Program Members

Established in 1937, Duke’s Neuro-Oncology Program is one of the oldest and largest brain tumor research and clinical programs in the United States. Its ongoing expansion and prosperity is due in large part to its affiliation with the Duke Cancer Institute—an NCI-designated cancer institute that links phenomenal patient care and cutting-edge research into one seamless continuum—and, of course, the program members. The 38 members fill full, associate, and secondary positions, in which each position is granted differing levels of access to the DCI’s shared resources. The DCI Neuro-Oncology Program’s all-star team is at the vanguard of brain tumor research, with each member harboring the common goal of providing the best possible treatment for adults and children battling brain or spinal cord tumors.

Program Members

David Ashley, MBBS, FRACP, PhD

Director, Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Professor of Neurosurgery

Daniel Barboriak, MD

Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Clinical Trials

Darell D. Bigner, MD, PhD

Edwin L. Jones, Jr. and Lucille Finch Jones Cancer Research Professor, Immunoconjugates

Satish Chitneni, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Molecular Studies

Annick Desjardins, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology, Clinical Trials

Peter Fecci, MD, PhD

Associate Deputy Director, Tisch Brain Tumor Center

Allan Friedman, MD

Guy L. Odom Professor of Neurological Surgery, Clinical Trials

Henry Friedman, MD

James B. Powell, Jr. Professor of Neuro-Oncology, Clinical Trials

Matthias Gromeier, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Medicine, Virotherapy

Yiping He, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Molecular Studies

Stephen Keir, DrPH, MPH

Professor of Neurosurgery, Pre-Clinical Drug Testing

Chay Kuo, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, and Pediatrics, Molecular Studies

Daniel Landi, MD

Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist

Roger McLendon, MD

Professor of Pathology, Biobanking

Smita Nair, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Immunology and Immunotherapy

Katherine Peters, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clinical Trials

Dina Randazzo, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Trials

John Sampson, MD, PhD, MBA, MHSc

Dr. Robert H Wilkins and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, Active Immunotherapy

Luis Sanchez-Perez, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Active Immunotherapy

Allen Song, PhD

Professor of Radiology, Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, and Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Trials

Eric M. Thompson, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Trials

Hai Yan, MD, PhD

Henry S. Friedman, Professor of Neuro-Oncology, Molecular Studies

Associate Members

Francis Ali-Osman, DSc

Margaret Harris and David Silverman Professor of Neuro-Oncology Research, Molecular Studies

Melanie Bonner, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Trials

Vidyalakshmi Chandramohan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Immunoconjugates

Thomas Cummings, MD

Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology, Clinical Trials

Herbert Fuchs, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor of Pathology, and Pediatrics, Clinical Trials

James Herndon, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics, Clinical Trials

Renee Raynor, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sceinces, and Neurosurgery, Clinical Trials

Mary Lou Affronti, DNP, RN, MHSc, ANP

Associate Professor, Duke School of Nursing; Faculty, Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center; Senior Investigator, Department of Neuro-Surgery

Secondary Members

Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD

Gustavo S. Montana M.D. Professor of Radiation Oncology, Pre-Clinical Drug Testing

Simon Gregory, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Research Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Molecular Studies

Dora Il'yasova, PhD, MSPH

Associate Consulting Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Causation

John Kirkpatrick, MD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery, Clinical Trials

Sally Kornbluth, PhD

James B. Duke Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Molecular Studies

Floyd Scott, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Trials

Ganesan Vaidyanathan, PhD

Professor of Radiology, Immunoconjugates

Michael Zalutsky, PhD

Jonathan Spicehandler M.D. Professor of Neuro-Oncology Research, Radio-Immunotherapy

Secondary Associate Members

Anne West, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurobiology

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