Tulane Cancer Center

Marcus L. Ware, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
TCC Associate Member
mware@tulane.edu
(504) 988-5561, (504) 988-1731 fax
1430 Tulane Ave., Box SL-47, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699

Biographical Narrative:

Dr. Marcus L. Ware attended Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he majored in chemistry and graduated with a B.S. in 1993. After college, he attended Harvard Medical School and was a student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program (HST) and the MD/PhD Program. Dr. Ware completed his thesis work in the laboratory of Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD, studying molecular events in the development of the brain. After graduating in 2000, he trained as a resident in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. As a resident, he became interested in genes required for brain tumor formation. In 2004, he obtained a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health under the mentorship of Burt Feuerstein, M.D., Ph.D., and studied genetic aberrations in gliomas.

Recent Publications:

• Ware ML, Hirose Y, Scheithauer BW, Yeh RF, Mayo MC, Smith JS, Chang S, Cha S, Tihan T, Geuerstein BG. Genetic aberrations in gliomatosis cerebri. Neurosurgery, 60(1): 150-158, 2007.
• Ware ML, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Wara WW, McDermott MW. Surgical resection and brachytherapy for recurrent atypical and malignant meningioma. Neurosurgery, 54: 55-63, 2004.
• Ware ML, Reid CB, Tavazoie S, Walsh C. Coexistence of widespread and large radial clones in early embryonic ferret cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 9: 636-645, 1999.
• Ware ML, Fox JW, Gonzalez JL, Davis NM, Lambert de Rouvroit C, Russo CJ, Chua SC Jr., Goffinet AM, Walsh CA. Aberrant splicing of a mouse disabled homolog, mdab1, in the scrambler mouse. Neuron, 19: 239-249, 1997.