Brian Vala Nahed

Brian Nahed, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
617-724-5805

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.

Congress of neurological surgeons systematic review and evidence-based guidelines update on the role of chemotherapeutic management and antiangiogenic treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma in adults.
Authors: Authors: Redjal N, Nahed BV, Dietrich J, Kalkanis SN, Olson JJ.
J Neurooncol
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Initial Approach to the Patient with Multiple Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases.
Authors: Authors: Starkweather CK, Choi BD, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Brastianos PK, Oh K, Wang N, Shih H, Nahed BV.
Neurosurg Clin N Am
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Global Neurosurgery Education in United States Residency Programs.
Authors: Authors: Rolle ML, Zaki M, Parker T, Berger C, Knowlton H, Kerry V, Nahed B.
World Neurosurg
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Publisher Correction: Single-arm, open-label phase 2 trial of pembrolizumab in patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Authors: Authors: Brastianos PK, Lee EQ, Cohen JV, Tolaney SM, Lin NU, Wang N, Chukwueke U, White MD, Nayyar N, Kim A, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Krop I, Mahar MK, Bertalan MS, Shaw B, Mora JL, Goss N, Subramanian M, Nayak L, Dietrich J, Forst DA, Nahed BV, Batchelor TT, Shih HA, Gerstner ER, Moy B, Lawrence D, Giobbie-Hurder A, Carter SL, Oh K, Cahill DP, Sullivan RJ.
Nat Med
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Single-arm, open-label phase 2 trial of pembrolizumab in patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Authors: Authors: Brastianos PK, Lee EQ, Cohen JV, Tolaney SM, Lin NU, Wang N, Chukwueke U, White MD, Nayyar N, Kim A, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Krop I, Mahar MK, Bertalan MS, Shaw B, Mora JL, Goss N, Subramanian M, Nayak L, Dietrich J, Forst DA, Nahed BV, Batchelor TT, Shih HA, Gerstner ER, Moy B, Lawrence D, Giobbie-Hurder A, Carter SL, Oh K, Cahill DP, Sullivan RJ.
Nat Med
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Central Nervous System-Invading Eccrine Gland Carcinoma: A Clinicopathologic Case Series and Literature Review.
Authors: Authors: Gupta S, Hulsbergen AFC, Segar DJ, Hauser BM, Bernstock JD, Nazarian RM, Lawrence DP, Nahed BV, Broekman MLD, Smith TR.
World Neurosurg
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Eosinophil and lymphocyte counts predict bevacizumab response and survival in recurrent glioblastoma.
Authors: Authors: Vaios EJ, Winter SF, Muzikansky A, Nahed BV, Dietrich J.
Neurooncol Adv
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In Reply: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines on the Role of Surgery in the Management of Adults With Metastatic Brain Tumors.
Authors: Authors: Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Nahed BV.
Neurosurgery
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CAR-T cells secreting BiTEs circumvent antigen escape without detectable toxicity.
Authors: Authors: Choi BD, Yu X, Castano AP, Bouffard AA, Schmidts A, Larson RC, Bailey SR, Boroughs AC, Frigault MJ, Leick MB, Scarfò I, Cetrulo CL, Demehri S, Nahed BV, Cahill DP, Wakimoto H, Curry WT, Carter BS, Maus MV.
Nat Biotechnol
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An Integrative Model of Cellular States, Plasticity, and Genetics for Glioblastoma.
Authors: Authors: Neftel C, Laffy J, Filbin MG, Hara T, Shore ME, Rahme GJ, Richman AR, Silverbush D, Shaw ML, Hebert CM, Dewitt J, Gritsch S, Perez EM, Gonzalez Castro LN, Lan X, Druck N, Rodman C, Dionne D, Kaplan A, Bertalan MS, Small J, Pelton K, Becker S, Bonal D, Nguyen QD, Servis RL, Fung JM, Mylvaganam R, Mayr L, Gojo J, Haberler C, Geyeregger R, Czech T, Slavc I, Nahed BV, Curry WT, Carter BS, Wakimoto H, Brastianos PK, Batchelor TT, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Martinez-Lage M, Frosch MP, Stamenkovic I, Riggi N, Rheinbay E, Monje M, Rozenblatt-Rosen O, Cahill DP, Patel AP, Hunter T, Verma IM, Ligon KL, Louis DN, Regev A, Bernstein BE, Tirosh I, Suvà ML.
Cell
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