Neuro-Oncology (Brain Tumors) Treatment Program
The Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology offers the most advanced care for patients with brain tumors and nervous system tumors.
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
Neuro-Oncology

Isabel C. Arrillaga-Romany, MD, PhD


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


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




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



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


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
Brain Tumor Neurosurgeons

William T. Curry, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology

Frederick (Fred) George Barker, MD


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


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

Radiation Oncology

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




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
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
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
Neuroradiology

Ramon Gilberto Gonzalez, MD, PhD
Director, Neuroradiology Division

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

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
Social Work

Sandra McLaughlin, MSW, LICSW

Scheïnda Rene, MSW
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
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Neuro-Oncology (Brain Tumors) Treatment Program
The Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology offers the most advanced care for patients with brain tumors and nervous system tumors.