
Speakers
Activity Director

Steven Brem, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chief of Surgical Neuro-Oncology
Co-Director of Penn Brain Tumor Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Activity Co-Directors

Arati Desai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology Oncology)
Co-Director of Penn Brain Tumor Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania/ Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Robert A. Lustig, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Chief of Clinical Operations in the Department of Radiation Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC
Assistant Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Keynote Speaker

Neil Canavan
Scientific Advisor
Solebury Trout
New York, NY, USA
Penn Medicine Faculty

Karen Albright, MSN, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner of Neuro-Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Stephen Bagley, MD
Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Steven S. Cho, MD
Senior Medical Student Researcher
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Kathryn A. Davis, MD, MD, MTR
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Medical Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

M. Sean Grady, MD
Charles Harrison Frazier Professor of Neurosurgery
Chairman, Neurosurgery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Goldie A. Kurtz, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Timothy H. Lucas, II, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director of Penn Center for Neuro-Engineering and Therapeutics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Eleanor Miller, MSN, RN, OCN, CBCN
Oncology Nurse Navigator Oncology Nurse Navigator
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Tara C. Mitchell, MD
Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Jennifer JD. Morrissette, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Clinical Director, Center for Personalized Diagnostics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Donald M. O’Rourke, MD
John Templeton, Jr., M.D. Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Director, Human Brain Tumor Tissue Bank
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Stefan Prokop, MD
Fellow of Neuropathology (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Amy A. Pruitt, MD
Professor of Neurology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Lawrence N. Shulman, MD
Professor of Medicine (Hematology Oncology)
Deputy Director Clinical Services, Abramson Cancer Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Arbena Merolli Trettin, MSW
Manager - Neurosurgery Patient Affairs
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Guest Speakers

Priscilla K. Brastianos, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

Amy B. Heimberger, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
The University of Texas/ MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA