Conference Faculty

Cedars-Sinai Faculty

Keith L. Black, MD
Program Chair
Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Division of Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery

Ajay A. Ananda, MD
Neurosurgeon, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery

Michael A. Badruddoja, MD
Neuro-Oncologist, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery

Moise Danielpour, MD
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery

Asha Das, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology Program, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery
Division of Neurology

Behrooz Hakimian, MD
Radiation Oncologist, Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute

Gabriel E. Hunt, Jr., MD
Neurosurgeon, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery

Carole Hurvitz, MD
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Enrique Lopez, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ali H. Mesiwala, MD
Neurosurgeon, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery

Charles Niesen, MD
Director, Pediatric Neurology Outpatient Clinics, Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Linda O'Connor, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Division of Neurology
Department of Surgery

Brian Pikul, MD
Neurosurgeon, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery

Evan Ross, LAc, DOM
Acupuncturist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine
Department of Medicine

John S. Yu, MD
Co-Director, Comprehensive Brain Tumor
Program, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Department of Surgery

Guest Faculty

Jonathan Finlay, MB, ChB

Professor of Pediatrics
Director, The Neural Tumors Program
The Childrens Center for Cancer
and Blood Diseases, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles

Rick Friedman, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Skull Base Surgery,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and
House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles

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