Team
The Neuro-Oncology team is made up of doctors 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.
John Crawford, M.D., M.S., Director, Neuro-Oncology Program; Director, Child Neurology Fellowship Program; Associate Professor of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Physicians from the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Kimberly Bower, M.D., Palliative Medicine Physician
Nathaniel Chuang, M.D., Chief of Neuroradiology; Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology, UC San Diego San Diego Imaging Medical Group
Jennifer Elster, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Proton Therapy Program; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
David Gonda, M.D., Director of Epilepsy Surgery; Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, UC San Diego
Paritosh Khanna, M.D., Radiologist
Michael Levy, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, UC San Diego
Denise Malicki, M.D., Ph.D., Neuropathologist; Associate Professor of Pathology, UC San Diego
Iain MacEwan, M.D., Radiation Oncologist
Robert Weschler-Reya, Ph.D., Director, Joseph Clayes III Research Center for Neuro-Oncology and Genomic Medicine; Director, Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program Sanford Burnham Prebys (SBP) Medical Discovery Institute
H.S. O’Halloran M.D., Director of Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology
Lanipua Yeh-Nayre, B.S.N., M.S.N., C.P.N.P., Nurse Practitioner
Karen Miller, B.S.N., R.N. CEN, Nurse Manager
Sarah Speigle, B.S.N., R.N., CPHON, Nurse Manager
Other Clinical Service Teams
- Integrative Medicine
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Nurse Educators
- Nutrition Services