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Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University at Northwestern Memorial Hospital offers comprehensive, leading-edge care for patients with primary or metastatic tumors of the brain or spine. Our scientists have pioneered therapies and developed better standards of care. They specialize in rare and challenging tumors, including:
We are proud to be one of the first institutions in the world to use DNA methylation profiling to diagnose brain tumors. Refer a PatientNorthwestern Medicine Malnati Brain Tumor Institute welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with you on the care of your patients. To refer a patient, call 833.88.BRAIN (833.882.7246).
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Meet the Malnati Brain Tumor Institute TeamOur team includes experts who specialize in virtually every type of brain tumor, including rare and complex tumors. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with you on the care of your patients. The Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Cancer Programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are proud to be among the top-ranked in the U.S.**Northwestern Memorial Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, 2024 – 25 |
June 2024 In a recent study published in Nature Communications, Northwestern Medicine scientists, including Adam Sonabend, MD, used ultrasound technology to penetrate the blood-brain barrier to deliver a small dose of a chemotherapy and immunotherapy drug cocktail into the brain, a major advance for the treatment of glioblastoma.
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Stephen Magill, MD, PhD, was co-senior author of a study published in Nature Medicine that discovered a highly accurate way to predict the best treatment for meningioma based on patterns of gene expression in the tumor.
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Jessica W. Templer, MD, assistant professor of Neurology (Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology) at Northwestern Medicine, discusses the approach to patients with epilepsy secondary to a suspected low grade glioma and patient selection for intraoperative ECoG and awake craniotomies.
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