Joshua Dowling, MD

Neurosurgeon

Joshua Dowling

Appointment Options

Whether you’re seeking a new patient appointment or exploring treatment options and looking for a second opinion, our Siteman care coordinators are ready to assist you.

My Locations

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

On WashU Medicine Campus
4500 Forest Park Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108

Expertise & Training

Clinical Expertise

  • Neurosurgery

  • Primary Brain Cancer

  • Metastatic Cancer to the CNS

Primary Academic Title

Professor, Neurological Surgery Surgical Director, Gamma Knife Program, WashU Medicine

Board Certification

  • 2003: American Board of Neurological Surgery

Training

  • 1996 - 1997: Fellow, Stereotactic and Functional Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

Education

  • 1989: MD, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Primary and metastatic brain tumors; brain metastases

Research Publications

Adjuvant personalized multivalent neoantigen DNA vaccination for MGMT unmethylated glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial
Authors:

Garfinkle EAR, Perales-Linares R, Gimple RC, one or more additional authors omitted Dowling JL, one or more additional authors omitted Johanns TM

Journal & Year:

Nat Cancer | 2026

Integrating Multisector Molecular Characterization into Personalized Peptide Vaccine Design for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
Authors:

Johanns TM, Garfinkle EAR, Miller KE, one or more additional authors omitted Dowling JL, one or more additional authors omitted Dunn GP

Journal & Year:

Clin Cancer Res | 2024

Glioblastoma-Infiltrating CD8+ T Cells Are Predominantly a Clonally Expanded GZMK+ Effector Population
Authors:

Wang AZ, Mashimo BL, Schaettler MO, one or more additional authors omitted Dowling JL, one or more additional authors omitted Dunn GP

Journal & Year:

Cancer Discov | 2024

Cranial Nerve IX and X Neurectomy for Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: Case Report and Operative Video
Authors:

Patel B, Pugazenthi S, Dowling J

Journal & Year:

Neurosurg Pract | 2023