Whitney Pope, MD, PhD

Dr. Whitney Pope is interested in the molecular imaging of gliobastoma multiforme and the imaging and molecular diagnostic strategies in the prognosis and management of gliomas.

Carrillo JA, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Kim HJ, Phillips HS, Kharbanda S, Moftakhar P, Lalaezari S, Yong W, Ellingson BM, Cloughesy TF, Pope WB. Relationship between tumor enhancement, edema, IDH1 mutational status, MGMT promoter methylation, and survival in glioblastoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012 Aug;33(7):1349-55. Epub 2012 Feb 9

Pope WB, Mirsadraei L, Lai A, Eskin A, Qiao J, Kim HJ, Ellingson B, Nghiemphu PL, Kharbanda S, Soriano RH, Nelson SF, Yong W, Phillips HS, Cloughesy TF. Differential gene expression in glioblastoma defined by ADC histogram analysis: relationship to extracellular matrix molecules and survival. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012 Jun;33(6):1059-64. Epub 2012 Jan 19

Pope WB, Prins RM, Albert Thomas M, Nagarajan R, Yen KE, Bittinger MA, Salamon N, Chou AP, Yong WH, Soto H, Wilson N, Driggers E, Jang HG, Su SM, Schenkein DP, Lai A, Cloughesy TF, Kornblum HI, Wu H, Fantin VR, Liau LM. Non-invasive detection of 2-hydroxyglutarate and other metabolites in IDH1 mutant glioma patients using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J Neurooncol. 2012 Mar;107(1):197-205. Epub 2011 Oct 21

Pope WB, Qiao XJ, Kim HJ, Lai A, Nghiemphu P, Xue X, Ellingson BM, Schiff D, Aregawi D, Cha S, Puduvalli VK, Wu J, Yung WK, Young GS, Vredenburgh J, Barboriak D, Abrey LE, Mikkelsen T, Jain R, Paleologos NA, Rn PL, Prados M, Goldin J, Wen PY, Cloughesy T. Apparent diffusion coefficient histogram analysis stratifies progression-free and overall survival in patients with recurrent GBM treated with bevacizumab: a multi-center study. J Neurooncol. 2012 Jul;108(3):491-8. Epub 2012 Mar 18

Lai A, Kharbanda S, Pope WB, Tran A, Solis OE, Peale F, Forrest WF, Pujara K, Carrillo JA, Pandita A, Ellingson BM, Bowers CW, Soriano RH, Schmidt NO, Mohan S, Yong WH, Seshagiri S, Modrusan Z, Jiang Z, Aldape KD, Mischel PS, Liau LM, Escovedo CJ, Chen W, Nghiemphu PL, James CD, Prados MD, Westphal M, Lamszus K, Cloughesy T, Phillips HS. Evidence for sequenced molecular evolution of IDH1 mutant glioblastoma from a distinct cell of origin. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Dec 1;29(34):4482-90. Epub 2011 Oct 24