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Assistant Professor
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Stanford, California, United States
Laura Prolo, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. After receiving her A.B. in Biology and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, she completed her MD and PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford University. She remained at Stanford for Neurosurgery residency, then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Prolo’s clinical and research focus is on brain and spinal cord tumors as well as craniosynostosis. Her research program utilizes primary pediatric high-grade glioma lines generated from surgical resection of these tumors along with CRISPR/Cas9 technology to understand the molecular and cellular drivers of high-grade glioma growth and invasion with an ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutic strategies.
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Sunday, May 5, 2024
4:27 PM – 4:29 PM CT