MSK offers expert care for people with neurofibromatosis (NF), schwannomatosis, and NF2-related schwannomatosis.
You may have to be treated by many types of doctors. It’s important to get treatment from a team that works closely together to coordinate your care. You often can get all your visits scheduled for the same day at MSK’s main hospital in Manhattan.
We meet regularly to review your progress. We’re always thinking about ways we can make your quality of life better.
MSK’s care team includes many kinds of experts in treating NF and schwannomatosis. They include:
- Geneticists
- Medical oncologists (cancer doctors)
- Neurologists (doctors with special training in the central nervous system)
- Neuro-oncologists (doctors with special training in brain and spinal tumors)
- Neurosurgeons (doctors with special training in surgery on the central nervous system)
- Nurses
- Ophthalmologists (eye doctors)
- Pain management experts
- Physiatrists (doctors with special training in physical and rehabilitation medicine)
- Radiation oncologists (doctors with special training in using radiation to treat cancer)
- Radiologists (doctors with special training in imaging)
- Rehabilitation experts
- Surgical oncologists (doctors who treat cancer with surgery)
MSK’s Neurofibromatosis Clinic offers care from a team of experts. This disease can be treated and managed, but it affects many parts of the body. You may need treatment from different doctors. That’s why it’s important to get care from a team that works very closely together.
Adult Neuro-Oncology and Neurology

Chair, Department of Neurology; Evnin Family Chair in Neuro-Oncology

Director, Neurology Clerkships and Sub-Internship

Associate Attending Neurologist
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Chief, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Service

Director, Child Neurology Program

Instructor
Pediatric Oncology

Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Neurosurgery

Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Oncology

William E. Snee Chair; Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery; Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service

Attending Neurosurgeon

Attending Neurosurgeon

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Theresa Feng Chair in Neurosurgery
Medical Oncology

Assistant Attending Physician

Co-Director, Sarcoma Translational Research, MSK Sarcoma Center

Interim Clinical Director, Sarcoma Oncology Service

Chief, Sarcoma Medical Oncology Service
Orthopaedic Surgery

Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery Service; Jack Byrne Chair for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Associate Attending Surgeon

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Associate Attending Surgeon

Chief, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service; Vincent Astor Chair of Clinical Research
Radiation Oncology

Co-Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service
Radiology

Head, Pediatric Neuroradiology

Attending Radiologist

Head, Brain Imaging, Director, Neuroradiology Research
Available Monday through Friday, to (Eastern time)