Center for Neuro-Oncology Treatment Team

Depending on your diagnosis, your team may include the following specialists:
- Neuro-oncologists, who are experts in treating tumors of the brain and spinal cord
- Neurosurgeons, who are highly skilled in the precise techniques of operating on the brain and spinal cord
- Radiation oncologists, who specialize in using radiation that targets the tumor while sparing surrounding tissues
- Neuropathologists, who specialize in the diagnosis, molecular pathology, and genomics of brain tumors
- Social workers, who help you cope with the emotional impact of diagnosis and treatment
- Nurses and nurse practitioners, who provide health assessment, patient and family education, symptom management, screening for clinical trial eligibility, and quality of life assessment.

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Neuro-oncology

Elisa Aquilanti, MD

Physician

Tracy T. Batchelor, MD

Physician

Rameen Beroukhim, MD, PhD

Physician

Ugonma Chukwueke, MD, MPH

Physician

L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD, PhD

Physician

Eudocia Q. Lee, MD, MPH

Director of Clinical Research, Neuro-Oncology

J. Ricardo McFaline-Figueroa, MD, PhD

Physician

Lakshmi Nayak, MD

Director of the Center for Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma

David Reardon, MD

Clinical Director, Center for Neuro-Oncology

Mikael Rinne, MD, PhD

Physician

Patrick Y. Wen, MD

Director, Center for Neuro-Oncology

Neurosurgery

Ossama Al-Mefty, MD

Lecturer in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Omar Arnaout, MD

Co-Director, Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center (CNOC), Brigham and Women's Hospital

Mohammad A. Aziz-Sultan, MD

Chief of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD

Physician

John H. Chi, MD, MPH

Director, Neurosurgical Spine Cancer

Ennio A. Chiocca, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, Center for Neuro-Oncology

Elizabeth B. Claus, MD, PhD

Instructor in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Rose Du, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Kai U. Frerichs, MD

Director, Interventional Neuroradiology, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Alexandra Golby, MD

Director of Image-Guided Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

William Brian Gormley, MD, MPH, MBA

Director, Neurosurgical Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Michael W. Groff, MD

Vice Chairman Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Edward R. Laws, MD, FACS

Director, Pituitary and Neuroendocrine Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Nirav J. Patel, MD, MA

Physician

Pier Paolo Peruzzi, MD, PhD

Instructor in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical school

Timothy R. Smith, MD, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Hasan A. Zaidi, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Radiation Oncology

Ayal Aizer, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

Brian M. Alexander, MD, MPH

Disease Center Leader, Radiation Oncology, Center for Neuro-Oncology

Karen J. Marcus, MD

Chief, Division of Radiation Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital

Andrea K. Ng, MD, MPH

Institute Physician

Rifaquat Rahman, MD

Physician

Shyam K. Tanguturi, MD

Director of Network Development, Radiation Oncology

Pathology

Sanda Alexandrescu, MD

Pathologist

Umberto De Girolami, MD

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Mel B. Feany, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Hart G. Lidov, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Keith L. Ligon, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Neuropathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

David M Meredith, MD, PhD

Pathologist

Scott J. Rodig, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Sandro Santagata, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Isaac H. Solomon, MD, PhD

Pathologist
Neuro-Oncology Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants

Johny Chau, BSN, RN
Meghan Cifrino, RN, BSN
Lisa Doherty, APRN, OCN
Aisling Donohoe, RN
Debra Conrad LaFrankie, RN, OCN
Jennifer Stefanik, NP
Christina Taubert, FNP-C
Kendal Timperman, RN
Alexandra Torres, PA-C
Neuro-Radiation Nurses
Shelly Lynn Beckley, NP
Sheila Connelly, RN
Rachel Silverman, RN

Neurosurgery Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants

Sara June Dagen, RN
Sherry Iuliano, FNP-C
Mary Beth Mondello, NP
Daniel Triggs, NP

Neuropsychology

Deborah Green, PhD
Mary-Ellen Meadows, PhD

Neuro-Oncology Social Workers

Rachel Allende,LICSW (Spanish and Portuguese-speaking patients)
Sara E. Nemitz, LICSW (inpatient)
Ben Peirce, LICSW

Center for Neuro-Oncology

Center for Neuro-Oncology Treatment Team

Neuro-oncology

Neurosurgery

Radiation Oncology

Pathology

Neuro-Oncology Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants

Neuro-Radiation Nurses

Neurosurgery Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants

Neuropsychology

Neuro-Oncology Social Workers