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 the best in the country, if not the world. From diagnosis and imaging to chemotherapy (neuro oncology) and 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 to more than 800 patients a year.
Part of what makes our program so successful is that our specialists are always conferring. In fact, we are one of the few fully integrated brain tumor programs in the country. Working together as a group and not as individual departments allows us to deliver care more efficiently and effectively:
At the core of the Brain Tumor Center team is our Integrated Practice Unit (IPU). 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.
Specialties represented on our IPU include:
Neurosurgery | Pediatric Neurosurgery | Neuro-Oncology | Pediatric Neuro-Oncology | Radiation Oncology | Neuropathology | Neuroradiology
Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS
Professor and Chair
Dr. Linda Liau's clinical expertise is in intra-operative functional brain mapping and use of intra-operative imaging for resection of brain tumors (gliomas, meningiomas, and metastatic tumors). Her research efforts are focused on the molecular biology of brain tumors, gene therapy, immunotherapy, and brain cancer vaccines. Dr. Liau is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. More >
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Neurosurgery
Marvin Bergsneider, MD, FAANS
Professor
Dr. Marvin Bergsneider specializes in minimally invasive and advanced endoscopic techniques for the treatment of pituitary tumors, skull base tumors, and hydrocephalus.
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Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD, FAANS
Associate Professor and Co-Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
Dr. Nader Pouratian specializes in surgeries to restore and preserve brain function, including deep brain stimulation for movement disorders (and other emerging indications) and surgeries that require brain mapping. In addition, he treats peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injuries and tumors. His research focuses on developing novel interventions and technologies for neurological restoration. More >
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Neuromodulation for Movement Disorders & Pain
Neurosurgery
Pituitary Tumor Program
Isaac Yang, MD, FAANS
Associate Professor
Dr. Isaac Yang is experienced in the surgical treatment for patients with skull base tumors, acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, anaplastic astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. As a principal investigator at the UCLA Brain Tumor Program, his extensive research interests include optimizing brain tumor clinical outcomes, novel nanoparticles against brain tumors, and experimental glioblastoma therapies like brain tumor vaccines. More >
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Neurosurgery
Won Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kim completed his neurosurgical residency training at UCLA with a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. His clinical interests include the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors deep within the brain using a wide variety of surgical modalities to best suit each individual patient and tumor type. More >
Richard Everson, MD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Richard Everson is fellowship-trained brain and spine tumor neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of malignant brain tumors. His research focuses on the development of novel immunotherapy treatment of brain tumors. Dr. Everson is available for consultation at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. More >
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Neurosurgery
Emma Billingslea-Yoon, NP
UCLA Department of Neurosurgery
Medical Board Certification: Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2012. Education, Degree - MSN, California State University, Los Angeles School of Nursing, 2012 . More >
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Neurosurgery
For Department of Neurosurgery specific questions, please contact us at: (310) 825-5111.
Anthony Wang, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr. Anthony Wang specializes in pediatric, cerebrovascular, and complex cranial base surgeries, having had the unique experience of fellowship training in each of these subspecialties. His clinical specialties include pediatric brain tumors, moyamoya disease, intracranial aneurysms, skull base tumors, and Chiari malformations. More >
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Cerebrovascular Program
Neurosurgery
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Aria Fallah, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FAANS
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr. Aria Fallah is a fellowship trained pediatric neurosurgeon who practices at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. He is an assistant professor of surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. More >
Timothy F. Cloughesy, MD
Professor of Neurology, Director of UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program
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Phioanh (Leia) Nghiemphu, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of UCLA Neuro-Oncology Clinical Service
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Albert Lai, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
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Nanette Fong, NP
Division of Neuro-Oncology
Nanette Fong is a Nurse Practitioner in Neuro-Oncology and has received advance nursing training at a Master level. She collaborates with the Neuro-Oncology physicians in managing the care of patients with brain tumors. More >
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Community Cancer Care
Stacey Green, NP
Division of Neuro-Oncology
Stacey Green is a Nurse Practitioner in Neuro-Oncology and has received advance nursing training at a Master level. She collaborates with the Neuro-Oncology physicians in managing the care of patients with brain tumors. Stacey is primarily involved in the care of patients in clinical trials with the Neuro-Oncology program. More >
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Community Cancer Care
For Division of Neuro-Oncology specific questions, please contact us at: (310) 825-5321.
Tania Kaprealian, MD
Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology
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Robert Chin, MD
Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology
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Radiation Oncology
Michael Steinberg, MD, FASTRO, FACR, FACRO
Chair, UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology
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For Department of Radiation Oncology specific questions, please call us at: (310) 825-9775.
William H. Yong, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Neuropathology
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Harry Vinters, MD
Professor, Division of Neuropathology
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Negar Khanlou, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Neuropathology
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Pathology
Maria Inmaculada Cobos Sillero, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Neuropathology
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Pathology
For Division of Neuropathology specific questions, please contact us at: (310) 825-7230.
Whitney Pope, MD, PhD
Professor, Diagnostic Neuroradiology Section
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Radiology
Michael Linetsky, MD
Associate Professor, Diagnostic Neuroradiology Section
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Radiology
Noriko Salamon, MD
Professor, Diagnostic Neuroradiology Section Chief
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Ben Ellingson, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Specialties: MR Physics
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Radiology
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 and are “standing room only.”
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.
