Dheerendra Prasad, MD, MCh, FACRO

Specialty: Radiation Oncology
Chief, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Director, Central Nervous System & Pediatric Radiation Services
Medical Director, Department of Radiation Medicine

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Locations

Roswell Park Main Campus
1-800-ROSWELL (1-800-767-9355)

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Cancers Treated:

Brain Melanoma Pediatric Spinal

Specializing In:

  • Brain tumors (adult & pediatric)
  • Spinal cord tumors (adult & pediatric)
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Vascular malformations of the brain
  • Epilepsy

Research Interests:

  • Image analysis and quantitative outcome analysis
  • Bio-informatics & Smart EMR
  • Inverse planning for 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

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Professor of Radiation Medicine, Neurosurgery and Oncology
  • Chief, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
  • Director, Central Nervous System & Pediatric Radiation Services
  • Medical Director – Department of Radiation Medicine

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

  • Clinical Associate Professor
  • Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology

Background

Education and Training

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

Fellowship

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

Board Certification

  • Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology
  • Neurosurgery, International Certification

Honors & Awards

  • 2012-2019 - Best Doctors of America, Radiation Oncology
  • 2012-2019 - Top Doctors of America (Castle Connolly) Radiation Oncology
  • 2012 - Fellow American College of Radiation Oncology
  • RCP Accredited Educator, Royal College of Physicians of London.
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Publications

  1. Winograd, E., Rivers, C.I., Fenstermaker, R., Fabiano, A., Plunkett, R.J. and Prasad, D. J Neurooncol (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-019-03195-y
  2. Chung C, Prasad D, Torrens M, Paddick I, Hanssens P, Kondziolka D & Jaffray DA (2018): Editorial. Leksell Gamma Knife Society and radiosurgery: a legacy and a vision for the future, Journal of Neurosurgery JNS, 129(Suppl1), 2-4. Retrieved Jan 18, 2019, from https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neurosurg/129/Suppl1/article-p2.xml
  3. Rivers C, Tranquilli M, Prasad S, Winograd E, Plunkett R, J, Fenstermaker R, A, Fabiano A, J, Podgorsak M, B, Prasad D, Impact of the Number of Metastatic Tumors Treated by Stereotactic Radiosurgery on the Dose to Normal Brain: Implications for Brain Protection. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2017; 95:352-358
  4. Prasad D and Schiff D Spinal Cord Compression Lancet, The Lancet Oncology, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 15-24
  5. Prasad, D, Steiner, M and Steiner, L: Gamma surgery for vestibular schwannomas, Journal of Neurosurgery, 2000; May 92(5): 745-759.