Advisors

The ABTA relies on leaders 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 publications and other content we put out to make sure everything is clinically up to date.

Scientific Advisory Council

Kenneth D. Aldape, MD
Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research

Institution:
National Institutes of Health

Location:
Bethesda, Maryland

Michael L. J. Apuzzo, MD
Professor Emeritus, Todd-Wells Professorship in Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine

Institution:
University of Southern California

Location:
Los Angeles, California

Mitchel S. Berger, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery; Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Endowed Chair; Director, Brain Tumor Surgery Program; Director, Neurosurgical Research Centers, Brain Tumor Research Center

Institution:
University of California, San Francisco

Location:
San Francisco, California

Steven Brem, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, and Co-Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center, Department of Neurosurgery

Institution:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS
Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery; Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs; Director, Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory; Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center

Institution:
Columbia University Medical Center

Location:
New York, New York

Jan C. Buckner, MD
Professor and Chair of Oncology

Institution:
Mayo Clinic

Location:
Rochester, Minnesota

Clinical Advisory Council

Erin Dunbar, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology

Institution:
Piedmont Brain Tumor Center

Location:
Atlanta, GA

Sandra J. Brettler, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN
Neurosurgery Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Neurosurgery

Institution:
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Location:
Hershey, PA

Laura Zuckerman
Neuro-Oncology Nurse Practitioner

Institution:
Northwestern Medicine

Location:
Chicago, IL

Burt Nabors, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology

Institution:
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

Location:
Birmingham, AL

Scientific Advisory Council

Kenneth D. Aldape, MD
Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research

Michael L. J. Apuzzo, MD
Professor Emeritus, Todd-Wells Professorship in Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine

Mitchel S. Berger, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery; Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Endowed Chair; Director, Brain Tumor Surgery Program; Director, Neurosurgical Research Centers, Brain Tumor Research Center

Steven Brem, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, and Co-Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center, Department of Neurosurgery

Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS
Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery; Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs; Director, Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory; Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center

Jan C. Buckner, MD
Professor and Chair of Oncology

Clinical Advisory Council

Erin Dunbar, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology

Sandra J. Brettler, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN
Neurosurgery Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Neurosurgery

Laura Zuckerman
Neuro-Oncology Nurse Practitioner

Burt Nabors, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology

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Advisors

Scientific Advisory Council

Kenneth D. Aldape, MD Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research

Michael L. J. Apuzzo, MD Professor Emeritus, Todd-Wells Professorship in Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine

Mitchel S. Berger, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery; Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Endowed Chair; Director, Brain Tumor Surgery Program; Director, Neurosurgical Research Centers, Brain Tumor Research Center

Steven Brem, MD Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, and Co-Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center, Department of Neurosurgery

Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery; Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs; Director, Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory; Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center

Jan C. Buckner, MD Professor and Chair of Oncology

Clinical Advisory Council

Erin Dunbar, MD Director, Neuro-Oncology

Sandra J. Brettler, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN Neurosurgery Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Neurosurgery

Laura Zuckerman Neuro-Oncology Nurse Practitioner

Burt Nabors, MD Director, Neuro-Oncology

Learning opportunities

Want to get involved?

Helpful resources

Kenneth D. Aldape, MD
Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research

Michael L. J. Apuzzo, MD
Professor Emeritus, Todd-Wells Professorship in Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine

Mitchel S. Berger, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery; Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Endowed Chair; Director, Brain Tumor Surgery Program; Director, Neurosurgical Research Centers, Brain Tumor Research Center

Steven Brem, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, and Co-Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center, Department of Neurosurgery

Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS
Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery; Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs; Director, Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory; Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center

Jan C. Buckner, MD
Professor and Chair of Oncology

Erin Dunbar, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology

Sandra J. Brettler, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN
Neurosurgery Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Neurosurgery

Laura Zuckerman
Neuro-Oncology Nurse Practitioner

Burt Nabors, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology