Dr. David E. Blas Boria
Contact Info
Education
Degree: M.D., UPR, Medical Sciences Campus (MSC), School of Medicine, 2006
Degree: B.A. (Biology), UPR Río Campus, 2002
RESIDENCY: Neurology, UPR, MSC, School of Medicine, 2006-10
FELLOWSHIP: Neuro Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
Staff Neurologist Neurology Section, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, PR, October 2011-present
Staff Neurologist/Neuro-oncologist, Neurology Section, Department of Medicine, HIMA San Pablo-Caguas, Caguas, PR, August 2011-present
Staff Neurologist/Neuro-oncologist, Hospital Oncológico Isaac González Martínez, San Juan, PR, August 2011-present
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Blas-Boria D, Williams MD, Garciarena P, Tummala S, Tremont-Lukats IW. N-type calcium channel antibody-mediated paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: a diagnostic challenge. J Neurol Sci. 2014 Mar; 15;338(1-2):188-90
Berrios C, Blas-Boria D. A rare case of an adult with leptomeningeal metastasis and subdural hygromas as initial presentation of lung adenocarcinoma. 2014 Foro Anual University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Poster Presentation.
Mendez K, Blas-Boria D. Allodynia as initial presentation of pre-diabetes. 2013 Foro Anual University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Poster Presentation.
Vinuela A, Mendez K, Blas-Boria D. Acute abducens nerve palsy as a diagnosis of exclusion. 2013 Foro Anual University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Poster Presentation.
K. Dziurzynski, Blas-Boria D, Suki D., Cahill DP, Prabhu SS, Puduvalli V, Levine N. Butterfly glioblastoma: a retrospective review and qualitative assessment of outcomes. J. Neurooncol. 2012 Sept; 109(3):555-563.
D. Blas-Boria, P. Garciarena, J. De Groot, I. Tremont-Lukats. B-Cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma presenting as a 7th nerve cranial nerve palsy. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR and University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX. 22nd meeting of the European Neurological Society 2012, Poster Presentation.
D. Blas-Boria, P. Garciarena, S. Tummala, I. Tremont-Lukats. Calcium-channel binding antibodies in a man with encephalitis, peripheral neuropathy, and a neuroendocrine tumour. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR and University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX. 22nd meeting of the European Neurological Society 2012, Poster Presentation.
K. Dziurzynski, D. Blas-Boria. Retrospective analysis of outcomes after surgical biopsy or debulking in patients with butterfly glioblastomas. 2011 Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation.
D. Blas-Boria, L. Brown, I. Tremont-Lukats. Lung metastasis in anaplastic meningioma. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. 21st meeting of the European Neurological Society, 2011, Poster Presentation.
D. Blas-Boria, S. Tummala, L. Brown, J. Walker, D. Schultz, S. Lee-Kim, I. Tremont-Lukats. The Ommaya green project at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. 21st meeting of the European Neurological Society, 2011, Poster Presentation.
I. Melguizo, K.R. Hess, D. Blas-Boria, J. Bruner, N. Guha-Thakurta, V.K. Puduvalli. The impact of surgery in determining pseudoprogression and predicting outcome in adults with glioblastoma. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting. General poster session, CNS tumors.
A. Mammoser, D. Blas-Boria, M.R. Gilbert. Novel clinical trials in Neuro-Oncology. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Accepted for publication in Clinical Investigation, volume 1, issue 6.