Web Resources
Brain Tumor Clinics/Hopitals and Centers
The Brain Tumor Center at Duke:
The Brain Tumor Center at Duke in Durham, North Carolina, is
dedicated entirely to the treatment and cure of brain and/or spinal cord tumors
in children and adults. Co-directors Henry Friedman, MD, and Allan Friedman,
MD, combine administrative talents with clinical expertise and research
endeavors to lead a team of over 100 professionals in their quest to provide
state-of-the-art treatment and improved quality of life for patients with brain
tumors and their families.
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC (New Patients seen yearly: 800)
www.cancer.duke.edu/btc
Brain Tumor Center at UCSF:
Offering the most advanced therapies available for adults
and children who have a tumor of the brain or spinal cord, UCSF's Brain Tumor Center is the most comprehensive treatment program for these tumors in the nation
and is the only such pediatric treatment program in California funded by the
National Institutes of Health.
(New Patients seen yearly: 400+)
http://neurosurgery.medschool.ucsf.edu/patient_care/bt_center.html
The Brain Tumor Center at the University of Chicago:
The Brain Tumor Center at the University of Chicago
Hospitals offers a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach to the care of
adult and pediatric patients with tumors of the central nervous system. Within
the Center, patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors are evaluated by
a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuro-oncologists, radiation
oncologists, neuro-pathologists, neuro-radiologists, neuro-otologists, and
neuro-opthalmologists.
http://www.chicagobraintumors.org/
Brigham and Women Hospital: Institute for the
Neurosciences:
Neurology and Neurosurgery, along with Psychiatry and Radiology,
are founding members of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Institute for the
Neurosciences. Along with experts in Neuro-Anesthesia,
Neuropathology, and Neuro-Opthamology, more than three hundred faculty, staff
and residents collaborate in delivering innovative and patient-centered care.
(New Patients seen yearly: 200+)
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/neurosurgery/
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/patient/neuroscience.asp
Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates:
CNSA provide specialized medical care for patients with
primary benign tumors, malignant rumors or brain metastasis from another part
of the body. Our practive is a major brain tumor center, performing in excel of
300 brain tumor related procedures per year. Provide comprehensive brain tumor
care, from advanced surgical procedures to patient support and counseling.
Brain tumor program: (New Patients seen yearly: 250+)
http://www.carolinaneurosurgery.com/program.html
Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute:
Dr. Keith Black, Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical
Institute (MDNSI) at Cedars-Sinai, and Dr. John Yu, Co-Director of the
Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program at the MDNSI:
The Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute is dedicated to
advancing the field of neurosurgery, providing leading-edge, compassionate
clinical care and conducting unparalleled research for the full range of
neurosurgical conditions. The Institute's multifaceted programs encompass brain
tumors, neurovascular diseases, functional disorders, pain, trauma and other
complex conditions requiring neurosurgical intervention for both adults and
children. We offer the full spectrum of treatment options and are developing
promising protocols for neurological diseases that are extremely difficult to
treat with conventional therapies. (New Patients seen yearly: 400+)
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/1043.html
Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor Institute: Cleveland OH
At the Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor Institute, a
multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, medical
oncologists, radiation oncologists and neuropathologists work together to
advance the diagnosis, research and treatment of brain tumors in adults and
children. As one of the largest brain tumor centers in the nation, our Center
treats more than 3,000 patients and performs over 800 surgical and
radiosurgical procedures annually. (New Patients seen yearly: 200+)
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/neuroscience/treat/brain/
Colorado Neurological Institute (CNI) Center for
Brain and Spinal Tumors:
CNI offers an aggressive,
multi-disciplinary and integrated team approach to the treatment of brain
tumors for patients in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Our Treatment
options employ an aggressive combination of neurosurgery plus or minus
photodynamic therapy, combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy, sometimes
followed by another surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery, and biological
therapy.
http://www.thecni.org/braintumor/
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare:
The Kellogg Cancer Care Center:
For more than three decades, our
neurosurgical
team has delivered acclaimed services to patients referred from
throughout the Chicago metropolitan region and beyond.
U.S. News & World Report has recognized our
Neurosciences Program (inclusive of Neurology and
Neurosurgery) in its "America’s Best Hospitals" issue (July 23,
2003) as among the nation’s best. Our commitment at Evanston
Northwestern Healthcare is to continue a tradition of excellence, provide
multidisciplinary team care, and to advance
research and education while attaining our goal of
world class care.
http://www.enh.org/
The Gamma Knife Center of Oregon:
Gamma Knife therapy is a non-invasive treatment for complex
brain lesions, which may or may not be cancerous. Located at Providence Portland Medical Center, the Gamma Knife Center of Oregon is the only Gamma Knife
treatment center between Seattle and San Francisco. It is a shared community
resource open to all physicians trained and credentialed in Gamma Knife
procedures. Experienced neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists are welcome to
treat their patients at the Gamma Knife Center, or refer patients to our team
of specialists.
