The Brain Tumor Center at Siteman Announces Associate Directors

Huang is promoted, Chheda joins leadership team of multidisciplinary practice

The Brain Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center, a multidisciplinary practice of physicians and scientists, has named two board-certified WashU Medicine faculty members as associate directors.

They are:

• Radiation oncologist Jiayi Huang, MD MSCI, professor of radiation oncology and chief of the Central Nervous System/Gamma Knife
• Neuro-oncologist Milan G. Chheda, MD, associate professor of medicine and director of Neuro-oncology.

“We are proud to announce Dr. Huang’s new leadership role, which reflects his deep commitment to advancing clinical and translational care for brain tumor patients,” said WashU Medicine neurosurgeon Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, director of The Brain Tumor Center and the August A. Busch Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery, a professor of genetics, neurology and developmental biology, and the senior vice-chair of the Department of Neurosurgery. “We are equally excited to welcome Dr. Chheda as a key leader of our center. His strategic insights and deep understanding of the field will be instrumental in shaping the future of The Brain Tumor Center.”

Huang previously served as clinical director of The Brain Tumor Center. He has led investigations into the use of novel drugs in glioblastoma and meningioma and the late effects of treatment following radiation therapy for brain tumors.

Chheda researches new ways to eradicate cancer cells that are resistant to conventional therapies and new methods to activate the body’s immune system to recognize and clear tumors. His laboratory is also pursuing the relationship between the aging brain and brain tumors.

The Brain Tumor Center at Siteman is a multidisciplinary practice of WashU Medicine physicians and scientists whose mission is to provide leading-edge, patient-centric care for brain tumor patients while also developing transformative basic, translational and clinical research to develop new therapies and improve patient outcomes.

Other leaders of The Brain Tumor Center are:

• Scientific Director Alexander H. Stegh, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and the vice-chair of research in the Department of Neurosurgery
• Medical Director Tanner M. Johanns, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine

To make an appointment at The Brain Tumor Center at Siteman, call 314-747-7222 or 800-600-3606, or complete this form.