Meet Our Brain Tumor Treatment Team
Our Brain Tumor Experts
Director

Rafael A. Vega, MD, PhD
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology; Director, Brain Tumor Center
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, Neurosurgery

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

Christopher D. Brook, MD
Otolaryngology

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

James G. Naples, MD
Otolaryngology
Neuroradiology

David B. Hackney, MD
Chief, Neuroradiology

Rafeeque A. Bhadelia, MD
Clinical Services Chief, Neuroradiology

Yu-Ming Chang, MD, PhD
Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency; Associate Program Director, IR Integrated Residency; Neuroradiology

Rafael Rojas, MD
Neuroradiology

Salil Soman, MD
Neuroradiology
Neuropathology

Hemant Varma, MD
Neuropathology

Bartholomew J. White, MD
Pathology