Dheerendra Prasad, MD, MCh, FACRO

Medical Director, Department of Radiation Medicine

Director, Central Nervous System & Pediatric Radiation Medicine

Director, Gamma Knife Center

Professor of Radiation Medicine & Neurosurgery

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology

School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo

Profile

Areas of Expertise:

Brain tumors (adult & pediatric)

Spinal cord tumors (adult & pediatric)

Trigeminal neuralgia

Vascular malformations of the brain

Epilepsy

Research

Research Interests:

Image analysis and quantitative outcome analysis

Bio-informatics & Smart EMR

Inverse planning for f radiosurgery

Brain tumor radiosurgery

Basic and clinical aspects of radiosurgery

Development of computer-assisted operative neurosurgical techniques

Stereotactic imaging for gamma knife surgery

Treatment of epilepsy with radiosurgery

Background Information

Education and Training:

MBBS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

M Ch Neurosurgery - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Residency:

Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Board Certification:

Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology

Neurosurgery, International Certification

Fellowships:

Lars Leksell Fellow in Radiosurgery and Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Publications

Publications:

Tran TA, Stanley TR, Malhotra HK, De Boer SF, Prasad D, Podgorsak MB. Target and peripheral dose during patient repositioning with the Gamma Knife automatic positioning system (APS) device. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2010; 11(1):3150
Tran TA, Wu V, Malhotra H, Steinman JP, Prasad D, Podgorsak MB. Target and peripheral dose from radiation sector motions accompanying couch repositioning of patient coordinates with the Gamma Knife (R) Perfexion (TM). Radiology and oncology 2011; 45(2):132-142

Referral

Email:

Mobile phone:

716-989-9858

Fax:

716-845-7616