The following treatment team members specialize in brain cancer at Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. To make an appointment, please call The James Line at (614) 293-5066 or toll-free 1-800-293-5066. The James Line is a free, 24-hour, confidential telephone service staffed by oncology nurses weekdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to provide callers with cancer information and physician referrals throughout central Ohio. For further information about a physician listed below, click on the name.
Neuro-Oncology
Herbert Newton, MD, FAAN
Professor of Neurology and Oncology
Director, Division of Neuro-Oncology
Esther Dardinger Chair of Neuro-Oncology
Co-Director, Dardinger Neuro-Oncology Center
Robert Cavaliere, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Neurological Surgery
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
Dardinger Family Professor of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, Dardinger Neuro-Oncology Center
Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery
John McGregor, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, Department of Radiology
Atom Sarkar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Functional Neurosurgery
Director, Nanomedicine in Neurosurgery
Mario Ammirati, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Director, Skull Base Surgery
Radiation Medicine
Nina Mayr, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine
Max Moorehouse Chair in Cancer Research
John Grecula, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine
Simon Lo, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine
Neuroradiology
Eric Bourekas, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship Program
Donald Chakeres, MD
Professor, Section Chief, Neuroradiology
Director, MR Research
Greg Christoforidis, MD
Associate Professor
Section Chief, Interventional Neuroradiology
H.W. Slone, MD
Associate Professor
Clinical Director, MRI
Director, MRI Fellowship
Neuroanesthesiology
Sergio Bergese, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Neuroanesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery
Contacts and Caregivers
Susan Bell, MS, CNRN, CNP
Nurse Practitioner, Neurological Surgery
Patricia Woods, MSN, CNRN, CNP
Nurse Practitioner, Neurological Surgery
Carol Volpi, RN, BSN, OCN
Nurse Practitioner, Neuro-Oncology
Myrna Bowler, RN, ANP
Nurse Practitioner, Neuro-Oncology
Christin Brown, RN, LSW
Patient Care Resource Manager, Neuro-Oncology
Annita Paolucci, MA
Patient Care Resource Manager
Barbara Beech-Brown, MA
Patient Care Resource Manager
Jill Brown, MA
Data Coordinator, CTO – Neuro-Oncology/Rad One
Beth Deley
Adminstrative Associate, Neurological Surgery
Deanne Valentine
Medical Assistant
