University of California, San Diego
Jessica Schulte, MD, PhD, is a Neuro-Oncologist at Moores Cancer Center, and an Assistant Professor of Neurosciences at University of California San Diego (UCSD). She treats adult and adolescent patients with central nervous system (CNS) tumors, as well as Neurofibromatosis. In her clinical practice, she focuses on targeted treatments and clinical trials for glioma, meningioma, schwannoma, neurofibroma, and leptomeningeal metastases.
Her research interests include optimizing transitions between pediatric and adult Neuro-Oncology care and understanding young adult survivorship needs. Dr. Schulte is co-primary investigator of the comprehensive follow-up protocol for the Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC), which has 25 therapeutic clinical trials at 42 sites worldwide. This protocol collects unprecedented longitudinal data on neurocognition, quality-of-life, and functional independence for patients treated for CNS tumors, from birth to age 39. Dr. Schulte serves on the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Research Council of the multi-institutional International CNS Pediatric Research Consortium. She advises on the Moores Cancer Center (MCC) AYA Transition Committee and is faculty advisor to young adult Neuro-Oncology support groups at UCSD and UC San Francisco (UCSF). In addition, she serves as the Solid Tumor Therapeutics Research Liaison for the MCC Community Outreach and Engagement Committee.
Dr. Schulte sees adolescents and adults with Type 1 and Type 2 Neurofibromatosis (NF), and non-NF2 Schwannomatosis. She directs the multidisciplinary UCSD NF Tumor Board which meets monthly and includes physicians from 6 different subspecialities. She directs a study correlating molecular subtypes of vestibular schwannoma, their natural history, and response to medical treatment.
Dr. Schulte completed a Neuro-Oncology fellowship at the UCSF Brain Tumor Center and a neurology residency at the Columbia University Neurological Institute. She earned her medical degree from Northwestern University where she also completed doctoral work in neurobiology, investigating cadherin-mediated cellular migration during neurodevelopment and in the formation of glioma.
