Faculty & Staff
Neuro-Oncology Faculty
W. K. Alfred Yung, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Area of Expertise:
Targeted therapy
Chemotherapy
Mark R. Gilbert, M.D.
Professor and Deputy Chairman
Area of Expertise:
Brain tumor clinical trials
Novel chemotherapy agents
Merry Chen, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise:
Epilepsy EEG
Charles A. Conrad, M.D.
Professor
Director, Clinical Operations
Area of Expertise:
Drug Development for high-grade gliomas

John F. de Groot, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Fellowship Program
Area of Expertise:
Glioblastoma
Antiangiogenic therapy
Monica Loghin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Residency Program
Area of Expertise:
Cancer neurology
CNS toxicities related to cancer and cancer therapy
Marta Penas-Prado, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise:
Adult medulloblastoma
Targeted therapies for gliomas
John M. Slopis, M.D.
Associate Professor
Area of Expertise:
Neurofibromatosis type I and II
Pediatric neurology
Ivo Tremont, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise:
Leptomeningeal disease
Cancer neurology
Sudhakar Tummala, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Neurophysiology
Area of Expertise:
Neurophysiological testing
Neurological complications of cancer
Karin Hoang Woodman, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise:
Electromyography
Neuro-Muscular disorders
Neuropsychology Faculty
Jennie Rexer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise:
Neuropsychological evaluation of adult and geriatric patients
Jeffrey Wefel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise:
Impact of cancer and cancer therapy on cognitive function
Assessment of cognitive function in clinical trials
Mariana Witgert, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise:
Adult neuropsychology
Impact of cancer and cancer therapies on cognition
Research Faculty
Juan Fueyo, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Experimental Research
Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Zhimin Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Hong Jiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dimpy Koul, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Jun Yao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Juinn-Lin Liu, Ph.D.
Instructor
Yan Xia, Ph.D.
Instructor
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