Brain Tumor Team
Program Director, Hoag Brain Tumor Program
Dr. Christopher Duma is one of the most experienced neurosurgeon specialists
in the field of Gamma Knife radiosurgery and brain tumor surgery. Dr.
Duma has been performing
Gamma Knife radiosurgery since 1990, and as the most experienced Gamma Knife physician
"west of the Mississippi", he brings to Hoag patients a level
of physician expertise that is unsurpassed. Dr. Duma treats nearly 200
patients per year and because he also performs open, general cranial neurosurgery,
he is uniquely equipped to offer an unbiased opinion about the management
of any particular problem.
Dr. Duma received his general neurosurgical training at Georgetown University
Hospital in Washington, DC. He also completed a one-year fellowship in
Gamma Knife radiosurgery and stereotactic neurosurgery at the University
of Pittsburgh, Presbyterian Hospital, where the nation's first Gamma
Knife was installed in 1988.
In addition to his work with the Gamma Knife, Dr. Duma is involved with
research in gene therapy, genetically engineered cells and vaccines to
fight malignant brain tumors. He has also been at the forefront of research
in immunotherapy for primary brain tumors and the treatment of Parkinson's
disease. Dr. Duma has authored numerous articles, studies and book chapters,
and continues to investigate new clinical applications for stereotactic
radiosurgery.
Brain Tumor Nurse Navigator
Lori Berberet, RN
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Medical Physicists
Jinchu Huang, PhD
Ralph Mackintosh, PhD
Marianne Plunkett, MS
Neuro Radiologists
Mark Z. Chen, MD
Binh V. Nguyen, MD
Wallace W. Peck, MD
Melissa Yu, MD