Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s multidisciplinary approach to cancer care through disease management teams combines the expertise of many doctors, ensuring that patients who need several different therapies to treat their cancer will receive the best combination.
Our Central Nervous System Team — with its expertise in neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, radiation oncology, neuro-pathology, and neuro-radiology — works together to diagnose and treat patients with primary brain tumors.
Because our doctors are also leading clinical investigators, patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering have access to the newest approaches and can participate in clinical trials.
Select from the list below to learn more about our Central Nervous System specialists, their education, training, board certifications, current publications, and specific areas of clinical expertise.
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Chair, Department of Neurology; Co-Executive Director, Brain Tumor Center; Lillian Rojtman Berkman Chair in Honor of Jerome B. Posner
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Director, Brain Tumor Center; Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology
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Director, Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program
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Evelyn Frew American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor; George C. Cotzias Chair of Neuro-oncology; Member, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
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Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Co-Executive Director, Brain Tumor Center; Fred Lebow Chair in Neuro-Oncology
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Director, Brain Tumor Center; Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology
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Chief, Neuropathology and Autopsy Service; Director, Neuropathology; Founder's Chair
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Chief, Neuroradiology Service
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Director, MSKCC 55th Street Radiology; Training Program Director, Neuroradiology
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Director, Interventional Neuroradiology
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Director, Head & Neck Neuroradiology
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