Meningioma - Brown Neurosurgery

Overview

Meningioma is one of the most common non-cancerous tumors that can occur within the head and brain. Meningioma is a tumor that typically appears on the brain’s outer covering (the meninges) and grows slowly, usually only a millimeter or two per year.

At Rhode Island Hospital, our experienced team treats meningioma with a combination of surgery and / or radiation therapy. Typically, complete surgical removal of the tumor is an effective remedy. Occasionally tumors along the base of the skull cannot be removed in their entirety, and may need radiation therapy.

Radiation can be effectively delivered to the tumor in different ways depending on the tumor size and location, while minimizing radiation exposure to the surrounding tissues, using innovative technologies such as Image-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), or with our CyberKnife or Gamma Knife technologies. This combination of surgical and non-surgical approaches has been shown effective in treating most meningioma tumors.

Comprehensive Care Centers

Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center

Comprehensive Pituitary Center

Specialty Team

Neurosurgery Department Team

Deus J. Cielo, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice-Chair for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
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

Prakash Sampath, MD

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

Multidisciplinary Team

Neuro-Oncologists

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

Eric T. Wong, MD

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

Pathologists

John E. Donahue, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Ivana Delalle, MD, PhD

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

Radiation Oncologists
Timothy J. Kinsella, MD
Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD
Thomas A. DiPetrillo, MD
M. Yakub Puthawala, MD
Kara Lynne Leonard, MD

Advanced Practitioners
Joseph Flynn, NP, Neurosurgery
Arieana A. Carcieri, NP, Neurology

Conditions We Treat

Meningioma

Technology

TrueBeam Radiotherapy System

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery System

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System

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LPG Neurosurgery
593 Eddy Street, APC6
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 793-9166
Fax: (401) 444-2788