James Rubenstein, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Biography James Rubenstein is a professor of medicine and a hematologist-oncologist or blood disorders specialist. His expertise is treating patients with neurologic complications from cancer, in particular patients with non-Hodgkin’s central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma involving the brain. He also specializes in patients with cancer that has spread to the brain from other parts of the body. In his research, he is interested in immunologic tools to improve tumor response to chemotherapy and radiation treatment, to minimize toxicity from treatment and the development of tumor biomarkers to diagnose brain tumors. Education & Training 1992: Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, MD 1995: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Internal Medicine Residency 1997: UCSF Cancer Research Institute, Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Awards & Honors 2013: Translational Research Program Award, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Invited Lectures 2011: Sandler Award Program in Breakthrough Biomedical Research 2009: Scholar in Clinical Research Award, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 2008: UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Grant 2006: G&P Foundation Award 2005: UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Development Award 2004: American Cancer Society Award; National Cancer Institute Research Career Award 2003: Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program IDEA Award; UC Discovery Grant 2002: UCSF Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee Award 2001: Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure Foundation Award; Career Development Award-American Society of Clinical Oncology; UCSF/Mt Zion Clinical Investigator Research Program 2000: California Cancer Research Program Clinical Scientist Development Award; UCSF/Mt Zion Clinical Investigator Research Program 1999: American Brain Tumor Association Fellowship 1998: Young Investigator Award -American Society of Clinical Oncology 1995: Housestaff Research Award