Our Team | Pacific Brain Tumor Center

Expertise, collaboration and innovation are essential in providing the best possible care for patients with brain, skull base and pituitary tumors.

We have a highly experienced team of national and international experts who work closely together from diagnosis to treatment, as well as providing patient education and support.

For more information, contact us at: 310-582-7640

Pacific Brain Tumor Center Team

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Daniel F. Kelly, MD

Director, PNI, Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorders Centers; Neurosurgery

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Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS

Co-Director Pituitary Disorders Center, Neurosurgery; Director, Adult Hydrocephalus Center; Director, Facial Pain Center; Chief, Radiosurgery Program; Director, JWCI / PNI Microdissection Anatomy Laboratory

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Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD

Director, Neuro-oncology;
Chair and Professor, Department of Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics

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Chester F. Griffiths, MD, FACS

Director, Eye, Ear & Skull Base Center; Head & Neck Surgery and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

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Walavan Sivakumar, MD

Director, Neurovascular Surgery, PNI; Director, Neurosurgery, PNI-South Bay; Neurosurgery

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Jose Carrillo, MD

Neuro-oncologist, Brain Tumor Center; Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics

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Naveed Wagle, MD

Neuro-Oncology, Pacific Brain Tumor Center; Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics

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Pejman Cohan, MD

Endocrinology, Pituitary Disorders Center

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Sarah Rettinger, MD

Endocrinology, Pituitary Disorders Center

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Lisa Chaiken, MD

Radiation Oncology, Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorders Centers

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Robert Wollman, MD

Radiation Oncology, Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorders Centers

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Howard R. Krauss, MD

Director, Eye, Ear & Skull Base Center; Neuro-ophthalmology

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Kian Karimi, MD

Head & Neck Surgery and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery; Eye, Ear & Skull Base Center

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Nathan Pierce, MD

Head & Neck Surgery, Eye, Ear & Skull Base Center

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David Krasne, MD

Pathology, Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorders Centers

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Yuki Takasumi, MD

Neuropathology, Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorders Centers

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Shanthi Gowrinathan, MD

Director of Psycho-oncology, Brain Health Center; Psychiatry, Psycho-oncology

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Marlon Saria, PhD, RN

Director, Center for Quality Outcomes and Research (CQOR), Translational Neurosciences & Neurotherapeutics;
Assistant Professor, John Wayne Cancer Institute; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Neuro-oncology