Brain and Spinal Tumor Program

Why it’s important to call us first.

If you have a suspected brain or spinal tumor, your first step is crucial. Starting with UR Medicine provides access to the very latest, leading-edge clinical trials—giving you the widest possible range of treatment options, close to home.

How our care is different.

The Brain and Spinal Tumor Program at UR Medicine provides the region’s most advanced approach to the treatment of brain and spinal tumors.

Multidisciplinary care. You will have a complete multidisciplinary team of physicians, including neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists and neuro-oncologists. These doctors work closely with one another—and with you—to develop an individualized treatment plan.

Leader in clinical trials. We offer the most neuro-oncology clinical trials in all of Upstate New York. Clinical trials ensure that you have the widest range of treatment options available.

State-of-the-art treatments and technology. As part of the region’s only academic medical center, we offer diagnostic tools and surgical procedures that are not available anywhere else in the area.