Research in Neurosurgery
Current Areas of Research
Since 1990, the Department of Neurosurgery has developed a world-class clinical program to manage all aspects of neurosurgical oncology, including complex skull-base tumors, spinal tumors and intractable, cancer-related pain disorders. As the result of a strategic retreat in October 1996, major expansions have also taken place in our basic and applied research programs, changes aimed at positioning us in an equally premier status as we enter the new millennium. Research listings of individual faculty members follow.
- Amy Heimberger, M.D.: Glioma, immunotherapy, EGFRvIII, microglia
- Suyun Huang, M.D., Ph.D.: Brain metastasis, glioma, angiogenesis, invasion, transcriptional factors
- Frederick F. Lang, Jr., M.D.: Glioma, gene therapy, p53 gene, apoptosis
- Ian E. McCutcheon, M.D.: Pituitary neoplasms, neurofibromatosis, IGF-1 and other growth factors in meningiomas, iNOS in gliomas
- Dima Suki, Ph.D.: Epidemiology, outcome assessment (health care), brain, neoplasm metastasis