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Team Approach to Treating Brain Tumors

Podcast: Team Approach to Treating Brain Tumors

Neurosurgeon Alessandro Olivi discusses the multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment ...

Date: 10/05/2010

Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alessandro Olivi discusses his team’s multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of brain tumors.

Program Notes:

0:11   Director of the neurosurgical oncology division
1:10   High level of collegiality
2:10   Sometimes multiple therapies required
3:11   My team will talk with you about what to expect
4:13   Some patients want all the details and some don’t
5:25   Stay in intensive care unit for one or two days
6:22   Next step will be described and discussed
7:02   I am the responsible physician
8:00   Number of providers who can respond right away
9:00   Patients need support, we do not disappear
9:40   End