Advisors
The ABTA relies on leaders and experts in the brain tumor community to make sure the work we do is meaningful and accurate. Our Scientific Advisory Council makes research funding recommendations to the ABTA board of directors, and also advises the ABTA about scientific trends and new areas of research. Our Clinical Advisory Council reviews our brochures and other content we put into our programs and services to make sure everything is clinically up to date and evidence based.
Scientific Advisory Council
Kenneth Aldape, MD
Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD
Professor and Sally S. Morley Designated Professor in Brain Tumor Research
Priscilla Brastianos, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, CNS Metastasis Center
Steven Brem, MD
Professor and Co-Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center
Jeffrey Bruce, MD
Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery and Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
Harvey W. Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief and Chairman
Institution:
Brigham and Women’s and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Location:
Boston, Massachusetts
Eric Holland, MD, PhD
Senior VP and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Craig Horbinski, MD, PhD
Professor and Medical Director, Neuropathology Division
Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD
Chair and Professor of Translational Neuro-oncology and Neurotherapeutics
Institution:
Providence Saint John’s Health Center and John Wayne Cancer Institute
Location:
Santa Monica, California
John Laterra, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Program and Professor, Department of Neurology, Neuroscience and Oncology
Institution:
John Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger Research Institute
Location:
Baltimore, Maryland
Minesh Mehta, MD
Deputy Director and Chief of Radiation Oncology
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD
Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor and Co-Director, Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy
Jeremy Rich, MD, MHS, MBA
Director of Neuro-Oncology and Director of the Brain Tumor Institute
Martine Roussel, PhD
Endowed Chair in Molecular Oncogenesis and Co-Leader of the Cancer Biology Cancer Center Program
Harald Sontheimer, PhD
Chair of the Department of Neuroscience
Erik Sulman, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice-Chair of Research and Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center
Institution:
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center and NYU Langone Health
Location:
New York, NY
Kyuson Yun, PhD
Assistant Professor, Kenneth R. Peak Brain & Pituitary Tumor Treatment Center
Institution:
Houston Methodist Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College
Location:
Houston, TX
Clinical Advisory Committee
Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, FACP, MBA
Deputy Director, Chief Scientific Officer and Chief of Solid Tumor Medical Oncology
Jean Arzbaecher, RN, MS
Advanced Practice Nurse for Neuro-Oncology
Elizabeth B. Claus, MD, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics and Director of Medical Research, Yale School of Public Health and Director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Institution:
Yale School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Location:
Boston, Massachusetts / New Haven, CT
Erin Dunbar, MD
Director of Neuro-Oncology
Mary Ann Laubacher, RN, MN
Retired Nurse, Clinical Focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, ABTA Mentor and Volunteer
Jeffrey S. Wefel, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor and Neuropsychology Section Chief
Gabriel Zada, MD, FAANS, FACS
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Otolaryngology and Internal Medicine and Director, USC Brain Tumor Center
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