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Kunal S. Patel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on optimizing surgical techniques for the treatment of malignant brain tumors. Dr. Patel has studied advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques to visualize infiltrating glioma cells and is currently involved in clinical trials exploring pH-based resections for glioblastoma. His innovative work includes the use of single-cell RNA sequencing and organoid cultures to understand tumor cell growth and invasion, leading to the identification of potential druggable targets for pH-based surgeries. Dr. Patel has contributed to several significant publications that highlight his research findings and their implications for glioblastoma treatment, including studies on the predictive power of diffusion MR phenotypes and the role of epithelial membrane protein 2 in meningioma.
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