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Canada
2023

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134
Citations
60698
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Overview

Peter McL. Black is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans several fields and topics within the broader domains of medicine and health sciences.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these fields, their work focuses particularly on subfields such as:

  • Immunology
  • Physiology
  • Emergency Medical Services

Key topics addressed in their publications involve:

  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Peter McL. Black has contributed scholarly articles and book chapters throughout their career. An example of their recent research includes the paper titled The prevalence of fungal organisms in cytologic preparations from patients with presumed burning mouth syndrome, published in 2025 in the journal Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology.

The scientist has frequently published in the journal Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, where they have at least one publication.

Their collaborations include work with the following co-authors:

  • Rahul Jandial
  • Paul McCormick
  • Mohammed Bindakhil
  • Benjamin S. Hopkins
  • Scarlet Charmelo-Silva

In addition to articles, Peter McL. Black has contributed to academic literature through a book published by Elsevier BV. The book, Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery, was released in 2020 and has been cited multiple times.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of central nervous system embryonal tumour outcome based on gene expression

    Scott L. Pomeroy;Pablo Tamayo;Michelle Gaasenbeek;Lisa M. Sturla

  • Neural stem cells display extensive tropism for pathology in adult brain: evidence from intracranial gliomas.

    Karen S. Aboody;Alice Brown;Nikolai G. Rainov;Kate A. Bower

  • Gene expression-based classification of malignant gliomas correlates better with survival than histological classification.

    Catherine L. Nutt;D. R. Mani;Rebecca A. Betensky;Pablo Tamayo

  • Diagnosing idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus.

    Norman Relkin;Anthony Marmarou;Petra Klinge;Marvin Bergsneider

  • Development and implementation of intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging and its neurosurgical applications.

    Peter McL. Black;Thomas Moriarty;Eben Alexander;Philip Stieg

  • Long-term mortality after transsphenoidal surgery and adjunctive therapy for acromegaly

    Brooke Swearingen;Fred G. Barker;Laurence Katznelson;Beverly M. K. Biller

  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Definitive, Noninvasive Treatment of Brain Metastases

    Eben Alexander;Thomas M. Moriarty;Roger B. Davis;Patrick Y. Wen

  • Automated segmentation of MR images of brain tumors

    Michael R. Kaus;Simon K. Warfield;Arya Nabavi;Peter M. Black

  • Cellular-Telephone Use and Brain Tumors

    Peter D. Inskip;Robert E. Tarone;Elizabeth E. Hatch;Timothy C. Wilcosky

  • Epidemiology of intracranial meningioma.

    Elizabeth B Claus;Elizabeth B Claus;Melissa L Bondy;Joellen M Schildkraut;Joseph L Wiemels

  • Transcranial magnetic resonance imaging- guided focused ultrasound surgery of brain tumors: initial findings in 3 patients.

    Nathan McDannold;Greg T. Clement;Peter Black;Ferenc Jolesz

  • Microvessel Density Is a Prognostic Indicator for Patients with Astroglial Brain Tumors

    Steven P. Leon;Rebecca D. Folkerth;Peter McL. Black

  • Survival rates in patients with low‐grade glioma after intraoperative magnetic resonance image guidance

    Elizabeth B. Claus;Elizabeth B. Claus;Andres Horlacher;Liangge Hsu;Richard B. Schwartz

  • Serial intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging of brain shift.

    Arya Nabavi;Peter McL. Black;David T. Gering;Carl-Fredrik Westin

  • Phase II Trial of the Antiangiogenic Agent Thalidomide in Patients With Recurrent High-Grade Gliomas

    Howard A. Fine;William D. Figg;Kurt Jaeckle;Patrick Y. Wen

  • The value of supplemental prognostic tests for the preoperative assessment of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus.

    Anthony Marmarou;Marvin Bergsneider;Petra Klinge;Norman Relkin

  • Somatic Activation of AKT3 Causes Hemispheric Developmental Brain Malformations

    Annapurna Poduri;Annapurna Poduri;Gilad D. Evrony;Gilad D. Evrony;Xuyu Cai;Xuyu Cai;Princess Christina Elhosary

  • Quantitatively Determined Survivin Expression Levels Are of Prognostic Value in Human Gliomas

    Arnab Chakravarti;Elizabeth Noll;Peter McL. Black;Daniel F. Finkelstein

  • An integrated visualization system for surgical planning and guidance using image fusion and an open MR.

    D T Gering;A Nabavi;R Kikinis;N Hata

  • Incidence and Management of Complications of Transsphenoidal Operation for Pituitary Adenomas

    Peter Mcl. Black;Nicholas T. Zervas;Guillermo L. Candia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay S. Loeffler
Jay S. Loeffler Harvard University
Ferenc A. Jolesz
Ferenc A. Jolesz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ron Kikinis
Ron Kikinis Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eben Alexander
Eben Alexander Brigham and Women's Hospital
Howard A. Fine
Howard A. Fine Cornell University
Patrick Y. Wen
Patrick Y. Wen Harvard University
Wassim Kassouf
Wassim Kassouf McGill University
Simon K. Warfield
Simon K. Warfield Boston Children's Hospital
Joseph R. Madsen
Joseph R. Madsen Boston Children's Hospital
Nancy J. Tarbell
Nancy J. Tarbell Harvard University

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