Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Team Approach
At Cincinnati Children's, children with brain and neural tumors are cared for by a multidisciplinary team led by neurosurgeons, oncologists, neurologists, radiation therapists and stem cell transplant specialists with focused clinical expertise and laboratory research perspective in neural tumors and new anti-cancer therapies. Collectively, experts from numerous areas of specialty offer children and their families' optimal care. The neuro-oncology physician team features specialists with experience in the care of children with brain tumors including:
Oncology John Perentesis, MD, FAAP Lars Wagner, MD James Geller, MD Brian Weiss, MD Neurology Mary Sutton, MD Neuro-radiology Blaise Jones, MD Radiation Oncology John Breneman, MD Ruth Lavigne, MDNeuro-ophthalmology Constance West, MDPhysical medicine and rehabilitation Linda Michaud, MD Mary McMahon, MD David Pruitt, MDEndocrinology Susan Rose, MDNeuro-psychology Douglas Ris, PhD ABPP-Cn Pathology Lili Miles, MDCore basic and translational research Neural tumors/Neurofibromatosis Biology and Molecular Therapies Nancy Ratner, PhD Gene Therapy and New Anticancer Drug Development David Williams, MD Christoff von Kalle, MD Yi Zheng, PhDInformatics Bruce Aronow, PhDTeamwork to provide comprehensive patient care is also coordinated through the guidance of specialty nurse coordinators, and related staff sophisticated in social and family support, nutrition, play therapy, school re-entry, and coordination with referring pediatricians and family doctors.
