Tamarah J. Westmoreland, MD
SurgeryInsurance Accepted
- Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
- Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Florida (FKA Prestige Health Choice)
- AvMed
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
- Cigna & Great West HMO/POS Open Access
- Cigna & Great West PPO/EPO
- Community Care Plan Medicaid
- Employers Health Network PPO
- Evolutions Healthcare
- First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
- Florida Community Care
- Florida Medicaid
- Florida Medicare
- Health First Health Plans
- HealthSmart Health Plans PPO
- HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
- Humana HMO/POS
- Humana PPO/EPO
- Molina Healthcare Medicaid
- Multiplan PPO
- Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
- Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
- Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
- Star Healthcare Network
- Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
- Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
- Three Rivers Provider Network
- Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
- United Healthcare Commercial Products
- United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid
- Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
- Abdominal Masses
- Anti-Reflux Surgery
- Breast Disorders
- Burn Care
- Chest Wall Disorders
- Gall Bladder Disease
- Hernias and Hydroceles
- Wound Care
Research Activities
Dr. Westmoreland is part of a team of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ researchers that has just shown in the lab how Neuroblastoma tumors can potentially shrink or disappear using the Zika virus.
Her research interests include:
- Pediatric oncology
- Neuroblastoma
Medical Interests
- Neonatal conditions
- Pediatric oncology
- Thoracic disease
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The Oncolytic Activity of Zika Viral Therapy in Human Neuroblastoma In Vivo Models Confers a Major Survival Advantage in a CD24-dependent Manner.; Cancer research communications; (2024).
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Concurrent dermoid and epidermoid cysts in an adolescent patient: a case report; Oxford Medical Case Reports; (2023).
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CD24 Expression Dampens the Basal Antiviral State in Human Neuroblastoma Cells and Enhances Permissivity to Zika Virus Infection; Viruses; (2022).
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Persistent Double Dorsal Aorta Surrounding Large Neuroenteric Cyst; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2022).
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Chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT/TRiC) is a novel therapeutic and diagnostic target for neuroblastoma; Frontiers in Oncology; (2022).
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The killing of human neuroblastoma cells by the small molecule JQ1 occurs in a p53-dependent manner; Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry; (2020).
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Pediatric renal mass or xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis?; Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports; (2020).
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Keystone Flap Reconstruction after Resection of a Large Paraspinal Venous Malformation in an Infant; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2020).
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Zika virus as an oncolytic treatment of human neuroblastoma cells requires CD24; PLoS ONE; (2018).
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Nanoparticle delivery of curcumin induces cellular hypoxia and ROS-mediated apoptosis: Via modulation of Bcl-2/Bax in human neuroblastoma; Nanoscale; (2017).
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The long non-coding RNA GAS5 differentially regulates cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through activation of BRCA1 and p53 in human neuroblastoma; Oncotarget; (2017).
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Jejunogastric intussusception in a child: A case report; Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports; (2014).
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Gastric metastasis from an alveolar soft part sarcoma in a child: Case report and review of the literature; Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; (2014).
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Esophageal diverticulum arising from a prolonged retained esophageal foreign body; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2013).
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Endoscopic-assisted laparoscopic surgical removal of a gastric neurofibroma in a child; Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports; (2013).
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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; Contemporary Surgical Management of Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreatic Disease; (2013).
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Staged closure with negative pressure wound therapy for gastroschisis with liver herniation: A case report; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2013).
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Resection of a giant hepatic adenoma in an eight-year-old girl; American Surgeon; (2013).
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Bevacizumab-associated fistula formation in postoperative colorectal cancer patients; Journal of the American College of Surgeons; (2012).
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Low volume is associated with worse patient outcomes for pediatric liver transplant centers; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2010).
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Comparative genome-wide screening identifies a conserved doxorubicin repair network that is diploid specific in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; PLoS ONE; (2009).
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Yeast screens identify the RNA polymerase II CTD and SPT5 as relevant targets of BRCA1 interaction; PLoS ONE; (2008).
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Cell cycle progression in G<sub>1</sub> and S phases is CCR4 dependent following ionizing radiation or replication stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Eukaryotic Cell; (2004).
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DHH1 regulates the G1/S-checkpoint following DNA damage or BRCA1 expression in yeast; Journal of Surgical Research; (2003).
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A double-strand break within a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) containing human DNA can result in YAC loss, deletion, or cell lethality; Molecular and Cellular Biology; (1996).
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