Brian Vala Nahed

Brian Nahed, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Brian Nahed specializes in Brain Tumors and Spinal Disorders. As an attending neurosurgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he has appointments with the MGH Cancer Center, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neurooncology and is a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Brian Nahed's research focuses on brain tumors and metastatic disease. In collaboration with Drs. Daniel Haber and Shyamala Maheswaran, Dr. Nahed's research has received several grants supporting his laboratory effort at the MGH Cancer Center. Dr. Nahed is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and serves on national committees for the Tumor Section and Council of State Neurological Surgeons.

Laser interstitial thermal therapy for brain metastases.
Authors: Authors: Srinivasan ES, Grabowski MM, Nahed BV, Barnett GH, Fecci PE.
Neurooncol Adv
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Microscale dynamics of electrophysiological markers of epilepsy.
Authors: Authors: Yang JC, Paulk AC, Salami P, Lee SH, Ganji M, Soper DJ, Cleary D, Simon M, Maus D, Lee JW, Nahed BV, Jones PS, Cahill DP, Cosgrove GR, Chu CJ, Williams Z, Halgren E, Dayeh S, Cash SS.
Clin Neurophysiol
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Phase II study of ipilimumab and nivolumab in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Authors: Authors: Brastianos PK, Strickland MR, Lee EQ, Wang N, Cohen JV, Chukwueke U, Forst DA, Eichler A, Overmoyer B, Lin NU, Chen WY, Bardia A, Juric D, Dagogo-Jack I, White MD, Dietrich J, Nayyar N, Kim AE, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Mahar M, Mora JL, Nahed BV, Jones PS, Shih HA, Gerstner ER, Giobbie-Hurder A, Carter SL, Oh K, Cahill DP, Sullivan RJ.
Nat Commun
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5-Aminolevulinic acid for enhanced surgical visualization of high-grade gliomas: a prospective, multicenter study.
Authors: Authors: Schupper AJ, Baron RB, Cheung W, Rodriguez J, Kalkanis SN, Chohan MO, Andersen BJ, Chamoun R, Nahed BV, Zacharia BE, Kennedy J, Moulding HD, Zucker L, Chicoine MR, Olson JJ, Jensen RL, Sherman JH, Zhang X, Price G, Fowkes M, Germano IM, Carter BS, Hadjipanayis CG, Yong RL.
J Neurosurg
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A Crowdsourced Consensus on Supratotal Resection Versus Gross Total Resection for Anatomically Distinct Primary Glioblastoma.
Authors: Authors: Khalafallah AM, Rakovec M, Bettegowda C, Jackson CM, Gallia GL, Weingart JD, Lim M, Esquenazi Y, Zacharia BE, Goldschmidt E, Ziu M, Ivan ME, Venteicher AS, Nduom EK, Mamelak AN, Chu RM, Yu JS, Sheehan JP, Nahed BV, Carter BS, Berger MS, Sawaya R, Mukherjee D.
Neurosurgery
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Commentary: The Importance of Increased Funding Opportunities to Empower Global Neurosurgeons From Low-Middle Income Countries.
Authors: Authors: Rolle ML, Garba DL, Kerry VB, Nahed BV.
Neurosurgery
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Genomic landscape of gliosarcoma: distinguishing features and targetable alterations.
Authors: Authors: Zaki MM, Mashouf LA, Woodward E, Langat P, Gupta S, Dunn IF, Wen PY, Nahed BV, Bi WL.
Sci Rep
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A rapid genotyping panel for detection of primary central nervous system lymphoma.
Authors: Authors: Gupta M, Burns EJ, Georgantas NZ, Thierauf J, Nayyar N, Gordon A, Jones SS, Pisapia M, Sun Y, Burns RP, Velarde J, Jordan JT, Frigault MJ, Nahed BV, Jones PS, Barker FG, Curry WT, Gupta R, Batchelor TT, Romero JM, Brastianos PK, Marble HD, Martinez-Lage M, Tateishi K, Lennerz JK, Dietrich J, Cahill DP, Carter BS, Shankar GM.
Blood
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The PROGRAM study: awake mapping versus asleep mapping versus no mapping for high-grade glioma resections: study protocol for an international multicenter prospective three-arm cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Gerritsen JKW, Dirven CMF, De Vleeschouwer S, Schucht P, Jungk C, Krieg SM, Nahed BV, Berger MS, Broekman MLD, Vincent AJPE.
BMJ Open
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Microscale Physiological Events on the Human Cortical Surface.
Authors: Authors: Paulk AC, Yang JC, Cleary DR, Soper DJ, Halgren M, O'Donnell AR, Lee SH, Ganji M, Ro YG, Oh H, Hossain L, Lee J, Tchoe Y, Rogers N, Kiliç K, Ryu SB, Lee SW, Hermiz J, Gilja V, Ulbert I, Fabó D, Thesen T, Doyle WK, Devinsky O, Madsen JR, Schomer DL, Eskandar EN, Lee JW, Maus D, Devor A, Fried SI, Jones PS, Nahed BV, Ben-Haim S, Bick SK, Richardson RM, Raslan AM, Siler DA, Cahill DP, Williams ZM, Cosgrove GR, Dayeh SA, Cash SS.
Cereb Cortex
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