Program Members
Clinical Program Leader
Joachim Baehring
Associate Professor of Neurology, of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and of Neurosurgery
Clinical Program Leader, Brain Tumor Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:Chemotherapy of primary brain tumors (high-grade gliomas, central nervous system lymphoma); neurological complications of brain cancer; general neurology; molecular markers of cancer.
- Appt:(203) 785-7284
Clinical Research Program Leader
Joseph Piepmeier
Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery
Section Chief, Neuro-Oncology
Director, Surgical Neuro-Oncology
Clinical Research Program Leader, Brain Tumor Program, Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:Neuro-oncology; acoustic neuroma; general neurosurgery; brain and spinal cord cancer; stereotactic needle biopsy; Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
- Appt:(203) 785-2791
Medical Oncology
Jill Lacy
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Clinical Interests:Colorectal cancer; pancreatic cancer; esophageal cancer; gastric cancer; gall bladder cancer; anal cancer; biliary cancer; liver cancer; neuroendocrine tumors; brain tumors; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL); Hodgkin's disease; Kaposi's sarcoma
- Appt:(203) 200-4422
Neuro-oncology
Joachim Baehring
Associate Professor of Neurology, of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and of Neurosurgery
Clinical Program Leader, Brain Tumor Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:Chemotherapy of primary brain tumors (high-grade gliomas, central nervous system lymphoma); neurological complications of brain cancer; general neurology; molecular markers of cancer.
- Appt:(203) 785-7284
Kevin Becker
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests:evaluation, treatment and management of all forms of primary brain tumors; consultative support for the medical oncology community for patients with systemic cancer that involves the central nervous system either directly or indirectly; evaluation, treatment and management of difficult general neurology cases; future establishment of a comprehensive care experience for patients with glioblastoma.
- Appt:(203) 200-4759
Neuroradiology
Robert Fulbright
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT
Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology; image processing; diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); perfusion MRI; magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Neurosurgery
Joseph Piepmeier
Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery
Section Chief, Neuro-Oncology
Director, Surgical Neuro-Oncology
Clinical Research Program Leader, Brain Tumor Program, Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:Neuro-oncology; acoustic neuroma; general neurosurgery; brain and spinal cord cancer; stereotactic needle biopsy; Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
- Appt:(203) 785-2791
Therapeutic Radiology
Kenneth Roberts
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
Associate Chief and Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at Shoreline Medical Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Clinical Interests:General radiation therapy; pediatric radiation therapy; hematologic malignancy; lymphoma; Hodgkin’s disease; total body irradiation; endovascular brachytherapy; oncologic brachytherapy; gynecologic cancer; cervix cancer; gastrointestinal cancer; colorectal cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2957
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
James Yu
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests:Genitourinary cancers; Central Nervous System cancers; prostate brachytherapy; head and neck cancer; lung cancer; breast cancer; radiation oncology
- Office:(203) 785-5703
- Appt:(203) 688-4344




