Abstract

John H. Rossmeisl is the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Endowed Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Virginia Tech. He received the DVM degree from Auburn University, an MS in molecular biology from Virginia Tech, and is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in the specialties of small animal internal medicine and neurology. He holds joint appointments in the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Rossmeisl has worked for more than 20 years on elucidating the mechanisms that drive the formation of brain tumors, developing novel systems for the delivery of drugs to the brain, and conducting clinical trials in companion animals with brain cancers. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. His research on brain tumors has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Focused Ultrasound Foundation, American Brain Tumor Association, American Kennel Club, and numerous private foundations. He serves on several national research advisory boards, including the National Cancer Institute’s Comparative Brain Tumor Consortium Steering Committee, and is a past-president of the ACVIM specialty of neurology.

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