Education
 
2001: BS, BA, University of Pennsylvania
2006: MD, University of California, San Francisco
 
Selected Honors and Awards
 
1997:Benjamin Franklin Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
1998-2001: Dean's List, University of Pennsylvania
1999-2001: R. Treen Memorial Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania
2001: Herman P. Schwan Bioengineering Award, University of Pennsylvania
2001: Applied Science Prize, University of Pennsylvania
2002: Student Research Committee Fellowship, UCSF
2004-2005: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship
2005-2006: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant for Continuing Medical Education
2005: Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
 
Contact
 
Orin Bloch MD
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Neurological Surgery
505 Parnassus Ave. Rm. M779
San Francisco, CA 94143-0112
 
Selected Recent Publications
 
Bloch O, Manley GT. The role of aquaporin-4 in cerebral water transport and edema [Review]. Neurosurg Focus 2007;22(5):E3. http://www.aans.org/education/journal/neurosurgical/May07/22-5-3-1148.pdf. Accessed September 10, 2007.
 
Zador Z, Bloch O, Yao X, Manley GT. Aquaporins: role in cerebral edema and brain water balance. Prog Brain Res 2007;161:185-94.
 
Bloch O, Auguste KI, Manley GT, Verkman AS. Accelerated progression of kaolin-induced hydrocephalus in aquaporin-4-deficient mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2006;26(12):1527-37.
 
Holly LT, Bloch O, Johnson JP. Evaluation of registration techniques for spinal image guidance. J Neurosurg Spine 2006;4(4):323-8.
 
Verkman AS, Binder DK, Bloch O, Auguste K, Papadopoulos MC. Three distinct roles of aquaporin-4 in brain function revealed by knockout mice. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006;1758(8):1085-93.
 
Padmawar P, Yao X, Bloch O, Manley GT, Verkman AS. K+ waves in brain cortex visualized using a long-wavelength K+-sensing fluorescent indicator. Nat Methods 2005;2(11):825-7.
 
Bloch O, Papadopoulos MC, Manley GT, Verkman AS. Aquaporin-4 gene deletion in mice increases focal edema associated with staphylococcal brain abscess. J Neurochem 2005;95(1):254-62.
 
Buchsbaum G, Bloch O. Color categories revealed by non-negative matrix factorization of Munsell color spectra. Vision Res 2002;42(5):559-63.
 
Holly LT, Bloch O, Obasi C, Johnson JP. Frameless stereotaxy for anterior spinal procedures. J Neurosurg 2001;95(2 Suppl):196-201.
 
Bloch O, Holly LT, Park J, Obasi C, Kim K, Johnson JP. Effect of frameless stereotaxy on the accuracy of C1-2 transarticular screw placement. J Neurosurg 2001;95(1 Suppl):74-9.
 
Kim KD, Johnson JP, Bloch O, Masciopinto JE. Computer-assisted thoracic pedicle screw placement: an in vitro feasibility study. Spine 2001;26(4):360-64.
 
Kim KD, Johnson JP, Bloch O, Masciopinto JE, Saracen MJ, Villablanca JP. New software applications for interchangeable instrumentation in spinal stereotaxis. Stud Health Technol Inform 1999;62:179-80.
 
Kim KD, Johnson JP, Masciopinto JE, Bloch O, Saracen MJ, Villablanca JP. Universal calibration of surgical instruments for spinal stereotaxy. Neurosurgery 1999;44(1):173-7; discussion 177-8.