Overview
Edward Laws is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Laws is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Pituitary Tumor, Hypothalamic Tumor, Rathke Cleft Cyst, Balloon Sinuplasty, and Endoscopy. Dr. Laws is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 180 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 106 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Brain Tumor.
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Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc
Wenya Bi is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Bi is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Brain Tumor, Astrocytoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Nerve Decompression. Dr. Bi is currently accepting new patients.
Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc
Alexandra Golby is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Golby is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Brain Tumor, Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Awake Craniotomy, and Vitrectomy. Dr. Golby is currently accepting new patients.
MGH Brain Tumor Center
Dr. Brian Nahed is a neurosurgeon specializing in Brain Tumors (Glioblastoma, Low Grade Gliomas, Meningiomas, Metastatic Brain Tumors) and Brain Mapping / Intraoperative Imaging. He is Director of Neurosurgery Residency Program at MGH and Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery.Patient appointments: 617-724-5805. (Appointments / Second Opinions within 24 hrs.) Visit my web page.Dr. Nahed specializes in brain tumors of the eloquent cortex (language and motor areas of the brain) which require awake surgery, language and motor mapping, and subcortical stimulation. Dr. Nahed specializes in intraoperative technology and minimally invasive procedures to treat brain tumors aggressively and safely.Born in New York, Dr. Nahed attended UCLA where he majored in Neuroscience, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and with the department's Highest Honors. He attended the Yale School of Medicine where he was awarded the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship and graduated with honors. Dr. Nahed completed his neurosurgery residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital; where Dr. Nahed completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Drs. Daniel Haber and Shyamala Maheswaran in the MGH Cancer Center.Dr. Brian Nahed was recruited to the MGH Department of Neurosurgery, MGH Brain Tumor Center, and Harvard Medical School in 2011. Dr. Brian Nahed's research focuses on developing the first blood based test to diagnose and monitor brain tumors. In collaboration with Drs. Haber, Maheswaran, and Stott, Dr. Nahed published the first evidence of circulating tumor cells in the blood of patients with glioblastoma. Drs Nahed and Stott run an NIH funded laboratory developing the first blood test for patients with brain tumors.As the Director of the MGH Neurosurgery Residency Program, he has led neurosurgical education. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the CNS/AANS Executive Committee For Brain Tumors. He is Co-Chair of the CNS Leadership Institute. He is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Council State Neurological Societies. Dr. Nahed serves as the lead neurotrauma consultant for the National Football League (NFL). Dr. Nahed is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Astrocytoma, Glioma, Glioblastoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Thrombectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Hypothalamic TumorDr. Laws isElite. Learn about Hypothalamic Tumor.
- Pituitary ApoplexyDr. Laws isElite. Learn about Pituitary Apoplexy.
- Pituitary TumorDr. Laws isElite. Learn about Pituitary Tumor.
- ProlactinomaDr. Laws isElite. Learn about Prolactinoma.
- Rathke Cleft CystDr. Laws isElite. Learn about Rathke Cleft Cyst.
- Distinguished
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Laws isDistinguished. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Brain TumorDr. Laws isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- CraniopharyngiomaDr. Laws isDistinguished. Learn about Craniopharyngioma.
- Cushing's diseaseDr. Laws isDistinguished. Learn about Cushing's disease.
- Empty Sella SyndromeDr. Laws isDistinguished. Learn about Empty Sella Syndrome.
- Isolated ACTH DeficiencyDr. Laws isDistinguished. Learn about Isolated ACTH Deficiency.
- Advanced
- Acromegaloid Facial Appearance Syndrome
- AcromegalyDr. Laws isAdvanced. Learn about Acromegaly.
- ApoplexyDr. Laws isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Balloon SinuplastyDr. Laws isAdvanced. Learn about Balloon Sinuplasty.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Laws isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- Diabetes Insipidus (DI)Dr. Laws isAdvanced. Learn about Diabetes Insipidus (DI).
- Experienced
- Bone TumorDr. Laws isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain AbscessDr. Laws isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- ChordomaDr. Laws isExperienced. Learn about Chordoma.
- Choroid Plexus CystDr. Laws isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Cyst.
- EncephaloceleDr. Laws isExperienced. Learn about Encephalocele.
- Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery