UCSF Brain Tumor Center
The UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery is home to one of the largest programs for brain tumor clinical care and research in the world. Brain tumor surgeons at UCSF have led the development of techniques that are today the standard of care in the field, including those for brain mapping, minimally invasive and open skull base surgery, and transsphenoidal surgery.
The Department's Division of Neurological-Oncology has an international reputation for excellence in clinical trial design and testing experimental therapies for brain tumors, and approximately 200 patients are enrolled in clinical trials each year at the UCSF Brain Tumor Center. In addition to testing novel therapies, the Division of Neuro-oncology performs patient-focused outcomes research, with an emphasis on quality of life, symptom clusters, cognitive function, caregiver research, and patient and caregiver education.
Our excellence in patient care is both supported and advanced through our extensive program in basic science and translational research. We are currently funded by over 30 NIH awards, including one of only four Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) awards for brain tumors from the National Cancer Institute, which has been continuously funded since 2002. We are home to 20 research laboratories, each focused on a unique aspect of brain tumor risk, biology, diagnosis, and treatment. Additional resources include the Brain Tumor Tissue Bank, a biospecimen repository and histopathology core providing both samples and expertise in tissue studies, as well as a Preclinical Core that generates unique tumor-bearing animal models and conducts preclinical anti-tumor agent trials; both programs are available to brain tumor researchers at UCSF and worldwide.
- Aghi Lab
- Alvarez-Buylla Lab
- Costello Lab
- Diaz Lab
- Francis Lab
- Gupta Lab
- Hervey-Jumper Lab
- Hyer Lab
- Phillips Lab
- Pieper Lab
- Raleigh Lab
- Roland Lab
- Schwer Lab
- Wiencke Lab
- Wrensch Lab
Educational Programs
Faculty
Adult Neurosurgery
Manish K. Aghi, MD, PhD
Tarun Arora, MD
Mitchel S. Berger, MD
Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD
Sandeep Kunwar, MD
Philip Theodosopoulos, MD
Brian Toyota, MD
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Kurtis Auguste, MD
Nalin Gupta, MD, PhD
Winson Ho, MD
Peter Sun, MD
Adult Neuro-Oncology
Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, MD, PhD
Nicholas Butowski, MD
Jennifer L. Clarke, MD, MPH
Mariza Daras, MD
John de Groot, MD
Jennie Taylor, MD
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Anuradha Banerjee, MD
Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD
Neuropsychology
Research
Manish Aghi, MD, PhD
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD
Krystof Bankiewicz, MD, PhD
Mitchel Berger, MD
Nicholas Butowski, MD
Joseph F. Costello, PhD
Aaron Diaz, PhD
Stephen Francis, PhD
Nalin Gupta, MD, PhD
Jeanette Hyer, PhD
Noriyuki Kasahara, MD, PhD
Daniel Lim, MD, PhD
Rongze "Olivia" Lu, PhD
Annette M. Molinaro, PhD
Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD
Hideho Okada, MD, PhD
Michael Oldham, PhD
Joanna Phillips, MD, PhD
Russell O. Pieper, PhD
Michael Prados, MD
David Raleigh, MD, PhD
Bjoern Schwer, MD, PhD
John Wiencke, PhD
Margaret Wrensch, PhD
Contact
UCSF Brain Tumor Center
400 Parnassus Ave, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-0350
tel (415) 353-2966
fax (415) 353-2167
braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu
Pediatric Brain Tumor Center
Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building
1825 Fourth St, Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158
tel (415) 353-7500
fax (415) 502-5477
braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu