Dr. Lunsford is the Lars Leksell Professor and Distinguished Professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also the director of the Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery and the Residency Training Program at UPMC. Dr. Lunsford is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Acoustic Neuroma, Schwannoma, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Rhizotomy.

Ajay Niranjan, MD, specializes in neurosurgery. He practices at the University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Neurological Surgery and is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian.  Dr. Niranjan is associate professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from King George’s Medical College in Lucknow, India, where he also completed his neurosurgical residency. Dr. Niranjan then completed a fellowship in image-guided neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh. A leading expert on stereotactic radiosurgery, Dr. Niranjan has helped develop guidelines for stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia, pituitary adenomas, arteriovenous malformations, acoustic neuromas, and brain metastases. Dr. Niranjan has co-authored more than 120 articles in journals such as Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Journal of Neuro-oncology; contributed more than 55 book chapters; and edited two books on stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Niranjan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Schwannoma, Brain Tumor, Metastatic Brain Tumor, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Rhizotomy.

James Evans is a Neurosurgery provider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Evans is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Prolactinoma, Septoplasty, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Evans is currently accepting new patients.

Christopher Farrell is a Neurosurgery provider in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Farrell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Meningioma, Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly, Awake Craniotomy, and Septoplasty.

Mitchell Machtay is a Radiation Oncologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Machtay is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

Costas G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who has devoted his entire career to the treatment of brain tumor patients. He completed his neurosurgical residency and graduate PhD training at the University of Pittsburgh with additional neurosurgical oncology training at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Hadjipanayis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Glioma, Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy.

Dr. Zenonos became the associate director of the UPMC Center for Cranial Base Surgery in July 2019 after receiving extensive formal subspecialization in his field. He is one of a handful of board-certified neurosurgeons to have completed two fellowships in skull base surgery. At the University of Pittsburgh, one fellowship focused on endoscopic and minimally invasive approaches, and the other centered on complex open skull base approaches. His fellowship at the University of Miami was on complex cranial and cerebrovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Zenonos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Chordoma, Meningioma, Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.

Michelle Alonso is a Radiation Oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Alonso is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Her top areas of expertise are Chordoma, Brain Tumor, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Meningioma, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Alonso is currently accepting new patients.

Edward Monaco is a Neurosurgery provider in Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Monaco is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Posterior Fossa Tumor, Metastatic Brain Tumor, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy.

Stefano Camici is a Neurosurgery provider in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Camici is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Metastatic Brain Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Laminectomy.

Douglas Laske is a Neurosurgery provider in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Dr. Laske is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Posterior Fossa Tumor, Subdural Hematoma, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy.

Michael Ruckenstein is an Otolaryngologist in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ruckenstein is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Schwannoma, Acoustic Neuroma, Meniere Disease, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Myringotomy. Dr. Ruckenstein is currently accepting new patients.

Douglas Bigelow is an Otolaryngologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bigelow is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Schwannoma, Acoustic Neuroma, Glomus Jugulare Tumor, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Myringotomy. Dr. Bigelow is currently accepting new patients.

Kalil Abdullah is a Neurosurgery provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abdullah is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Glioma, Gliomatosis Cerebri, Astrocytoma, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Spinal Fusion.

Wenyin Shi is a Radiation Oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Mycosis Fungoides, Brain Tumor, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

Daniel P. Petro, MD, is a medical oncologist and hematologist at Hillman Cancer Center. He treats all cancer types, and has a special interest in a multidisciplinary approach to thoracic malignancies. Dr. Petro is also heavily involved in the research of Phase I trials. Dr. Petro is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy.

Vinayak Narayan, MD, FACS, FRCS (Ed), IFAANS, is a neurosurgeon at the UPMC Neurological Institute, specializing in cerebrovascular and cranial base neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, and stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.   Dr. Narayan graduated with honors from Government Medical College, Trichur, India, and completed the neurosurgery residency program at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, followed by postdoctoral fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery and neurointerventional surgery at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. He completed three prestigious clinical fellowships: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH), Interventional Neuroradiology (NYU Langone Health and Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY), and Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery (Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY), which are accredited by the Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST).   Dr. Narayan is a clinical assistant professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and has authored numerous neurosurgical publications, book chapters, and abstracts. He has been on the editorial board of various neurosurgical journals and medical book publishers. He is also an invited faculty in many neurosurgical conferences and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Skull Base Society, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, American College of Surgeons, and American Heart Association. Dr. Narayan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Arteriovenous Malformation, Pica, Thrombectomy, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

John Austin Vargo IV, MD, is a radiation oncologist specializing in breast cancer and gynecologic malignancies, including image-based brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy. Dr. Vargo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Vaginal Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Endoscopy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Dr. Zinn is assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and associate director of the Adult Neurosurgical Oncology Program. He specializes in neurosurgical oncology. Dr. Zinn received his medical degree from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and received his PhD from the University of Lausanne. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center. He then completed a fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. In addition to his clinical focus in neuro-oncology, Dr. Zinn’s research focuses on patient-centered care for brain and spinal tumors. Utilizing humanoid brain organoid cancer models, Dr. Zinn simulates the patient’s tumor condition in the laboratory and studies the origins of how the tumor forms and how tumors can be treated using tumor genetics precision approaches. Furthermore, Dr. Zinn is developing personalized biologically-adaptable and patient-tailored, virus-based therapies for brain cancer. Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD, specializes in surgical oncology and neurosurgery. He practices at University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Neurological Surgery and is affiliated with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, and UPMC Shadyside. He completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine and medical degree at University of Zurich. Dr. Zinn is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. His top areas of expertise are Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Cordotomy.

Jaime Mullin, DO, is a medical oncologist at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Mullin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Her top areas of expertise are Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Posterior Fossa Tumor, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Gastrostomy.