Meet Our Brain Tumor Treatment Team
Our Brain Tumor Experts
Director

Rafael A. Vega, MD, PhD
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology; Director, Brain Tumor Center; Neurological Surgery
Neuro-Oncology

K. Grace Ho, MD
Neurology

Erik J. Uhlmann, MD
Neurology

Sandy Chikel-Rateau, NP
Neuro-Oncology
Radiation Oncology

Lauren M. Hertan, MD, MS
Radiation Oncology

Emily Murray, NP
Radiation Oncology
Surgical Neuro-Oncology

Ron L. Alterman, MD
Chief; Neurological Surgery

Justin Moore, MD, PhD, MPH
Director, Skull Base Neuro-Oncology; Director of Research, Innovation and Radiosurgery, BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute

Martina Stippler, MD
Neurosurgery

Ruth Navedo, NP
Neurosurgery

Jan Fleischman, NP
Neurosurgery

Joanna Macone, RN
Nurse Navigator
Neuro-Oncology Nurses

Julianne Bloom, RN
Neuro-Oncology

Annie Nolan, RN
Neuro-Oncology
Neuro-Oncology Administrative Assistant

Deborha D. Cooper
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Scharukh M. Jalisi, MD, MA, FACS
Chief, Otolaryngology (ENT)/Head and Neck Surgery; Otolaryngology

Christopher D. Brook, MD
Otolaryngology

David S. Caradonna, MD, DMD, FACS, FARS
Medical Director, Division of Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Otolaryngology

James G. Naples, MD
Otolaryngology
Neuroradiology

David B. Hackney, MD
Chief, Neuroradiology

Rafeeque A. Bhadelia, MD
Clinical Services Chief, Neuroradiology; Diagnostic Radiology

Yu-Ming Chang, MD, PhD
Neuroradiology; Diagnostic Radiology

Rafael Rojas, MD
Neuroradiology; Radiology

Salil Soman, MD
Neuroradiology; Diagnostic Radiology
Neuropathology

Hemant Varma MD, PhD
Director, Neuropathology; Fellowship Director, Neuropathology

Bartholomew J. White, MD
Pathology
Neuro-Oncology Research

Alain Charest, PhD
Neuro-Oncology