Updated: Fri, 10/11/2024 - 12:00

Campus/building access, classes and work will return to usual conditions, as of Saturday, Oct. 12. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Accès au campus et aux immeubles, cours et modalités de travail : retour à la normale à compter du samedi 12 octobre. Complément d’information : Direction de la protection et de la prévention.

Kevin Petrecca, MD, PhD, FRCS(C)

Kevin Petrecca, MD, PhD, FRCS(C)
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-2591
Email address: 
kevin.petrecca [at] mcgill.ca
Hospital title: 
Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (McGill University
Associate Chair-Neurosurgery of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (McGill University).
Chief of the Department of Neurosurgery (McGill University Health Centre)
Location: 
Neurosurgery Clinic
Brain Tumour Clinic
Biography: 

Kevin Petrecca's clinical practice is dedicated to treating brain cancer patients and his research program focuses on 1) studying the origin, development, and properties of brain cancer stem cells and 2) developing new tools for brain cancer surgery.

Selected publications: 

Raman spectroscopy detects distant invasive brain cancer cells centimeters beyond MRI capability in humans. Jermyn M, Desroches J, Mercier J, St-Arnaud K, Guiot MC, Leblond F, Petrecca K. Biomedical Optics Express. 2016;7:5129-5137.

A Phase 2 Trial of Neoadjuvant Temozolomide Followed by Hypofractionated Accelerated Radiation Therapy With Concurrent and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Patients With Glioblastoma. Shenouda G, Souhami L, Petrecca K, Owen S, Panet-Raymond V, Guiot MC, Corredor AG, Abdulkarim B. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 201797:487-494.

Intraoperative brain cancer detection with Raman spectroscopy in humans. Jermyn M, Mok K, Mercier J, Desroches J, Pichette J, Saint-Arnaud K, Bernstein L, Guiot MC, Petrecca K, Leblond F. Science Translational Medicine. 2015;7:274.

DRR regulates AKT activation to drive brain cancer invasion. Dudley A, Sater M, Le PU, Trinh G, Sadr MS, Bergeron J, Deleavey GF, Bedell B, Damha MJ, Petrecca K. Oncogene. 2014;33:4952-60.

DRR drives brain cancer invasion by regulating cytoskeletal-focal adhesion dynamics. Le PU, Angers-Loustau A, de Oliveira RM, Ajlan A, Brassard CL, Dudley A, Brent H, Siu V, Trinh G, Mölenkamp G, Wang J, Seyed Sadr M, Bedell B, Del Maestro RF, Petrecca K. Oncogene. 2010;29:4636-4

Research areas: 
Brain Tumour

The Neuro logo McGill logoMcGill University Health Centre logoKillam Laureates

 

The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) is a bilingual academic healthcare institution. We are a McGill research and teaching institute; delivering high-quality patient care, as part of the Neuroscience Mission of the McGill University Health Centre. We are proud to be a Killam Institution, supported by the Killam Trusts.

 

 

Facebook instagram x, formerly known as twitter linkedIn youtube

Back to top