Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools
Technologically advanced instrumentation allows for the removal of difficult tumors:
Neurocritical Care Unit
Neurointensivists and experienced mid-level practitioners staff our dedicated 28-bed Neuro Critical Care Unit around the clock, seven days a week, to provide ongoing intensive care to critically ill patients.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
The Brain Tumor Center’s team works closely with the Children’s Memorial Hermann Neuroscience Center to ensure exceptional care for children with brain tumors.
Weekly Prospective Care Conferences
Our multidisciplinary team meets weekly to discuss each patient’s plan of care and progress.
Partnership with Referring Physicians
Throughout the evaluation and treatment process, we keep referring physicians informed about patient progress, both in writing and by phone. After a patient’s first office visit, these doctors will receive a summary that includes the initial diagnosis, pending tests and treatment options. A second follow-up report details surgical outcomes and post-op therapy.
Meet the Team
M. Serder Alp, MD
Assistant Professor in the department of neurosurgery at UTMSH, Dr. Alp completed his residency training at the University of Illinois in Chicago and a fellowship in skull-base surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine in Portland. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters and is a frequent invited presenter.
C. Y. Joseph Chang, MD
Professor of the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at UTMSH and chief of otolaryngology at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Dr. Chang received the doctor of medicine degree from Harvard Medical School in 1989. He completed his residency in otolaryngology at the University of California, San Francisco, and a fellowship in neurotology and skull-base surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Chang joined the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center medical staff in 1995.
Samer Fakhri, MD
Director of rhinology and sinonasal surgery and assistant professor in the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at UTMSH, Dr. Fakhri received his medical degree and completed his residency in at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He also completed a research fellowship in allergy and immunology at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories of McGill University and a clinical fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic where he received advanced training in rhinology and endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery. He is currently the only fellowship-trained rhinologist and endoscopic sinus surgeon
in Houston.
Carin A. Hagberg, MD
Dr. Hagberg received her doctor of medicine at UTMSH where she is a tenured professor and director of neuroanesthesia and advanced airway management in the department of anesthesiology. She completed her residency at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where she served as chief resident from 1991 to 1992. Dr. Hagberg has received more than 25 research grants in airway management, postoperative pain and intraoperative hypothermia. She has been invited as a visiting professor at many institutions and has conducted airway workshops nationally and internationally.
Clive Shkedy, MD
Medical director of radiation oncology at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and a diplomat of the American Board of Radiology, Dr. Shkedy graduated from the University of Witwatersrand Medical School in South Africa, and completed his residency at the University of Toronto in Canada. Dr. Shkedy is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Nitin Tandon, MD
Assistant professor in the department of neurosurgery at UTMSH, Dr. Tandon is a frequent lecturer and author of many research publications and book chapters. He trained at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the University of Washington in Seattle, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and at the Cleveland Clinic, where he was a fellow in epilepsy surgery. He has a special interest in functional imaging techniques which would allow for greater preservation of function in patients undergoing brain tumor surgery.
Dennis G. Vollmer, MD
Professor and chairman of the department of neurosurgery, Dr. Vollmer joined the team in 2003 after serving for seven years as head of the division of neurosurgery at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is board-certified in neurological surgery, with specialties in stereotactic radiosurgery and cerebrovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Vollmer is director of the Comprehensive Center for Cerebrovascular Surgery and medical director of the Gamma Knife facility at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
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