South Asian Brain Tumor Foundation

South Asian Brain Tumor Foundation

                                    Creating hope by improving access & support

About Us

The South Asian Brain Tumor Foundation (SABTF) is a non-profit organization.

Our mission is to:

  • Improve access to care for patients with brain tumors.
  • To provide support to brain tumor patients & their families.
  • Find new & effective treatments for brain tumors through research.

Brains  Behind South Asian Brain Tumor Foundation.

President of SABTF.org

Dr. Chirag Patil
Chirag Patil, M.D.

Chirag G. Patil MD Neurosurgeon, Brain Tumor CenterDirector, Center for Neurosurgical Outcomes Research

Chirag G. Patil, MD, is a neurosurgeon at the Brain Tumor Center and Director of the Center for Neurosurgical Outcomes Research in the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai. His clinical practice focuses on the comprehensive treatment of brain tumors and he has a special interest and expertise in treating metastatic brain tumors. He also specializes in minimally invasive brain tumor treatments such as stereotactic radiosurgery and neuroendoscopy.

Dr. Patil is a very active neurosurgical researcher, conducting studies on novel brain tumor therapies, radiosurgery for brain metastases, immune factors in gliomas, and treatment of pituitary tumors. His research has been funded by the Walter E. Dandy Fellowship of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. He has co-written several chapters in a new text on meningiomas and published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Patil is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Society for Neuro-Oncology, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Before coming to Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Patil served on the medical staff of Stanford University, where he completed an internship in general surgery, a residency in neurosurgery, and a fellowship in stereotactic radiosurgery.

A graduate of Cornell University, Dr. Patil earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was a Regent’s Scholar. He also has a master’s degree in epidemiology from Stanford University.


    

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Education:

2007-2008 MS Epidemiology, Stanford University
2006-2007 Enfolded Fellowship in Cyberknife Radiosurgery
2004-2010 Resident in Neurological Surgery, Stanford University
2003-2004 General Surgery Internship, Stanford University
1998-2003 MD, UC San Francisco; Regent's Scholar
1994-1998 BS, Cornell University

Research Interests:  Brain and pituitary tumors, Epidemiology of brain tumors, Design & implementation of randomized controlled trials, National & institutional neurosurgical outcomes analysis, Surgical anatomy and Stereotactic radiosurgery.

Program Completion: 2010

Honors/Awards:

2008 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Dandy Clinical Fellowship Award
2007 Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS) Socioeconomic Fellow
2001 Doris Duke Research Fellowship
1998 University of California Regent's Scholar

Publications:

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