Neuro-Oncology Team

Our multidisciplinary group of brain, spine and nerve cancer experts will develop and implement an integrated, care plan personalized to each patient. Depending on the stage and other characteristics of a patient’s cancer, treatment may include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a combination of these therapies. Many clinical trials are also offered through our program.

Directors

Scott R. Plotkin, MD
Executive Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Chief, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology

 

 

Justin T. Jordan, MD
Clinical Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic

 

 

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Neuro-Oncology

Isabel C. Arrillaga-Romany, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Priscilla K. Brastianos, MD

 

 

 

Jorg Dietrich, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, Cancer and Neurotoxicity Clinic and Research Program

 

 

 

April Fitzsimmons Eichler, MD

 

 

 

Deborah A. Forst, MD
Associate Program Director, MGH-DFCI-BWH Neuro-Oncology Fellowship

 

 

 

Elizabeth Gerstner, MD

 

 

 

Annie Hsieh, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Albert Kim, MD

 

 

 

Othon Iliopoulos, MD
Clinical Director, Von-Hippel Lindau Disease/Familial Renal Cell Cancer Program

 

 

 

Justin T. Jordan, MD
Clinical Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic

 

 

Julie Miller, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Michael Parsons, PhD

 

 

 

Scott R. Plotkin, MD
Executive Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Chief, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology
Program Director, MGH/DFCI/BWH Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program

 

 

Nancy Wang, MD, MPH

 

 

 

Kayla Christofferson, NP

 

 

 

Amanda Gordon, NP

 

 

 

SooAe Jones, NP

 

 

 

Maura Mahar, NP

 

 

 

Katherine Marciano, NP

 

 

 

Christina Orr, NP

 

 

 

Michelle Pisapia, NP

 

 

 

Sharon Curley Whitney, PA

 

 

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Brain Tumor Neurosurgeons

William T. Curry, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology

 

 

 

Frederick (Fred) George Barker, MD

 

 

 

Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Paul Hamilton Chapman, MD
Neurosurgical Director of the Proton Beam Radiosurgery Program

 

 

 

Bob Carter, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service

 

 

 

Bryan Choi, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Brain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy

 

 

 

Gavin Dunn, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Brain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy

 

 

 

Pamela S. Jones, MD

 

 

 

Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSC
Director, MGH Neurosurgery Residency Program

 

 

Brooke Swearingen, MD

 

 

 

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Radiation Oncology

Annie Waifong Chan, MD
Director, Proton Fellowship Program
Director, Head and Neck Radiation Oncology Research Program

 

 

Melin Khandekar, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Ariel Marciscano, MD

 

 

 

Kevin S. Oh, MD

 

 

 

Helen Shih, MD
Medical Director - Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center
MGH Associate Program Director - Harvard Radiation Oncology Residency Program
Director, CNS Service

 

Peggy A. Leland, RN, MN, FNP, AOCNP

 

 

 

Kara V. Warner, CNP, MSN

 

 

 

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Neurofibromatosis Clinic

Justin T. Jordan, MD
Clinical Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic

 

 

Scott R. Plotkin, MD
Executive Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Chief, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology
Program Director, MGH/DFCI/BWH Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program

 

 

Christina Orr, NP

 

 

 

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Neuropathology

Matthew P. Frosch, MD, PhD
Associate Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Subspecialty Head, Neuropathology
Lawrence J. Henderson Associate Professor of Pathology and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School

 

Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Assistant Pathologist

 

 

 

Anat O. Stemmer-Rachamimov, MD
Associate Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School

 

 

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Neuroradiology

Ramon Gilberto Gonzalez, MD, PhD
Director, Neuroradiology Division

 

 

 

Otto Rapalino, MD
Director, Advanced MR Neuroimaging
Director, Brain Tumor Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology

 

 

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Psychiatric Oncology

Donna Beth Greenberg, MD

 

 

 

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Oncology Nursing

Marie Aste, RN
Research Nurse

 

 

Kayla Christofferson, NP

 

 

 

Trent Cunningham, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

 

Amanda Gordon, NP

 

 

 

Lauren Hibyan, RN
Research Nurse

 

 

SooAe Jones, NP

 

 

 

Maura Mahar, NP

 

 

 

Katherine Marciano, NP

 

 

 

Joelle McCone, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

Christina Orr, NP

 

 

 

Michelle Pisapia, NP

 

 

 

Shannel Simonin, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

Sharon Curley Whitney, PA

 

 

 

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Social Work

Sandra McLaughlin, MSW, LICSW

 

 

 

Scheïnda Rene, MSW

 

 

 

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Nutrition Services

Ashley Draviam, MS, RD, CSO, LDN
Senior Clinical Nutritionist

 

 

Taylor Klein, RD, LDN
Clinical Dietitian

 

 

 

Carol Sullivan MS, RD, CSO, LDN
Senior Clinical Nutritionist