NYU Langone Health names spine tumor center co-director

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has tapped Alexandra Miller, MD, PhD, a neurologist and neuro-oncologist specializing in treating primary brain tumors, as chief of the neuro-oncology program and a co-director of the brain and spine tumor center at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center. 

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She will join NYU from New York City’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Jan. 29. 

As co-director of the brain and spine tumor center, Dr. Miller will work with its other co-directors and the wider team of neuro-oncologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and radiation oncologists to expand their multidisciplinary clinical program. 

The team will develop integrated pathways for patients that include a wide variety of services, including neuropsychology, psychiatry, imaging and rehabilitative care, according to a Jan. 29 press release. 

In addition to her primary roles, Dr. Miller will serve as an associate professor in the departments of neurology, medicine and neurosurgery. 

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