Neuro-Oncology
Clinical Faculty

Background

Heinrich Elinzano, MD is an adult neurologist, with subspecialty training in neuro-oncology and spinal cord injury medicine, and is also an associate professor of neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is experienced in the management of tumors of the central nervous system and has a particular interest in conducting clinical trials for the treatment of primary brain tumors and the neurological complications of systemic cancer.

Elinzano completed his neurology residency at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center of New York, his spinal cord injury medicine fellowship training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and his neuro-oncology fellowship training at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore and The Neuro-Oncology Branch of the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke. Prior to his current position at Rhode Island Hospital, he was an adult neuro-oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center.

Education

Degrees
1987-1991
M.D.
University of the Philippines College of Medicine

1983-1987
B.S., Biology
University of the Philippines College of Science

Residencies
1997-1998
Chief Resident
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York City/
New York Medical College, New York, New York

1995-1998
Residency Training in Neurology
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York City/
New York Medical College, New York, New York

1994-1995
Internship in Internal Medicine
St. Barnabas Hospital/Weill Medical College
of Cornell University
Bronx, New York

1991-1992
Rotating Internship
Philippine General Hospital/University
Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines.

Fellowships
2002 – 2003
Fellowship Training in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in
St. Louis School of Medicine and The Rehabilitation
Institute of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.

2003-2005
Fellowship Training in Neuro-Oncology
The Johns Hopkins University and
The National Institutes of Health Combined
Neuro-Oncology Training Program
Baltimore and Bethesda, Maryland.

Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Credentials

Titles
Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine, Clinician Educator
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Committee
Co-Director, Brown University Oncology Research Group
Neuro-Oncology Medical Lead, Lifespan Cancer Institute

Awards, Memberships and Publications
Dr. Elinzano has many honors, memberships and publications. To see a full list of credentials, download his CV.

Clinical Interests

treatment of primary brain tumors and the neurological complications of systemic cancer

Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy Street, APC 5
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 793-9166
Fax: (401) 444-2788