Professor of Neurological Surgery, Surgery and Immunology
Phone: (412) 623-1111
e-mail: okadah@upmc.edu

Also see Media Apperances below

Specialized Areas of Interest

Analyses of immunological environment in the brain and brain tumors; immunological therapy for brain tumors; gene therapy for brain tumors; roles of microRNAs in brain tumors and immunity.

Biography

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD, joined the faculty in the Department of Neurological Surgery in 1996 as a visiting research associate. Currently, Dr. Okada is a professor in the departments of Neurological Surgery, Surgery and Immunology as well as co-leader of the Brain Tumor Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

From 1985 to 1991, Dr. Okada received his medical training at the Nagoya University School of Medicine and graduated in 1991 with a bachelor of medicine degree. In 1992, he completed his internship at Handa Municipal Hospital in Japan and then received neurosurgical residency training at Nagoya University School of Medicine. In 1996, Dr. Okada received his PhD from the Graduate School of Nagoya University School of Medicine in Japan. Dr. Okada received a certificate of board of neurological surgery in Japan in 2003, and a license as a medical physician and surgeon from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2004.

In 2010, he was elected to be a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigations (ASCI), an honor society of physician-scientists, those who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice.

Dr. Okada's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Board Certifications

Japanese Board of Neurological Surgery
Medical Physician and Surgeon, PA Department of State

Hospital Privileges

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
UPMC Presbyterian

Professional Organization Membership

American Association for Cancer Research
The Society for Neuro-oncology
Clinical Immunology Society
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Adult Brain Tumor Consortium
Japan Society of Neurosurgery
American Society for Clinical Investigations (ASCI)

Editorial Service

• Editorial Board:

Journal of Translational Medicine
Journal of Clinical Immunology

• Ad Hoc Reviewer:

New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Cancer Research
Clinical Cancer Research
Journal of Immunology
Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
Journal of Immunotherapy
Journal of Neuro-oncology
Human Gene Therapy
Gene Therapy
Molecular Therapy
Molecular Cancer Research
Neuro-Oncology
Neoplasia
Vaccine
International Journal of Cancer
Neurotherapeutics
Melanoma Research

Media Appearances

UPMC Doctor to Test Cancer Vaccine
April 8, 2010
KDKA-TV Evening News

Cancer vaccines may be on the verge of wider use
April 7, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette