Brain and Spine Tumor Center
Lifespan Cancer Institute

Brain and Spine Tumor Center Team

Neurosurgery

Ziya Gokaslan, MD Headshot

Ziya Gokaslan, MD

Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital

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Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, FAANS Headshot

Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, FAANS

Director, Spinal Surgery Division, Director, Norman Prince Spine Institute

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Deus J.C. Cielo, MD Headshot

Deus J.C. Cielo, MD

Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Program Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division

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Curtis Doberstein, MD Headshot

Curtis Doberstein, MD

Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital; Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, NeuroSurgery, Rhode Island Hospital

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Albert E. Telfeian, MD, PhD Headshot

Albert E. Telfeian, MD, PhD

Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spinal Surgery

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Jared Fridley, MD Headshot

Jared Fridley, MD

Director, Spinal Surgical Outcomes Laboratory

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Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD Headshot

Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD

Director, Functional Neurosurgery & Epilepsy Program; Co-Director, Deep Brain Stimulation; Laboratory Director, Cognitive Neurophysiology & Neuromodulation

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Pediatric Neurosurgery

Konstantina Svokos, DO Headshot

Konstantina Svokos, DO

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

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Neuro-Oncology

Heinrich Elinzano, MD Headshot

Heinrich Elinzano, MD

Neuro-Oncology Medical Lead, Lifespan Cancer Institute

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Howard P. Safran, MD Headshot

Howard P. Safran, MD

Chief, Hematology Oncology

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Eric Tai-Lee Wong, MD Headshot

Eric Tai-Lee Wong, MD

Director, Medical Neuro-Oncology, Lifespan Cancer Institute

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Medical Oncology

Ariel E. Birnbaum, MD Headshot

Ariel E. Birnbaum, MD

Medical Oncologist

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Pediatric Oncology

Bradley D. DeNardo, MD Headshot

Bradley D. DeNardo, MD

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

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Rishi R. Lulla, MD, MS Headshot

Rishi R. Lulla, MD, MS

Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

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Radiation Oncology

Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD, FACRO Headshot

Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD, FACRO

Director, Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, Lifespan Cancer Institute and Rhode Island Hospital

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David E. Wazer, MD Headshot

David E. Wazer, MD

Director, Lifespan Cancer Institute, and Oncologist-in-Chief, Radiation Oncology

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Thomas A. DiPetrillo, MD Headshot

Thomas A. DiPetrillo, MD

Clinical Director, Radiation Oncology

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Esther Yu, MD Headshot

Esther Yu, MD

Radiation Oncologist

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Pathology

Douglas C. Anthony, MD, PhD Headshot

Douglas C. Anthony, MD, PhD

Pathologist

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Ivana Delalle, MD, PhD

Director of Neuropathology

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John P. Donahue, MD, PhD

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Diagnostic Imaging/Neuroradiology

Jeffrey M. Rogg, MD Headshot

Jeffrey M. Rogg, MD

Director of Neuroradiology and Medical Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital

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Jerrold L. Boxerman, MD Headshot

Jerrold L. Boxerman, MD

Diagnostic Neuroradiologist

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Richard A. Haas, MD Headshot

Richard A. Haas, MD

Neuroradiologist, Rhode Island Hospital

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Mahesh V. Jayaraman, MD Headshot

Mahesh V. Jayaraman, MD

Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, Lifespan; Director, Neurovascular Center, Rhode Island Hospital

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Ryan A. McTaggart, MD Headshot

Ryan A. McTaggart, MD

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