Meet Our Team

Leadership

Lissa Baird , MD

Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center; Director, Neurosurgical Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery; Christopher K. Fellows Family Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Mariella G. Filbin , MD, PhD

Jan Paradise Chair in Brain Cancer Research; Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center; Research Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Susan Chi , MD

Clinical Director, Brain Tumor Center; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders CenterAttending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nicole Ullrich , MD, PhD

Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Neurofibromatosis Program; Neurologist, Department of Neurology; Director, Neurologic Neuro-Oncology; Associate Director, Clinical Trials, Neurofibromatosis Program; Attending Physician, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Sanda Alexandrescu , MD

Director of Neuropathology; Director of Autopsy; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Cent
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Neuro-Oncology

Susan Chi , MD

Clinical Director, Brain Tumor Center; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders CenterAttending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Mariella G. Filbin , MD, PhD

Jan Paradise Chair in Brain Cancer Research; Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center; Research Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Ralph Salloum , MD

Attending, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Karen Wright , MD, MS

Attending, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Kee Kiat Yeo , MD

Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Neurosurgery

Lissa Baird , MD

Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center; Director, Neurosurgical Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery; Christopher K. Fellows Family Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Neurology

Nicole Ullrich , MD, PhD

Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Neurofibromatosis Program; Neurologist, Department of Neurology; Director, Neurologic Neuro-Oncology; Associate Director, Clinical Trials, Neurofibromatosis Program; Attending Physician, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Viviana Benitez , MD

Neurologist, Department of Neurology; Associate Chief, Inpatient Neurology
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Scott Pomeroy , MD, PhD

Neurologist-in-Chief, Emeritus; Chair Emeritus, Department of Neurology
Bronson Crothers Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Radiation Oncology

Kevin Liu , MD, DPhil

Attending Physician, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center; Director of Sarcoma Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

Neurointerventional Radiology

Darren B. Orbach , MD, PhD

Chief, Neurointerventional Radiology; Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions Center; Sage Schermerhorn Chair in Image-Guided Therapy
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Neuropathology

Sanda Alexandrescu , MD

Director of Neuropathology; Director of Autopsy; Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Blood Disorders Cent
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Ryan Gise , MD

Attending Physician, Department of Ophthalmology
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Gena Heidary , MD, PhD

Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Program
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Neuroendocrinology

Carmen Soto-Rivera , MD

Director, Neuroendocrinology and Cancer Survivorship Program (NECS); Director, Growth Program
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Ari J. Wassner , MD

Medical Director, Thyroid Center; Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program; Senior Associate Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Neuropsychology

Emily Warren , PhD

Neuropsychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Neuroradiology

Edward Yang , MD, PhD

Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology; MRI Medical Director, Department of Radiology
Instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Otolaryngology

Nurse Practitioners

Operations

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Kelsey Largen

Kelsey Largen

Senior Program Coordinator, Brain Tumor Center

Administrative

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Keilana Eastman

Keilana Eastman

Patient Experience Representative (PER), Brain Tumor Center
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Gabrielle Petrisin

Gabrielle Petrisin

Patient Navigator, Brain Tumor Center