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Multidisciplinary Approach to Treating Brain Tumors
Jon Weingart, MD, discusses what a “multidisciplinary” approach to brain tumor treatment means? Dr Weingart is a neurosurgeon and professor of Neurological Surgery and Oncology at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Treatment for patients with brain tumors is best developed by a multi-disciplinary team that includes tumor physicians from various medical specialties, including but not limited to neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, radiation therapists, and pathologists. Learn more about our team below:
Neurosurgeons

Chetan Bettegowda, M.D., Ph.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Professor of Oncology
Jennison and Novak Families Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Meningioma Center
Co-Director, Trigeminal Neuralgia Center

Henry Brem, M.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Joint Appointment in Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Oncology
Director, Department of Neurosurgery
Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Laboratory
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Gary Louis Gallia, M.D., Ph.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Associate Professor of Oncology
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Director of the Neurosurgery Skull Base Center
Director of Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Director of the Pituitary Center

Judy Huang, M.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Vice Chair, Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Director, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Director, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Fellowship Program
Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center
Co-Director, Chiari Center
Co-Director, Trigeminal Neuralgia Center
Co-Director, Fellowship in Neuroplastic Surgery

Shih-Chun Lin, M.D., Ph.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Division Chief of Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery, National Capital Region
Chief of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital

Debraj Mukherjee, M.D., M.P.H. keyboard_arrow_right
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Rafael Jesus Tamargo, M.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Division of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Co-Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit

Jon David Weingart, M.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Professor of Oncology
Director, Neurosurgical Operating Room
Neurologists

Jaishri O'Neill Blakeley, M.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Oncology
Director, The Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center

John Joseph Laterra, M.D., Ph.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Oncology
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Program, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Division of Neuro-Oncology

Carlos Guillermo Romo, M.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Oncology

Karisa Colleen Schreck, M.D., Ph.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Oncologists

Stuart Grossman, M.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Research Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Matthias Holdhoff, M.D., Ph.D. keyboard_arrow_right
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Joint Appointment in Medicine