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
Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic

Jay Loeffler, MD
Chief, Radiation Oncology

Bob Carter, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
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 Program


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


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

Bob Carter, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service


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


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

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
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

E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte, MD, MBBS
Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

David N. Louis, MD
Pathologist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital
Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, 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

Mykol Larvie, MD, PhD
Psychiatric Oncology

Oncology Nursing
Joelle Bergeron, RN
Clinical Practice Nurse
Amanda Gordon, NP
Nicola Gribbin, RN
Clinical Research Nurse
Lauren Hibyan, RN
Clinical Research Nurse

Tara Jennings, NP
SooAe Jones, NP

Maura Keeley, NP

Christina Orr, NP
Michelle Pisapia, NP

Shannel Simonin, RN
Clinical Practice Nurse

Ann Slater, RN
Access Nurse

Sharon Whitney, PA-C
Speech Language Pathology

Amy Maguire, CCC-SLP
Sarah Steele-Antosia, CCC-SLP
Social Work

Laura Dickman, MSW, LICSW

Sandra McLaughlin, MSW, LCSW
Nutrition Services

Alicia Anskis, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist

Ashley Draviam, MS, RD, CSO, LDN
Clinical Dietitian

Carol Sullivan MS, RD, CSO, LDN
Senior Clinical Nutritionist
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Supportive Care Services
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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.