Alexander Becker, MD

Specialty: Neurosurgery
Staff Physician
Department of Neurosurgery

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Cancers Treated:

Specializing In:

  • Minimally invasive neurosurgery
  • Open and endoscopic approaches to skull base tumors
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • Meningioma
  • Schwannoma
  • Chordoma
  • Hemangioma
  • Trigeminal neuralgia

Research Interests:

  • Atypical meningioma therapeutic options

Biography

I am a fellowship trained neurosurgeon at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. I am a Buffalo native and attended medical school here at the University at Buffalo. I was fortunate enough to then complete residency with the University at Buffalo Neurosurgery program. I subsequently moved to Tampa, Florida where I completed advanced training specifically in neuro-oncology and skull base neurosurgery at Moffitt Cancer Center.

I then returned to Buffalo to work at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center where I treat patients with a wide range of tumors involving the central nervous system. I have a specific interest in minimally invasive keyhole neurosurgery which utilizes smaller openings to remove tumors. I specialize in both open and endoscopic approaches to skull base tumors. I am also certified in gamma knife radiotherapy.

I am honored to be able to treat patients in the same community in which I grew up in. In my free time I enjoy exploring new restaurants and sailing on Lake Erie.

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Assistant Professor of Oncology
  • Staff Physician
  • Department of Neurosurgery

Background

Education and Training

  • 2014 - 2018 - MD - Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY

Residency

  • 2018 - 2025 - Neurosurgery - State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Fellowship

  • 2024 - 2025 - Neurosurgical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL

Professional Memberships

  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons