Meet the doctors
The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center’s team of more than 100 full-time staff includes physicians, physician assistants, nurses, clinical researchers, social workers, medical psychologists, neuropsychologists, counselors, chaplains, child life specialists, and hospital schoolteachers dedicated to caring for the needs of patients with brain tumors and their families.
The Center’s world-renowned leadership includes:
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Darell D. Bigner, MD, PhD
Edwin L. Jones, Jr. and Lucille Finch Jones Cancer Research Professor.
Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.
Director, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute at Duke.
Chief, Preuss Laboratory for Brain Tumor Research
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Allan H. Friedman, MD
The Guy L. Odom Professor of Neurological Surgery.
Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Duke University Hospital.
Program Director, Division of Neurosurgery/Department of Surgery.
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Henry S. Friedman, MD
James B. Powell, Jr., Professor of Neuro-Oncology.
Professor of Pediatrics.
Associate Professor of Surgery and Medicine.
Assistant Professor of Pathology.
Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.
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David A. Reardon, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery. Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics.
Associate Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.
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John H. Sampson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery.
Assistant Professor of Pathology.
Associate Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.
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James J. Vredenburgh, MD
Medical Director, Adult Clinical Services. |
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Annick Desjardins, MD, FRCPC Assistant Professor of Medicine.
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Sridharan Gururangan, MRCP (UK)
Director of Pediatric Clinical Services.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics.
Associate Professor of Surgery.
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Katy Peters, MD, PhD |
The Tisch Brain Tumor Center – Angels
DUMC Box 3624
Durham, North Carolina 27710