http://www.providence.org/oregon/programs_and_services/gamma_knife/default.htm/?source=overture
Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital:
The Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital,
founded in honor of David Hermelin – former U.S. Ambassador to Norway and
a brain tumor patient at Henry Ford – has become a national leader in
brain tumor treatment by making surgery safer and recovery faster, by creating
new delivery methods, conducting ongoing research and continuing to be at the
forefront of the world’s best brain tumor treatment. the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center team works with Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts General and other
world renown brain cancer programs to develop and deliver novel treatments for
brain tumor patients. (New Patients seen yearly: 350)
http://henryford.com/body.cfm?id=38403
New BT Treatments
http://www.henryford.com/body.cfm?id=38405
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute,
Neuro-Oncology Program– Tampa FL (New Patients seen yearly: 1000)
http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/Prevention_and_Treatment/clinical_programs/neuro-oncology/
John Hopkins Medicine- Neurology and Neurosurgery:
http://www.neuro.jhmi.edu/
The Johns Hopkins Brain Tumor Radiosurgery Site - Department
of Neurosurgery
www.med.jhu.edu/radiosurgery
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer at John Hopkins:
http://www.hopkinskimmelcancercenter.org/cancertypes/brain-spinal-tumors.cfm?cancerid=521
Massachusetts General Hospital:
Brain Tumor Center: Boston, MA. The Brain Tumor Center offers a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach to the care of adult and
pediatric patients with tumors of the nervous system as well as neurologic
complications of cancer.
http://brain.mgh.harvard.edu/
Neurosurgical Service
http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/
Mayo Clinic:
Mayo Clinic offers a comprehensive program to diagnose and
treat patients with tumors of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves. Our
specialists also care for cancer patients whose tumors have spread, or
metastasized, to the brain, meninges, spinal cord or vertebral column and
peripheral nerves.
Patients have traveled to Mayo Clinic from all 50 U.S. states and from 39 countries for treatment of brain tumors. Mayo Clinic provides care
for nearly 2,000 such patients each year, making it one of the largest brain
tumor centers in the world. (New Patients seen yearly: 990+)
http://www.mayoclinic.org/glioma/index.html
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL
http://www.mayoclinic.org/neurooncology-jax/
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
http://www.mayoclinic.org/neurology-rst/neurooncgroup.html
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center:
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm
Brain & spinal cord cancers:
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/289.cfm
Brain Tumor Experts:
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/9772.cfm
Pediatric Brain Tumors:
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/2866.cfm
Midwest Children’s Brain Tumor Center:
Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital Park
Ridge, Ill
The Midwest Children's Brain Tumor Center has assembled a
team of experts to bring a multidisciplinary family oriented approach to
pediatric brain tumors. This philosophy has earned them both national and local
recognition:
http://www.advocatehealth.com/lgch/services/cancer/braintumor/
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital:
The MNI is a teaching and research institute of McGill University in which multidisciplinary teams of basic and clinician scientists work to
generate fundamental information about the nervous system and to apply that
knowledge to understanding and treating neurological diseases.
http://www.mni.mcgill.ca
NABTC (North American Brain Tumor Consortium):
www.nabtc.org/51.shtml
NIH (National Institute of Health) Clinical Center
(Dr. John I. Gallin, Clinical
Center Director)
Located
on the NIH Bethesda, Maryland campus
http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about.shtml
NOB (Neuro-Oncology Branch)
A trans-institute program of the National Cancer Institute
and National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke of the National
Institutes of Health. Dedicated to the treatment of adults and children
with brain tumors.
The Brain Tumor Clinic:
http://home.ccr.cancer.gov/nob/patients/clinic.asp
Clinical Trials
http://home.ccr.cancer.gov/nob/patients/trials.asp
Wake Forest University School of Medicine:
Brain Tumor Center: Winston-Salem, NC
(New Patients seen yearly: 400+)
http://www.wfubmc.edu/surg-sci/ns/btc.html
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center:
Brain Tumor Center, Houston: 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. (New Patients seen
yearly: 500+)
http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/braintumor/
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Familial Brain Tumor Registry
(New Patients seen yearly: 500)
www.epigenetic.org/~cspencer/brain.html
mawright@mdanderson.org
University of Texas Southwestern Medical center at The
Annette Strauss Neuro-oncology Center is comprised of multidisciplinary cancer
professionals that are largely involved in innovative clinical research trials.
Researchers are actively involved in projects aimed at creating new and
improving existing treatments for childhood and adult brain malignancies.
Exciting discoveries from these trials are routinely being translated into
clinical reality. (New Patients seen yearly: 400)
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/neuro%5Foncology/
Washington University Physicians, St Louis:
Dept of Neurological Surgery:
http://wuphysicians.wustl.edu/dept.asp?pageID=12&ID=3
Neurosurgeons Who Treat Brain Tumors
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Michael
Chicoine, M.D.
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Ralph
Dacey, Jr., M.D.
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Robert
Grubb, Jr., M.D.
