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Wei W. Ma, M.D., M.S.
Area of Specialty: Epilepsy
Professional Appointments: Attending Neurologist, JFK Medical
Center, Edison, New Jersey.
Academic Appointments: Assistant Professor of Neurology, Seton
Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, South Orange,
New Jersey.
Graduate Education: Ph.D. Program (ABD). Cell and Developmental
biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1992-1998; M.S.,
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, New Jersey,
1991; Neurophysiology Fellow, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at
JFK Medical Center, 2002-2003; Neurology Resident, NJ Neuroscience
Institute at JFK Medical Center, 1999-2002; Resident in Internal Medicine,
St. Michael's Medical Center, 1998-1999; Research Scientist, Laboratory
of Cancer Research, College of Pharmacy Rutgers University, New Jersey,
1991-1998; Research Assistant, Department of Environmental and Community
Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical school-UMDNJ, 1986-1990.
Medical School: Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China,
1983.
Specialty Board Certification: Board certified in Neurology.
Honors and Awards: 1992 Merit Award, An Outstanding Professional
Award, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Representative Publications:
Ma W, Nizam F, Grewal RP. X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Caused
By a Novel Point Mutation In the Connexin 32 Gene. Neurological Science.
23:195-197, 2002.
Ma W, Nadkarni M, Valproate. Induced Encephalopathy. Seton Hall University, School of Graduate Medical Education, The 12th Annual Research Colloquium, p. 43, May 11, 2001.
Huang M-T, Ma W, Yen P, Xie J-G, Frenkel K, Grunberger D And Conney AH. Inhibitory Effect of Topical Application of Low Dose of Curcumin on 12-o-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion and Oxidized DNA Bases in Mouse Epidermis. Carcinogenesis 18: 83-88, 1997.
Shao Y, Ho C-T, Chin C-K, Badmaev V, Ma W and Huang M-T. Inhibitory Activity of Boswellic Acids From Boswellia serrata against Human Leukemia HL-60 Cells in Culture, Planta Medica, 1997.
Shao Y, Chin C-K, Ho C-T, Ma W, Garrison S and Huang M-T. Anti-tumor Activity of the Crude Saponins Obtained from Asparagus, Cancer Letter, 104:31-36, 1996.
Huang M-T, Ma W, Yen P, Xie J-G, Han J, Frenkel K, Grunberger D and Conney AH. Inhibitory effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced tumor promotion in mouse skin and the synthesis of DNA, RNA and protein in HeLa cells. Carcinogenesis, 17: 761-765. 1996.
Huang M-T, Ma W, Lu, Y-P, Chang RL, Fisher C, Manchand PS, Newmark HL and Conney AH. Effects of curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin, and tetrahydrocurcumin on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced tumor promotion. Carcinogenesis, 16: 2493-2497, 1995.
Huang M-T, Ho C-T., Wang ZY, Ferraro T, Lou YR, Stauber K, Ma W, Georgiadis C, Laskin JD and Conney AH., Inhibition of skin tumorigenesis by rosemary and its constituents carnosol and ursolic acid. Cancer Res. 54: 701-708, 1994.
Huang M-T, Lou Y-R, Ma W, Newmark HL, Reuhl KR and Conney AH. Inhibitory effects of dietary curcumin on forestomach, duodenal and colon carcinogenesis in mice. Cancer Res., 54: 5841-5847, 1994.
Wang, ZY, Huang M-T, Ho C-T, Chang RL., Ma W, Ferraro T, Reuhl KR, Yang CS and Conney AH. Inhibitory Effect of Green Tea on the Growth of Established Skin Papillomas in Mice. Cancer Res. 52: 6657-6665, 1992.