Program Description
Barrow offers a two-year fellowship in one of the busiest brain tumor centers in the United States. Barrow currently sees an average 150 new gliomas per year, is a major participant in RTOG studies and in pharmaceutical studies, has full Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, Radiation Oncology support, has the only gamma knife in Arizona and a Neuroradiology unit with three MRI units including a 3 Tesla MR. You will see a fully functional NIH-supported Neuro-Oncology laboratory with studies in molecular biology, drug resistance, tumor invasion and the current combined clinical laboratory investigations in anaplastic and low-grade oligodendrogliomas, oligoastro-cytomas and glioblastoma multiforme. You can assist in depocyt studies underway for meningeal carcinomatosis; current studies also in childhood tumors, notably ependymomas and clinical studies in metastatic brain tumors through RTOG and pharmaceutical companies.
Clinical Duties
The focus of the first year is primarily clinical, inpatient and outpatient consultations, Ommaya reservoir injections, oral and intravenous chemotherapy administration and participation in clinical trails. Fellows will begin research program planning and guaranteed attendance at national meetings including Society of Neuro-Oncology, American Academy of Neurology and or American Neurological Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology and/ or American Association for Cancer Research. The focus of the second year is primarily research, clinical and/ or laboratory, continued limited outpatient practice and participation in trials.
Fellows will attend many conferences including the weekly Tumor Board (average 20-30 cases), gamma knife (average 15-20 cases) and monthly skull-base. Regular conferences include Neurology/ Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, brain cutting, neurology and neuro-surgery case reviews. There are also research conferences held weekly.
Contact
William R. Shapiro, M.D.
Program Director, Neuro-Oncology Program
Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital
350 W. Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone: (602) 406-3390
E-mail: william.shapiro@chw.edu
Learn More
Read more about the Brain Tumor Clinic at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.
