Brain Tumor Surgery

Academic Divisions

Overview

The Brown University Brain Tumor Surgery Division at Rhode Island Hospital combines multidisciplinary clinical care with cutting edge basic research in the diagnosis and treatment of intracranial benign and malignant tumors. Our team of specialized neurosurgeons, neuro-oncolongists, and radiation oncologists share deep expertise in the treatment of acoustic neuromas, pituitary tumors, meningiomas, metastatic disease, gliomas and lymphomas.

We offer treatments ranging from surgery to chemotherapy, and advanced radiation therapies, such as Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), Gamma Knife and CyberKnife. Our division has a dedicated laboratory for brain tumor research collaborating with leading academic institutions to develop novel treatments for our patients.

Our Team

Neurosurgery Department Team

Deus J. Cielo, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice-Chair for Inclusion
Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division
Co-Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program
Director, Miriam Hospital Neurosurgery Program

Curtis E. Doberstein, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery
Executive Vice-Chair, Clinical Operations
Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull-base Surgery Division
Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program

Christine K. Lee, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Center for Endoscopic Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery
Co-Director, Skull Base Surgery
Director, Translational Skull Base Laboratory

Athar Malik, MD, PhD

Samuel I. Kennison, M.D. and Bertha S. Kennison Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Injury & Restorative Neurosurgery
 Director, Restorative Neuroscience Laboratory

Prakash Sampath, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Robotic Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Immunotherapy Program
Director, Neurosurgery at Roger Williams Medical Center

Konstantina A. Svokos, DO, MS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Director, Fetal Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Neuroplastics
Co-Director, Center for Surgical Treatment of the Developing Brain and Spine

Multidisciplinary Team

Neuro-oncologists

Eric T. Wong, MD

Professor of Neurology, Medicine, Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology
Director of Medical Neuro-Oncology

Heinrich Elinzano, MD

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

Sasmit Sarangi, MD

Pathologists

Ivana Delalle, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

John E. Donahue, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Michael Punsoni, MD
Harry Rosenberg, MD

Neuro-radiologists

Jeffrey M. Rogg, MD

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging
Director, Neuroradiology
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital

Glenn A. Tung, MD, FACR

Professor of Diagnostic Imaging

Jerrold L. Boxerman, MD, PhD
Jeffrey M. Brody, MD
Lawrence Davis, MD
Richard Gold, MD
Mahesh Jayaraman, MD, FACR
Jindal, Gaurav, MD
Krish K. Singhal, MD

Radiation Oncologists
James Brindle, PhD
Thomas A. DiPetrillo, MD
Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD
Paul Koffer, MD
Andrew Kopecky, MD
M. Yakub Puthawala, MD
Mark Rivard, PhD
Esther Yu, MD

Medical Oncologists
Christopher Azzoli, MD
Ariel E. Birnbaum, MD
Maria Constantinou, MD
Ollila Thomas, MD

Neuro-psychiatrist
Seth A. Margolis, PhD

Neuro-opthalmologist
Tatiana Bakaeva, MD

Conditions We Treat

Benign Tumors
acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannoma), pituitary tumors (or pituitary adenoma), meningiomas

Malignant Tumors
metastatic cancers, gliomas, lymphomas, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, esthesioneuroblastoma

Research

Neurosurgery Department

Molecular Neuroscience and Neuro-Oncology Laboratory

Studies of glioblastoma stem cells and RNA therapeutics
Laboratory for Glioblastoma Research

The Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Research Laboratory

Studies of glioblastoma stem cells and RNA therapeutics

Laboratory of Surgical Neuro-oncology
Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD
Developing surgical treatment for brain tumors, including brachytherapy, electrode-based therapy, and local microRNA delivery

Laboratory of Computational Modeling
Jay Hou, PhD
Shane Lee, PhD
Computational modeling in neuro-oncology

Restorative Neuroscience Laboratory
Athar N. Malik, MD, PhD
Understanding the physiologic impact of mass effect on cerebral physiology

Translational Skull Base Laboratory
Christine K. Lee, MD, PhD
Identifying therapeutic targets and developing imaging tools for skull base tumors

Other Labs

Lagorreta Cancer Center
Wafik El-Deiry
Imipridone class of small molecules in the treatment of glioblastomas

Lagorreta Cancer Center
Jack Elias, MD
The role of chitosome and inflammation in cancer

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Sean Lawler, PhD
Novel therapies against glioblastomas

Laboratory for Glioblastoma Research
Eric T. Wong, MD, MA
Research on Tumor Treating Electric

Technology

TrueBeam Radiotherapy System

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery System

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System

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Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy Street, APC 6
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 793-9166
Fax: (401) 444-2788