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Team

Our neuro-oncology team comprises medical professionals from various disciplines and nurses with specialized training. The multidisciplinary team approach helps to ensure that patients receive the most comprehensive and highest quality care. We also work with other clinical service teams and teams that provide psychosocial support, so that patients and their families are cared for in every way.

Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Jennifer Elster, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Proton Therapy Program and Clinical Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Kincheon Bryan Li., M.D., Ph.D

Angela Liou, M.D.

Megan Paul, M.D., Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Praveen Raju, M.D., Ph.D Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology & Nathan Gordon Chair in Neuro-Oncology

Lanipua Yeh-Nayre, B.S.N., M.S.N., C.P.N.P., Nurse Practitioner

Holly Strebel, B.S.N, R.N. Nurse Case Manager

Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Neuro-Oncology

Jessica Schulte, M.D., Ph.D., Neuro-Oncologist, Assistant Professor of Neurosciences UC San Diego

 

 

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Michael Levy, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, UC San Diego

David Gonda, M.D., Director of Epilepsy Surgery; Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, UC San Diego

Vijay Ravindra, M.D.

Marc Schwartz, M.D.

Rick Friedman M.D., Ph.D

Cara Lee-Stephenson, N.P.

Jacqueline Wolak, N.P.

Jocelyn Woudstra, R.N., M.S.N., PNP-AC

Pediatric ENT

  Vijay A. Patel, M.D. Director, Pediatric Complex Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Program

Pediatric Radiation Oncology – California Protons Cancer Therapy Center

Iain MacEwan, M.D., Radiation Oncologist at California Protons and UC San Diego; Assistant Professor of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego

Brian Chou, M.D. Assistant Professor of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego

Kathryn Tringale, M.D., MAS, Assistant Professor of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego

Pediatric Neuropathology

Denise Malicki, M.D., Ph.D., Neuropathologist; Associate Professor of Pathology, UC San Diego

Pediatric Neuroradiology

Nathaniel Chuang, M.D., Chief of Neuroradiology; Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology, UC San Diego San Diego Imaging Medical Group

Paritosh Khanna, M.D., Radiologist

Pediatric Endocrinology

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Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Susan Biffl, M.D.,

 

 

Pediatric Palliative Service

Kimberly Bower, M.D., Palliative Medicine Physician

Affiliated Faculty

A. Preethi Ganesan, M.D., Ph.D.,- Pediatric Brain Tumor Neuroimmunology

Lukas Chavez, Ph.D., Scientific Director Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Molecular Tumor Board; Associate Professor Cancer Genome & Epigenetics Program Sanford Burnham Prebys (SBP) Medical Discovery Institute; Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, UC San Diego.

Jill P. Mesirov, Ph.D., Computational Biology; Pediatric Brain Tumor Genomics

Hannah Carter, Ph.D., Computational Cancer Genomics

Other Clinical Service Teams

Support Service Teams