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Because the brain is the body's command center, diagnosis of a brain tumor was long regarded as ominous news. But recent, revolutionary advances in understanding these complex tumors, combined with ever expanding powerful treatments, have dramatically improved the outlook for patients with brain tumors.

Tumors and Conditions Treated

Advanced Technology

The Gamma Knife Experts

Upstate Medical University Neurosurgery ranks as a national leader in effective and innovative brain tumor treatment, having performed hundreds of brain tumor resections annually. Our team of prominent specialists are uniquely trained to use the only Gamma Knife in Central New York and have played a leading role in development of neuronavigational tools.

Newest Options in Treatment and Imaging

Diagnosis and treatment for brain tumors includes surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Under these broad categories are dozens of highly focused treatments including:
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Image-guided surgery
  • Brain mapping
  • Immunotherapy

An individualized course of treatment is developed for each patient, often with a progression of treatments, such as surgical resection followed by chemotherapy.

Upstate Neurological Institute

Upstate Neurological Institute is a multidisciplinary team of experts providing the best in patient care and treatment options—and leading the region in advances for patient care, medical education and research in neuroscience.

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Neuro Team

Our Multidisciplinary Team

The treatment of a brain tumor is one of the most interdisciplinary endeavors in medicine requiring a wide array of treatments, technologies and specialists—resources available at Upstate Medical University through Upstate's Neurological Institute. Our comprehensive medical team for tumor patients includes a neurosurgeon, neurologist, medical and radiation oncologists, a clinical psychologist, physical, occupational and speech therapists, plus nurses, dieticians, and social workers.

Our Providers

Harish Babu, MD/PhD
Harish Babu, MD/PhD
315 492-3172

Education & Fellowships

  • Fellowship: Center for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 2019, Neurooncology/Endoscopic skull base
  • Fellowship: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2019, Epilepsy/Functional
  • Residency: Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2018, Residency, Department of Neurosurgery,
  • Fellowship: Stanford University, 2012, Adult hippocampal neurogenesis
  • Additional Training: Charite Berlin University Medicine, 2007, PhD (neural stem cells)
  • MBBS: Calicut Medical College, Kerala, India, 2001

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery; Neuro Oncology; Functional Neurosurgery; Complex Brain Tumors; Gamma Knife; Skull Base Tumors; more
Timothy M Beutler, MD, FAANS
Timothy M Beutler, MD, FAANS
315 492-3117

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Neurological Surgery; Neurocritical Care; Bone Infection; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Cancer; more
Lawrence S Chin, MD, FAANS, FACS
Lawrence S Chin, MD, FAANS, FACS
315 492-3168

Education & Fellowships

  • Residency: University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1994, Neurosurgery
  • MD: University of Michigan Medical School, 1987
  • BS: University of Michigan, 1983

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Neurological Surgery; Brachial Plexus Injury; Brain Abscess; Brain Aneurysm; Brain Injury; Brain Tumor; more
Walter A Hall, MD, MBA
Walter A Hall, MD, MBA
315 464-8824

Education & Fellowships

  • Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, 1990, Neurosurgery
  • Internship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, 1984, General Surgery
  • MD: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1983

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Neurological Surgery; Brain Tumors; Gamma Knife; Pituitary Tumors; Cervical Spine; Trigeminal Neuralgia; more
Ali Hazama, MD
Ali Hazama, MD
315 492-3168

Education & Fellowships

  • Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2020, Neurosurgery

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Spine Fusion Surgery; Spine Tumors; Neurological Surgery; Brain Injury; more
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