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
Annie Hsieh, MD, PhD
Fellow
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
Alicia Anskis, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Manager
Ashley Draviam, MS, RD, CSO, LDN
Senior Clinical Nutritionist
Taylor Klein, RD, LDN
Clinical Dietitian
Carol Sullivan MS, RD, CSO, LDN
Senior Clinical Nutritionist
Leaders in Proton Therapy
Mass General has the only proton therapy site in all of New England, with two proton therapy centers.
Supportive Care Services
Our support programs can help patients and their families cope with the challenges of a cancer diagnosis.
The Story Project
The Story Project is our effort to capture the stories from the people in our Mass General Cancer Center community.
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.