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Specialized Cancer Care
The Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center proudly partners with the Department of Neurosurgery to care for patients with central nervous system tumors (brain and spine).
Patients with brain and spine tumors have a unique set of needs that require specialized care. Our goal is to optimize their outcome by personalizing their care and ensuring they receive care through our world-class medical treatments and state-of-the-art hospital and operating rooms. Our advanced biplane hybrid surgical room and highly experienced and internationally recognized team of surgeons allow us to provide superlative care with compassion.
Emphasis is placed on educating patients, their families, and the community, as well as conducting research initiatives that contribute to eradicating patient tumors and improving quality of life.
We treat all primary and metastatic brain and spine tumors in a multidisciplinary fashion. Our cancer specialists work with UConn Health’s Neurosurgery team to personalize treatment plans and optimize individual outcomes.
UConn Health & Duke University
The UConn Health Division of Neurosurgery collaborates with Duke’s world-renowned Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center to provide UConn Health brain tumor patients access to specialized brain tumor treatments available at Duke. UConn Health and Duke envision brain tumor services to be provided by Dr. Ketan R. Bulsara’s neurosurgery team at UConn Health with evaluation for additional treatments by Dr. Henry S. Friedman’s team at Duke’s Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center.
“Consistent with the personalized care goals of UConn Health, the collaboration with The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke will provide the residents of Connecticut, and beyond, access to novel and potentially lifesaving clinical treatments in collaboration with the premier brain tumor center in the world.” Dr. Ketan R. Bulsara
“This collaboration will allow patients with brain tumors who receive initial intervention at UConn to derive the benefit of the cutting-edge therapy available at The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.” Dr. Henry S. Friedman
Nurse Navigator
Tori-Lynn Pacelle, BSN, RN
Head & Neck, Gastrointestinal, Neuroendocrine
Phone: 860-466-9760
Email: pacelle@uchc.edu
Fax: 860-676-3434
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