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Our Gamma Knife team at Tufts-New England Medical Center (Tufts-NEMC) includes neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiation therapists and nurses. This expert staff adheres to the highest standards of patient care and is committed to giving patients all the information, support, and care they need.
The following individuals are responsible for patient treatment, planning and consultations for the Boston Gamma Knife Center at Tufts-New England Medical Center: |
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John Mignano, M.D., Ph.D., brings his expertise as a radiation oncologist to the Gamma Knife Center team. A board-certified member of the American Board of Radiology, Dr. Mignano trained at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and at Tufts-New England Medical Center. His special areas of interest include brain tumors and intravascular brachytherapy. Dr. Mignano is co-medical director of the Gamma Knife Center. |
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Dr. Yao is an assistant professor of Neurosurgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his neurosurgical residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He served as a fellow in neurosurgical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Yao has published numerous book chapters, abstracts and articles and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Yao's clinical specialties include brain metastases, primary brain tumors, spine metastases, primary spine tumors and trigeminal neuralgia. Dr. Yao is co-medical director of the Gamma Knife Center.
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Neurosurgeon Julian Wu, M.D., F.A.C.S., is associate chairman of Neurosurgery and Chief of the Division of Neuro-Oncology at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He is also a member of the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Wu trained at Tufts-New England Medical Center and is known for his expertise in brain tumor gene therapy and the molecular genetics of primary and metastatic brain tumors. He is a member of several national medical and surgical organizations. He is also a medical advisory board member of The Brain Tumor Society. |
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Markus Fitzek, M.D., MSc., has extensive experience in stereotactic radiotherapy and has served as a leader of the Proton Therapy Collaboration at the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin and the University of Essen. He trained in surgery at Royal Marsden and St. George's Hospital, London, and in Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Fitzek has published extensively and is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and the German Board of Radiology. Dr. Fitzek’s clinical areas of interest are central nervous system tumors, particle radiotherapy, lung cancer and cancer biology. |
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Neurosurgeon Adel Malek, M.D., Ph.D., heads the Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Division in the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Malek completed neurosurgical training at Brigham and Women’s/Children’s Hospitals in Boston and neurointerventional radiology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Malek’s clinical expertise includes the multi-modal and minimally invasive treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs). His research interest lies in the cellular biology and mechanotransduction involved in the development of brain aneurysms and AVMs. |
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Dr. Zamenhof is professor and director of radiological sciences in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Radiology and is Vice Chairman of Radiation Oncology at Tufts New England Medical Center. He is a certified Gamma Knife physicist and founding member and past president of the International Society for Neutron Capture Therapy. Dr. Zamenhof contributes his two decades of medical imaging experience to Gamma Knife treatment procedures. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Radiation Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Internationally recognized in the field of radiological physics, Dr. Rivard provides academic support and technical oversight to the Boston Gamma Knife Center. He is an associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and is board certified in radiological physics by the American Board of Radiology and American Board of Medical Physics. He received his education at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, and has participated in Gamma Knife procedures since 1995 in Detroit and since inception of the Boston Gamma Knife Center in 1999. |
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Stacey Francis is the radiation therapist at the Boston Gamma Knife Center. Before joining the Center’s staff in 1999, she was assistant chief therapist at Tufts-New England Medical Center during the development of radiosurgery and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). She is certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and is a member of the New England Society of Radiation Therapists and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. |
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Specializing in oncology nursing, Kerry Mahn is the chief nurse for the Boston Gamma Knife Center. She has been with the Center since its inception in 1999 and has extensive background in surgical, medical, neurosurgical and intensive care nursing. Kerry is an active participant in the Radiosurgery Support Association Nurses Group. She received her B.S. in nursing from the University of Massachusetts. |
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