Neuro-Oncology Team

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
Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic

Jay Loeffler, MD
Chief, Radiation Oncology

Bob Carter, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service

Neuro-Oncology

Isabel C. Arrillaga-Romany, MD, PhD

Priscilla K. Brastianos, MD

Thomas Nilan Byrne, MD

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

April Fitzsimmons Eichler, MD

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

Elizabeth Robins Gerstner, MD

Othon Iliopoulos, MD
Expertise in Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, Hemangioblastoma, and Paraganglioma

Justin T. Jordan, MD
Clinical Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology

Ina Ly, MD

Julie Miller, MD, PhD

Scott R. Plotkin, MD
Interim Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology
Interim Director, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology
Program Director, MGH/DFCI/BWH Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program
Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic

Nancy Wang, MD

Amanda Gordon, NP

Tara Jennings, NP

SooAe Jones, NP

Maura Keeley, NP

Christina Orr, NP

Michelle Pisapia, NP

Sharon Whitney, PA-C

Brain Tumor Neurosurgeons

William T. Curry, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology

Frederick (Fred) George Barker, MD

Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD

Paul Hamilton Chapman, MD
Neurosurgical Director of the Proton Beam Radiosurgery Program

Bob Carter, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service

Pamela S. Jones, MD

Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSC
Neurosurgical Oncology
Neurosurgical Spinal Disorders
MGH Brain Tumor Center / Pappas Center for Neuroonocology

Brooke Swearingen, MD

Dan Conway, NP

Kayleigh O'Neil, NP

Emily Stout, NP

Radiation Oncology

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

Paul Martin Busse, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, Radiation Oncology
Director, Head and Neck Service

Norbert Johannes Liebsch, MD, PhD
Director, Skull-Based Service

Jay Loeffler, MD
Chief, Radiation Oncology

Kevin S. Oh, MD

Helen Alice 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

Neurofibromatosis Clinic

Justin T. Jordan, MD
Clinical Director, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology

Ina Ly, MD

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