Nathan John Robison, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Overview

After completing his residency and fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Dr. Robison completed an additional fellowship in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at the Dana-Farber / Children’s Hospital Cancer Center in Boston. He served as clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and attending staff in the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital from 2010 to 2013.

In April 2013 he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine as assistant professor of pediatrics, and now serves as attending staff in the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Dr. Robison’s primary research focus is developing clinical trials that test new strategies in the treatment of children with brain tumors. Specific areas of interest include molecular targeted treatment of low-grade glioma, diffuse pontine glioma, and medulloblastoma; novel treatments targeting the tumor microenvironment, including antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory strategies; and neurofibromatosis.

Publications

  • A phase II trial of a multi-agent oral antiangiogenic (metronomic) regimen in children with recurrent or progressive cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Apr; 61(4):636-42.. View in PubMed
  • Medulloblastoma expresses CD1d and can be targeted for immunotherapy with NKT cells. Clin Immunol. 2013 Oct; 149(1):55-64.. View in PubMed
  • Predictors of neoplastic disease in children with isolated pituitary stalk thickening. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Oct; 60(10):1630-5.. View in PubMed
  • Morning glory disc anomaly in association with ipsilateral optic nerve glioma. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Aug; 130(8):1082-3.. View in PubMed
  • Identification of novel biologic targets in the treatment of newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2012; 625.. View in PubMed
  • Diffuse central neurocytoma with craniospinal dissemination. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Jan; 19(1):163-6.. View in PubMed
  • Cerebral sinus thrombosis in a child with active ulcerative colitis and factor V Leiden. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Jul; 52(7):867-9.. View in PubMed
  • Causes of nursery death beyond the neonatal period. J Perinatol. 2003 Mar; 23(2):142-7.. View in PubMed