Faculty and Staff

Brain Tumor Center Leadership

Luis Parada
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor; Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Program Staff

Michelle Lien
Senior Project Coordinator
Maria Montalvo
Research Study Assistant

Laboratory Staff

Carl Campos
Lab Manager
Jing  Li, PhD
Senior Research Assistant
Alicia  Maria  Pedraza, MA
Senior Research Assistant
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Senior Research Technician

Affiliated Faculty

Amitabh Gulati, MD
Director, Chronic Pain
Vinay Puttanniah, MD
Director, Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Pain Medicine
Neal Rosen, MD, PhD
Enid A. Haupt Chair in Medical Oncology
Patrick McGillivray
Instructor
Mark H. Bilsky, MD
William E. Snee Chair; Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery; Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service
Cameron W. Brennan, MD
Attending Neurosurgeon
Jeffrey P. Greenfield, MD, PhD
Associate Attending Neurosurgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon and neurotologist Samuel Selesnick
Attending Surgeon
Mark Souweidane
Attending Neurosurgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Theresa Feng Chair in Neurosurgery
Edward Avila, Memorial Sloan Kettering neurologist
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Neurology; Co-Director, Neuro Advanced Care Unit
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuro-oncologist Adrienne Boire
Scientific Director, Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center; Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
Xi Chen, MD, PhD
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program
Denise D. Correa, PhD
Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering neurologist & neuro-oncologist Eli Diamond
Associate Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Neuro-Oncologist & Neurologist Igor Gavrilovic
Attending Physician
Christian Grommes, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuro-oncologist Thomas Kaley
Chief, Neuro-Oncology and Cancer Neurology Service; Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Neurology; Chair, Institutional Review Board (IRB-C)
MSK neuro-oncologist Andrew Lin
Associate Attending Neurologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Ingo Mellinghoff
Chair, Department of Neurology; Evnin Family Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuro-oncologist Craig Nolan
Attending Physician
Elena Pentsova, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program
MSK neuro-oncologist Anna Piotrowski
Director, Neurology Clerkships and Sub-Internship
Sonia K. Sandhu
Associate Attending Physician
Bianca D. Santomasso, MD, PhD
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuropathologist Tejus Bale
Assistant Attending Pathologist
Marc K. Rosenblum, MD
Director, Neuropathology; Founder's Chair
Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric oncologist Ira Dunkel
Attending Pediatrician
Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric neuro-oncologist Matthias Karajannis
Chief, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Service; Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Neurologist & Neuro-Oncologist Yasmin Khakoo
Director, Child Neurology Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Oncologist Kim Kramer
Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Suzanne Wolden
Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Yoshiya (Josh) Yamada, MD
Co-Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service
Melissa Zinovoy, MD
Director of Brain Tumor Clinical Operations
Sofia S. Haque, MD
Head, Pediatric Neuroradiology
Vaios Hatzoglou, MD
Head, Neuroradiology Reporting
Andrei I. Holodny, MD
Chief, Neuroradiology Service
Eric Lis, MD
Director, Neuroradiology IR
Associate Attending Radiologist
Hilda E. Stambuk, MD
Director, Head & Neck Imaging, Neuroradiology
Robert J. Young, MD
Head, Brain Imaging, Director, Neuroradiology Research
Jonine Bernstein
Attending Epidemiologist; Co-Leader, Population Sciences Research
Katherine Panageas, DrPH
Attending Biostatistician; Director, Research Support
Tim A. Ahles, PhD
Attending Clinical Psychologist
William S. Breitbart, MD
Attending Psychiatrist; Jimmie C. Holland Chair
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuro-oncologist Adrienne Boire
Scientific Director, Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center; Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
Christian Grommes, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Robert Benezra, PhD
Laura and Christopher Pucillo Chair in Metastasis Research
Joan Massagué, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer; Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
Dr. Tuomas Tammela
Associate Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, MSKCC
Xuejun Jiang
Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Chair
Marilyn Resh
Member
Pictured: Dr. Lorenz Studer
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
John Petrini
Chair, Molecular Biology Program, SKI; Director, The Functional Genomics Initiative; Paul A. Marks Chair in Molecular Cell Biology
Jess Sheu-Gruttadauria, PhD
Assistant Member
Neal Rosen, MD, PhD
Enid A. Haupt Chair in Medical Oncology