At the UCLA Brain Tumor Center, we use a team approach in everything we do. Our team includes the best and brightest minds in brain tumor care. Working together, we seamlessly deliver innovative and personalized care for complex tumors.
When it comes to treating brain tumors, our team of physicians represents some of the best in the world. From diagnosis and imaging (neuroradiology) to chemotherapy (neuro-oncology) to neurosurgery, each member of our team is solely focused on caring for patients with brain tumors. This approach helps us provide the best possible care and treatments children with any type of nervous system tumor.
At the core of the Brain Tumor Center team is our Integrated Practice Unit. One of the few units of its kind, the strength of this group derives from our experts’ individual brain tumor expertise as well as their years of experience working together. Part of what makes our program so successful is that our specialists work together as a group, and not as individual departments, allowing us to deliver care more efficiently and effectively:
For Department of Neurosurgery specific questions, please contact us at: (310) 267-2621.
Timothy F. Cloughesy, MD 
Phioanh (Leia) Nghiemphu, MD For Division of Neuro-Oncology specific questions, please contact us at: (310) 825-5321.
Michael Steinberg, MD, FASTRO, FACR, FACRO For Department of Radiation Oncology specific questions, please call us at: (310) 825-9775.
For Division of Neuropathology specific questions, please contact us at: (310) 825-7230.
For Division of Neuroradiology specific questions, please contact us at: (310) 301-6800.
Other specialties on the team include:
Our team meets on a regular basis to discuss complex cases during tumor boards. During these discussions, we combine the latest clinical advances from research and clinical trials with our subspecialty expertise. Some tumor boards bring together as many as 50 specialists.
Call us at (310) 825-5111 or send an email to braintumor@mednet.ucla.edu to request more information or make an appointment. You can also search our physician directory.
