Brain and Spine Tumor Center Team

Ziya Gokaslan, MD

Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital

Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, FAANS

Director, Spinal Surgery Division, Director, Norman Prince Spine Institute, Co-Director, Spine Center at The Miriam Hospital

Deus J.C. Cielo, MD

Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Program Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division

Curtis Doberstein, MD

Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital; Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital

Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD

Director, Functional Neurosurgery & Epilepsy Program; Co-Director, Deep Brain Stimulation; Laboratory Director, Cognitive Neurophysiology & Neuromodulation

Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD

Director, Brain Tumor Program, and Co-Director, Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program, Brown University Health

Konstantina Svokos, DO

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Heinrich Elinzano, MD

Neuro-Oncology Medical Lead, Brown University Health Cancer Institute

Howard P. Safran, MD

Chief, Hematology Oncology

Eric Tai-Lee Wong, MD

Director, Medical Neuro-Oncology, Brown University Health Cancer Institute

Ariel E. Birnbaum, MD

Medical Oncologist

Bradley D. DeNardo, MD

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Rishi R. Lulla, MD, MS

Vice President and Chief Ambulatory Medical Officer, Brown University Health; Chief Medical Officer, Brown Health Medical Group; and Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD, FACRO

Director, Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, Brown University Health Cancer Institute and Rhode Island Hospital

David E. Wazer, MD

Director, Brown University Health Cancer Institute, and Oncologist-in-Chief, Radiation Oncology

Thomas A. DiPetrillo, MD

Clinical Director, Radiation Oncology

Douglas C. Anthony, MD, PhD

Pathologist

John P. Donahue, MD, PhD

Jerrold L. Boxerman, MD

Diagnostic Neuroradiologist

Mahesh V. Jayaraman, MD

Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, Brown University Health; Director, Neurovascular Center, Rhode Island Hospital

Ryan A. McTaggart, MD