There are several variations of central nervous system tumors, which can make diagnosing them a challenge. It is vital that a person with brain cancer seek care at a world-renowned surgical hospital with a team that has experience with rare types of brain cancers.
A patient diagnosed with brain cancer should be treated by a multidisciplinary team that includes neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuro-oncologists, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists, radiation oncologists, physical therapists, social workers, and other specialists with advanced training and extensive experience in brain tumors. The Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery offers the services of some of the top surgeons in the field as well as access to a full range of specialists in all the disciplines an adult patient needs. (See also: Doctors Who Treat Brain Tumors in Children.)
Rohan Ramakrishna, MD, co-director of the William Rhodes and Louise Tilzer-Rhodes Center for Glioblastoma, is an award-winning neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of brain tumors and other central nervous system tumors. Dr. Ramakrishna treats patients with gliomas, metastatic disease, skull base lesions, and pituitary disorders. He employs advanced awake mapping, imaging techniques, and microsurgery to ensure maximal tumor removal and achieve the safest possible surgical outcomes. (Read more about Dr. Ramakrishna.)
At NewYork-Presbyterian Queens:
John Park, MD, PhD, is chief of neurosurgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. A board-certified and award-winning neurosurgeon, Dr. Park has particular expertise in the treatment of brain and spinal tumors and degenerative disorders of the cervical and lumbar spine. While at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Park developed a national reputation for the surgical treatment of low-grade gliomas and recurrent malignant gliomas and served as the principal neurosurgeon for patients enrolled in NCI clinical trials for malignant gliomas. (Read more about Dr. Park.)
