Meet Our Pituitary Program Team

Neurosurgery

The Department of Neurosurgery offers a full range of expertise in Pituitary and Anterior Skull Base Surgery. A major focus is the Minimally Invasive Transnasal Endoscopic surgical approach.

• Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD
• Sherry Iuliano, MSN, NP-C (Nurse Practitioner)
• Edward Laws, MD, FACS
• Edward Smith, MD, (Pediatrics)
• Timothy Smith, MD, PhD, MPH

Endocrine

A major focus of the BWH Division of Endocrinology is in Pituitary-Hypothalamic Disorders. Clinical and Research expertise are known worldwide.

• Laurie Cohen, MD, (Pediatrics)
• Ursula Kaiser, MD
• Le Min, MD, PhD

Otolaryngology (Ears, Nose, and Throat)

• Eduardo Corrales, MD
• Ravi Uppaluri, MD, PhD

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Highly qualified and patient-dedicated Neuro-Ophthalmologists are an integral part of the Pituitary Team. State of the art, sophisticated technology is available to evaluate and focus upon visual problems.

• Don Bienfang, MD
• Robert Mallery, MD
• Sashank Prasad, MD
• Ivana Vodopivec, MD

Neuropathology

Diagnostic and Research capabilities are available for a pathologic analysis of surgical specimens on a routine basis that will advance the accuracy and effectiveness of treatment.

• Umberto De Girolami, MD
• Hart G. W. Lidov, MD (Pediatrics)
• Keith Ligon, MD
• Sandro Santagata, MD, PhD

Neuroradiology

Sophisticated MRI analysis is available before, during and after surgery and Petrosal Sinus sampling is done for Cushing’s Disease when indicated.

• Charles Cho, MD, MBA
• Liangge Hsu, MD
• Kai Frerichs, MD
• Srinivasan Mukundan, MD, PhD
• Amir Zamani, MD

Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery

The most modern equipment and techniques for Pituitary Radiation Oncology, Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery are available in conjunction with experts at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

• Ayal Aizer, MD
• Brian M. Alexander, MD, MPH
• Shyam Tanguturi, MD

Neuro-Oncology

A comprehensive medical management is available for aggressive tumors with traditional and experimental chemotherapeutic agents.

• Eudocia Quant Lee, MD, MPH (Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center)
• Lakshmi Nayak, MD (Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center)
• David Reardon, MD (Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center)
• Patrick Yung Wen, MD