Co-Director, Pituitary Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Department of Neurosurgery
127 S San Vicente Blvd, A6600
Med School Harvard Medical School
Internship University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
Residency University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
Fellowship California Institute of Technology
Specialties Neurosurgeons Skull Base Surgeons
Interests Pituitary and skull base surgery, brain tumors, epilepsy. Research: Endoscopic Techniques for intracranial surgery Animal model of transsphenoidal surgery for Cushings Disease and development of CRH-Labeled nanoparticles for detection of adenomas
Associations 1999: Honored with the National Brain Tumor Foundation AANS/CNS Award for Best Translational Research by a Practicing Neurosurgeon. Winner of the Young Investigator Award from the Research Foundation of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Junior Investigator Award from the American Epilepsy Society. Active member of the International Society of Pituitary Surgeons, Pituitary Society, Society of Neuro-Oncology, American College of Surgeons and American Board of Neurological Surgery. Named as one of America's Top Surgeons in 2003 and America's Top Doctors for Cancer in 2005.
