Viviane Tabar, MD

I am a board-certified neurosurgeon who has completed additional fellowship training in brain tumor surgery. As a member of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Brain Tumor Center, I provide care for patients with primary brain tumors (such as glioblastomas and astrocytomas), tumors that line the skull (meningiomas), and tumors that have spread to the brain from other parts of the body (brain metastases). I also specialize in “mapping” of the brain during surgery to identify vital areas that control language, movement, and memory. Such mapping allows surgeons to remove tumors more precisely while sparing as much tissue as possible near these highly functional areas of the brain.

I also treat patients with pituitary tumors and other sellar and parasellar tumors. To help meet the needs of these patients, I established the Pituitary Tumor Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. Unique to New York City, this center offers specialized multidisciplinary care and expertise in surgery, endocrinology, and neuro-ophthalmology for patients with these types of tumors. Patients with pituitary tumors benefit from the use of MRI during surgery that enables us to perform safer, more extensive surgeries. For more information about this approach, visit the information about our Pituitary Tumor Center.

I am also a neuroscientist studying the potential use of neural and pluripotent stem cells to repair brain tissue following injury or disease. For more information about my research, visit the link at the bottom of this page.