Neurosurgical Oncology Current Fellows

The Department of Neurosurgery offers fellowship positions in neurosurgical oncology starting July 1st of each year.

2012-2013

Harvey Adrian Timothy Harvey, D.O.

Medical degree: Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona
Fellowship: A complex spine fellowship at the University of Illinois, Peoria
Residency: Neurosurgery at Advocate Bromenn Medical Center in Illinois
Research Interest: Glial tumor oncogenesis

Kim Betty Kim, M.D., Ph.D

Medical Degree: McMaster University in Canada
Doctorate: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering developing novel targeted cancer diagnostic and therapeutic agents using nanomaterials from the University of Toronto
Fellowship: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon’s Detweiller’s Fellowship
Residency: Neurosurgical training at the University of Toronto;
Publications: Nature, Nature Nanotechnology and the New England Journal of Medicine

marko Nicholas F. Marko, M.D.

Medical Degree: George Washington University in Washington, DC
Fellowship: Howard Hughes Institute Medical Student Fellow at The Institute for Genomic Research working with the computational biology and human gene expression groups
Residency: Neurosurgery residency training at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio
Other Training: Research at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom working with the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and the Cambridge Cancer Research Institute at the interface of applied mathematics and translational oncology
Awards: 2011 American Association of Neurological Surgeons William P. Van Wagenen Fellow
Clinical Interests: The management of primary malignant and metastatic tumors of the brain and spinal cord
Research Interests: Using probabilistic, mathematical modeling and analytical methods to improve patient care, decision-making processes and to understand the disease process

Tal Shahar, M.D.

Medical Degree: Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary
Fellowship: Visiting fellow in the neurochemistry laboratory at the National Institute of Neurodegenerative Disorders and Stroke, NIH in Bethesda, Maryland
Residencies: Neurosurgery at the Tel Aviv Medical Center in Israel; Visiting resident in the Department of Neurology at NSW University, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Australia and in neurosurgery at St. George’s Hospital in London
Other Training: Worked in a neuro-oncology laboratory at Hadassah Hebrew-University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel
Publications: Science, the Journal of Neuroscience, and the Journal of Neurosurgery

Mateo Mateo Ziu, M.D.

Medical degree: University of Bari, Medical School in Italy
Fellowship: Neurosurgical oncology at the Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston
Residency: Neurosurgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas
Other Training: General surgery internship at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Clinical Interests: Adult and pediatric brain and spine tumors, complex and minimally invasive spine surgery and surgical treatment of epilepsy
Professional Memberships: the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and AANS/CNS Section on Tumors

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