Brain Tumor Center: Our Faculty

The Brain Tumor Center faculty includes physicians and scientists from Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s departments of Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Neurosurgery, Pathology, and Surgery, as well as the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program and the Sloan-Kettering Institute’s programs in Cancer Biology and Genetics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, and Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry.

Select from the list below to learn more about our Brain Tumor Center faculty members.

Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Department of Medicine

Stephen D. Nimer, MD -- Vice Chair, Faculty Development, Department of Medicine; Alfred P. Sloan Chair
Stephen D. Nimer
Vice Chair, Faculty Development, Department of Medicine; Alfred P. Sloan Chair
Michael R. McDevitt
Neal Rosen, MD, PhD
Neal Rosen
Enid A. Haupt Chair in Medical Oncology

Department of Neurosurgery

Jeffrey P. Greenfield, MD, PhD
Jeffrey P. Greenfield
Philip H. Gutin, MD -- Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Co-Executive Director, Brain Tumor Center; Fred Lebow Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Philip H. Gutin
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Co-Executive Director, Brain Tumor Center; Fred Lebow Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Eric C. Holland, MD, PhD -- Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Director, Brain Tumor Center; Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology
Eric C. Holland
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology
Michael G. Kaplitt
Mark Souweidane
Mark M. Souweidane
Viviane Tabar, MD
Viviane Tabar
Mark H. Bilsky, MD
Mark H. Bilsky
Samuel H. Selesnick, MD, FACS
Samuel H. Selesnick
Cameron W. Brennan, MD
Cameron W. Brennan

Department of Neurology

Edward K. Avila, DO
Edward K. Avila
Ronald G. Blasberg
Xi Chen, MD, PhD
Xi Chen
Milan G. Chheda
Denise D. Correa, PhD
Denise D. Correa
Kathleen M. Foley, MD -- The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Chair
Kathleen M. Foley
The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Chair
Christian Grommes, MD
Christian Grommes
Thomas J. Kaley, MD -- Director, Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program
Thomas J. Kaley
Director, Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program
Ingo K. Mellinghoff, MD
Ingo K. Mellinghoff
Antonio M. Omuro, MD
Antonio M. Omuro
Gavril W. Pasternak
Anne Burnett Tandy Chair of Neurology
Elena Pentsova
Jerome B. Posner, MD -- Evelyn Frew American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor; George C. Cotzias Chair of Neuro-oncology; Member, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Jerome B. Posner
Evelyn Frew American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor; George C. Cotzias Chair of Neuro-oncology; Member, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program
Sonia K. Sandhu
Jonas M. Sokolof, DO
Jonas M. Sokolof
Michael D. Stubblefield, MD -- Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Service
Michael D. Stubblefield
Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Service
Craig P. Nolan, MD
Craig P. Nolan
Lisa M. DeAngelis
Lisa M. DeAngelis
Chair, Department of Neurology; Co-Executive Director, Brain Tumor Center; Lillian Rojtman Berkman Chair in Honor of Jerome B. Posner
Kevin C. De Braganca, MD
Kevin C. De Braganca

Department of Pathology

Marc K. Rosenblum, MD
Marc K. Rosenblum
Chief, Neuropathology and Autopsy Service; Director, Neuropathology; Founder's Chair

Department of Pediatrics

Department of Radiation Oncology

Department of Radiology

Sofia S. Haque, MD
Sofia S. Haque
Andrei I. Holodny, MD -- Chief, Neuroradiology Service
Andrei I. Holodny
Chief, Neuroradiology Service
Sasan Karimi, MD -- Director, Memorial Sloan-Kettering 55th Street Radiology; Training Program Director, Neuroradiology
Sasan Karimi
Director, MSKCC 55th Street Radiology; Training Program Director, Neuroradiology
George Krol, MD
George Krol
Eric Lis, MD -- Director, Interventional Neuroradiology
Eric Lis
Director, Interventional Neuroradiology
John Lyo
Hilda E. Stambuk, MD -- Director, Head & Neck Neuroradiology
Hilda E. Stambuk
Director, Head & Neck Neuroradiology
Robert J. Young
Director, 3T Neuroradiology Imaging
Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD -- Chair, Department of Radiology; Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair
Hedvig Hricak
Chair, Department of Radiology; Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair
Michelle S. Bradbury, MD, PhD
Michelle S. Bradbury
Pictured: Moritz Kircher
Moritz F. Kircher
Vaios Hatzoglou, MD
Vaios Hatzoglou

Department of Surgery

Bhuvanesh Singh, MD, PhD, FACS -- Director, Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology
Bhuvanesh Singh
Director, Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jonine Bernstein
Attending Epidemiologist
Sara Olson
Associate Attending Epidemiologist
Katherine Panageas
Associate Attending Biostatistician

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Pictured: Tim Ahles
Tim A. Ahles
William S. Breitbart, MD -- Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief, Psychiatry Service
William S. Breitbart
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief, Psychiatry Service

Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program

Cancer Biology and Genetics

Pictured: Robert Benezra
Robert Benezra
Eric C. Holland, MD, PhD -- Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Director, Brain Tumor Center; Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology
Eric C. Holland
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology
Pictured: Johanna Joyce
Johanna Joyce
Pictured: Joan Massagué
Joan Massagué
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI

Cell Biology

Computational Biology

Chris Sander
Chair, Computational Biology Program, SKI

Developmental Biology

Molecular Biology

Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry

Pictured: Luca Cartegni
Luca Cartegni
Pictured: Hakim Djaballah
Hakim Djaballah
Director
Stephen Nimer
Pictured: Gavril W. Pasternak
Gavril W. Pasternak
Neal Rosen, MD, PhD
Neal Rosen
Enid A. Haupt Chair in Medical Oncology