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 Comprehensive Cancer Center

Clinical Associate Professor

Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

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Areas of Expertise:

Brain tumors (adult & pediatric)

Spinal cord tumors (adult & pediatric)

Trigeminal neuralgia

Vascular malformations of the brain

Epilepsy

Special 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

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 and 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.

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.