Dr. Peter Canoll, a long time collaborator with the Bartoli Brain Tumor Laboratory has just received a $1.8 million grant  for his research "The Role of White Matter Progenitors in Glioma Formation and Progression."  This grant comes from the National Institute of Neurological Disorters and...

Despite the lack of evidence so far, the suggestion that cell phone use is in some way linked to the development of brain tumors still abounds, prompting study after study. Newly published research out of Scandinavia, where cell phone use is particularly high, shows that there is still no link....

Education The University of Chicago Brain Tumor Center, Neuro-oncology Research Fellowship 2008 National Autonomous University of Mexico Faculty of Medicine, M.D. 2007 Honors/Awards: Gabino Barreda Medal for the Highest Academic Achievement, National Autonomous University of Mexico Faculty of...

Education Weill Medical College of Cornell University, M.D. 2006 Philosophy, Princeton University, B.A. 1999 Honors/Awards George G. Reader Prize in Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2006 Alpha Omega Alpha, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2006 Russek...

Education Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, M.D. 2006 Chemistry, Cum Laude, Harvard College, B.A. 2001 Honors/Awards American Neurological Association Medical Student Summer Research Award, 2003 American Academy of Neurology Summer Scholarship, 2003 Summer Scholarship...

Education Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, M.D. 2005 English, Duke University, B.A. 2000 St. Andrews University, Scotland, English 1999 Honors/Awards Dean’s Endowment for Education Scholarship Recipient, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2001-05 Cum Laude, Duke...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce, Director of the Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory, focuses his efforts on three principal areas of brain tumor research: mechanisms of tumorigenesis, novel therapeutic approaches to glial-derived neoplasms, and the immune response to brain tumors. Studies are conducted in...

Tumors of the skull base were at one time linked to a poor prognosis. Advances in microsurgical techniques, an increased understanding of both the skull base anatomy and behavior of these disease processes, and improvements in neuroimaging have allowed such lesions to be successfully...

The pituitary gland sits in a bony compartment (called the sella turcica) at the base of the skull and secretes substances, such as growth hormone, prolactin, and adrenocorticotropin hormone, which serve a variety of essential hormonal and metabolic functions. Tumors of the pituitary gland are...