Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, FAANS
Director, Glial Tumor Neuroscience Program
Medical Director, Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Sheri Sobrato Brain Cancer Survivorship Program
Specialties: Adult brain tumors including gliomas, meningiomas and brain metastases
Dr. Hervey-Jumper specializes in the care of adults with brain tumors. His approach to brain tumor management requires advanced brain mapping to uncover neural networks involved in human speech and cognition. His clinical practice integrates medical and surgical treatment with cognitive rehabilitation. His priorities are to provide his patients with the best possible surgical care integrated with rehabilitative therapies to maximize survival and improve their quality of life.
Dr. Hervey-Jumper’s research laboratory seeks to understand the causal mechanisms by which brain cancers remodel neuronal circuits. He uses advanced signal processing, molecular techniques, and genomic analysis of tumor specimens to identify molecular drivers and therapeutic targets for tumor growth.
In addition to these efforts, Dr Hervey-Jumper serves as a principal investigator for therapeutic clinical trials. His team has identified oncological and socioeconomic predictors of clinical trial enrollment for vulnerable patient populations. He teaches neuroscience, cancer biology, and research methods courses.
Developing and improving treatments that address both patient survival and quality of life is a cornerstone of his approach to both patient care and translational research.
2001: BS, Biology, Oakwood College
2006: MD, Ohio State University College
2006-2013: Neurological Surgery, University of Michigan
2010-2011: Postdoctoral Neuro-oncology Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Comprehensive Cancer Center
2013-2014: Clinical Neuro-oncology Fellow, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
2014-2017: Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Michigan
2017-2023: Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
2023-Present: Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
2022: Weill Award for Clinician-Scientists in the Neurosciences
2017: John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, Dean’s Diversity Fund, UCSF
2017: Harold Amos Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2016: Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Emerging Scholar, University of Michigan
2014: Ronald L. Bittner Award in Brain Tumor Research, AANS/CNS Tumor Section
2013: Max Peet Teaching Award University of Michigan
2013: Chandler-McGillicuddy Leadership Award, University of Michigan
2011: Neuro-Oncology Research Award, Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF/AANS)
2011: Wilder Penfield Research Award, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
2010: Health Policy Scholar, Ruben J Williams (RJW) Foundation
2007: Arnold G. Coran Teaching Award, University of Michigan