
Fax
Education and Training
| Medical School: | University of Chicago |
| Residency: | Massachusetts General Hospital |
Publications
- Gao Y, Whitaker-Dowling P, Griffin JA, Barmada MA, Bergman I. Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus targeted to Her2/neu combines with anti-CTLA4 antibody eliminates implanted mammary tumors. Cancer Gene Therapy, 2009; 16:44-52.
- Bergman I, Griffin JA, Gao Y, Whitaker-Dowling P: Treatment of implanted mammary tumors with recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus targeted to Her2/neu. International Journal of Cancer, 2007; 121: 425-30.
- Bergman I, Whitaker-Dowling P, Gao Y, Griffin JA: Preferential targeting of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus to breast cancer cells. Virology, 2004; 330: 24-33.
- Bergman I, Barmada BA, Griffin JA, Slamon, DJ: Treatment of meningeal breast cancer xenografts in the rat with an anti-p185/Her2 antibody. Clinical Cancer Research, 2001;7:2050-6.
View Dr. Bergman's full list of publications from PubMed.
Research Interests
- Immunologic Therapy of Leptomeningeal Cancer
- Viral and Immunologic Therapy of Cancer
Clinical Specialties
- Diagnostic Child Neurology
- Neonatal Neurology
- Neuro-Oncology
Last Update
July 2, 2012
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