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Virginia Mason Medical Center Neuro-Oncology Program

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT

The clinical brain tumor program at Virginia Mason Medical Center includes physicians across all disciplines as well as complete supportive services with Neuro-Psychology, Cancer Rehabilitation and brain tumor Support Group. Clinical trials serving Alaska, Washington, Montana and Oregon through NCCTG, RTOG and pharmaceutical industry.

Lynne Taylor
ltaylor@u.washington.edu

X7NEU, 1100 9th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98111

(206) 799-6414

University of Wisconsin, Madison - Brain Tumor Center

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT

The UW Health Brain Tumor Center in Madison, Wisconsin provides comprehensive treatment for patients with brain tumors. Working in concert with the UW Carbone Cancer Center, our multidisciplinary team sees more than 1,200 brain tumor patients annually with common as well as rare brain cancers.

Patient care is managed by a comprehensive team of health care providers that includes neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, neuro-oncologists, neuropathologists, neuroradiologists, neuro-otologists, pediatric neurologists, pediatric neurosurgeons and pediatric neuro-oncologists. The team sees patients with brain masses who have yet to be diagnosed, newly diagnosed patients or those with advanced disease.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:31:18 GMT

Chas Haynes
chas@soc-neuro-onc.org

4617 Birch Street

Bellaire, TX 774015509

Society for Neuro-Oncology

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:23:26 GMT

Jan Esenwein
jan@soc-neuro-onc.org

4617 Birch Street

Bellaire, TX 77401-5509

Neurologic Institute of New Jersey

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:30:00 GMT

James K. Liu, MD (skull base and brain tumors) Peter W. Carmel, MD (pediatric tumors) Chirag D. Gandhi, MD (brain tumors) Robert Heary, MD (spine tumors) Skull Base Team Approach Using a multi-disciplinary team approach, we provide our patients the expertise of neurosurgeons, neuro-otologists, rhinologists, head and neck surgeons, plastic surgeons, orbital surgeons, neuro-ophthalmologists, neurointerventionalists, radiation oncologists, neuro-oncologists, neurologists, geneticists, and endocrinologists. Patients also receive compassionate care from specialists in physical therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy, and rehabilitation. Our skull base team aims to safely remove the skull base tumorwhile preserving neurological function with the best cosmetic outcome. Dr. Liu collaborates with specialists from the Division of Otolaryngology including Dr. Soly Baredes, Dr. Robert Jyung, Dr. Jean Anderson Eloy, and Dr. Eric Cohen. Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Dr. Liu and Dr. Jean...

Society for Neuro-Oncology

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:36:34 GMT

Linda Greer
linda@soc-neuro-onc.org

1414 Thorogood Lane

Edmonton, AB T6R 3K6

(780) 758-8238

Virginia Mason Medical Center Neuro-Oncology Program

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Lynne Taylor
ltaylor@u.washington.edu

X7NEU, 1100 9th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98111

(206) 799-6414

University of California Irvine Brain Tumor Program

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:00:00 GMT

UC Irvine Healthcare’s brain tumor program is a leader in the latest treatments for brain tumors through comprehensive multidisciplinary care. The world-class multidisciplinary team enlists the expertise of the medical neuro-oncology, surgical neuro-oncology, radiation oncology, neuropathology, neuroradiology, radiation oncology and neuropsychology.

The only comprehensive brain tumor program in Orange County, UC Irvine’s Brain Tumor Program is dedicated to advancing medicine through leading-edge research into the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of all types of primary and metastatic central nervous system tumors. Leading-edge equipment, including the first intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in Orange and San Diego counties and the Trilogy linear accelerator, enables the team to offer the latest treatments in treating brain tumors.

University of Virginia Neuro-Oncology Center

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:00:00 GMT

The UVA Neuro-Oncology Center has as its mission to improve the care and outcome of patients with brain and spinal cord tumors. We are a major center for innovative clinical trials for brain tumors. Several laboratories here are focused on understanding intracellular signalling in brain tumors to develop and test agents that may block overactive pathways or restore deficient ones. Our group also studies drug delivery to brain tumors via convection-enhanced delivery.

New Jersey Neuroscience Institute Brain Tumor Center

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT

The New Jersey Neuroscience Institute (NJNSI) Brain Tumor Center was established in 1997. This center brought together experts with extensive training from all over the country to diagnose and treat adult and pediatric patients with tumors involving the nervous system. These tumors may arise from the brain or spinal cord, or may spread to these areas from somewhere else in the body (for example, the lung, the breast, colon or skin). For over a decade, this specialized team of physicians has been providing superior, state-of-the-art, comprehensive clinical care and support to patient’s who suffer from tumors of the central nervous system, and their families. This multidisciplinary team includes neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, neuroradiology, radiation oncology, neuropathology, and nursing. In addition to this core team, the program incorporates other disciplines as well for the benefit of their patients. These specialties include hematology/oncology,...

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT

The Neurologic Institute and Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland comprise the Neuro-Oncology Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of 37 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States.

Members of the Neuro-Oncology Program from the deparments of Hematology, Neurology, Neuropathology, Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Social Work, and Translational Neuroscience work together to provide a caring and individualized approach to treatment in a multi-disciplinary team setting for patients with tumors of the brain, spine and peripheral nervous system.

