Neuro-Oncology

Working with our expert neuro-oncologist, you will actively participate in evaluating and managing patients during monthly pediatric neuro-oncology clinics at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.

Building on your adult inpatient consulting experience at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, you will develop specialized skills and knowledge related to:

  • clinical presentations and prognosis of primary tumors of the nervous system
  • effects of systemic malignancies and their treatment on the central and peripheral nervous system

Comprehensive, Career-Focused Learning

Our robust didactic training supports and enhances your clinical skills. You will actively participate in monthly neuro-oncology rounds with attending physicians at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.

Patient Population

Children under 18 from throughout Western New York with: 

  • primary tumors of the nervous system
  • systemic malignancies 

Care Team

  • neuro-oncologist
  • neuroimmunology experts

Caseload

Eight clinics per month

Years Taken

Length of Rotation

1 clinic per module throughout residency

Clinical Sites