We emphasize a multidisciplinary approach and employ the most sophisticated technology including:

Image Guided Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Intra-operative MRI (iMRI)
Radiosurgery (Gamma Knife and Cyberknife)
Immunotherapy (tumor vaccines)
Cenvection Enhanced Delivery (CED)

We also provide access to clinical trials.

West Virginia University Neuro-Oncology Program

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT

The adult Neuro-oncology program at West Virginia University offers state of the art care for patients with primary and secondary tumors of the brain and spine, neurological complications of cancer and paraneoplastic syndromes. A team of professionals from the fields of neurosurgery, neuropsychology, neuro-oncology, rehabilitation medicine, radiosurgery (Gamma Knife), radiation-oncology, neuropathology and neuroradiology offer expeditious evaluations and effective treatments.

The program holds a weekly multidisciplinary brain tumor board meeting to discuss diagnostic and therapeutic options that include standard or experimental approaches.

The goal of the neuro-oncology program is to offer the patient compassionate and effective treatments to increase survival which are always thought in the context of safe guarding and prioritizing the quality of life and functional capabilities of the patient as well the dignity of the patient and family.

Sanchetee Neurology Research Institute

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Associated with a large oncology centre, it is mainly concerned with early diagnosis, education and rehabilitation

Oregon Clinic (The)

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Legacy Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Services Program

M.D. Anderson Brain Tumor Center

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:00:00 GMT

The mission of the Brain Tumor Center is to eliminate central nervous system tumors as a significant health problem. We are a research-driven consortium of M. D. Anderson scientists and physicians aiming to foster collaboration across diverse disciplines of basic and clinical science. Through innovative research, patient care and education, we aim to provide the foremost expertise in the study and treatment of CNS tumors. Our hope is that the new knowledge generated by these partnerships will lead to improved detection, prevention, therapy, patient care and rehabilitation. We also aim to train the next generation of clinicians and investigators. BRAIN TUMOR PROGRAM FACULTY MEMBERS 1. Aldape, Kenneth D., MD, (Pathology); Associate Professor, Unit 85 2. Arap, Wadih, MD, PhD, (Genitourinary Medical Oncology), Profesor, Unit 1374 3. Ater, Joann L., MD, (Pediatrics) Associate Professor, Unit 87 4. Bogler, Oliver, PhD (Neurosurgery-Research), Unit 64 5. Bondy, Melissa...

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:00:00 GMT

This is a comprehensive brain tumor program based at Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical School in New York City that is devoted to the evaluation and management of primary brain tumors, all neurological complications due to cancer, and the treatment of cancer pain. Treatment is personal. Experimental trials for a variety of tumors are in evaluation.

Emory Winship Cancer Institute

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:00:00 GMT

The Clinical Neuro-Oncology Program at Emory's Winship Cancer Institute serves as a one stop treatment for patients with brain and spinal cord tumors and functions as a multidisciplinary brain/spinal cord tumor clinic and real time tumor board.

With a team of professionals from the fields of neuropathology, neuroradiology, nuerosurgery, and neuro-oncology and laboratory scientists of the Winship Brain Tumor Program for rapid translational research, and neurosurgery, the Neuro-Oncology team at Winship offers patients faster, more effective treatment.

Directed by Alfredo Voloschin, MD, the Clinical Neuro-Oncology Program holds a weekly Brain Tumor Conference to discuss management of cases from a multidisciplinary team of Neuro-Oncology, Neuro-radiology, Radiation Oncology, Pathology, and Neurosurgery. Jeffrey Olson, MD and Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD are also part of the team.

The Neuro-Oncology Program is a member of the "New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy" (NABTT) CNS Consortium. The goal of the program is to improve the therapeutic outcome for adults with primary brain tumors.

This consortium is one of two programs nationwide that is funded by the National Cancer Institute to conduct Phase I and Phase II clinical evaluations of promising new treatment strategies, routes of administrations, and clinical trial design in the treatment of primary malignancies of the central nervous system. The primary goals of the NABTT CNS Consortium are to develop scientific advances and improve clinical outcomes for patients with primary brain tumors.

Winship currently offers treatment trials for newly diagnosed and malignant brain tumors sponsored by NABTT, as well as ones from industrial sources and originated at Emory.

Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:00:00 GMT

We're Henry Ford....We can

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Neuro-Oncology Program

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:45:00 GMT

The Neuro-Oncology Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center includes a group of health care professionals from multiple disciplines committed to providing the best available comprehensive and individualized care to the population of the Northern New England area suffering from brain cancer, tumors affecting the nervous system, or afflicted by neurological complications of systemic cancer. The group strives to serve as an educational resource for patients, providers, and the community, while developing and conducting state of the art research according to the highest ethical standards.

The Neuro-Oncology Program provides comprehensive and individualized care to patients suffering from tumors affecting the nervous system or afflicted by neurological complications of systemic cancer. Our multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment involves members from specialties including Neuro-oncology, Radiation Oncology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, NeuroPathology, Palliative Care, Nursing, and Social Work. The program emphasizes the utilization of Basic Science and clinical research for the development of more effective and less toxic treatments.

New York Presbyterian Hospital Brain Tumor Center

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Center for evaluation and management of brain tumors, neurological complications of cancer, and management of cancer pain.