Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal, PhD, is currently working as a Research Associate Professor at the Department of Pathology, New York Medical College. She had completed her Doctor of Philosophy at the Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Her research interests include tumor suppressor genes, p53, PTEN and breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, and metastasis related gene and nm23. She has authored more than 60 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
Sabrina L. Zeller, MD, is currently pursuing her residency in Neurological Surgery at Westchester Medical Center. She was born and raised in New Jersey. She attended Duke University, where she graduated with distinction in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry and a minor in Psychology. She then returned to New Jersey for medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she was elected to AOA. Her interests in neurosurgery are broad but include skull base surgery and neuro-oncology.
Simon J. Hanft, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in the care of brain tumors and tumors involving the spinal cord. He is the Section Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology for the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University before obtaining a master's degree at the University of Cambridge in England. He attended medical school at Stanford University during which time he received a prestigious Howard Hughes Fellowship to study neural stem cell networks. He went on to complete a neurosurgery residency at Columbia University Medical Center/The Neurological Institute of New York, followed by an additional year dedicated to brain tumor surgery as a Surgical Neuro-oncology Fellow at the University of Miami. He then joined the faculty at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and developed the most active brain tumor practice in New Jersey. He has contributed multiple peer-reviewed publications including operative videos demonstrating surgical technique. He is the author of five book chapters on brain tumors, two book chapters on spine tumors, and the Medscape entry on brain surgery entitled "Craniotomy." He is also the lead editor on a published textbook entitled Tumors of the Spinal Canal. He was twice recognized as a Top Doctor by New Jersey Monthly Magazine and received a medical advisory award by Voices Against Brain Cancer, one of the leading national charities for patients with brain tumors.
Chirag D. Gandhi, MD, is the Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the School of Medicine at New York Medical College (NYMC). He is a tenured professor of neurosurgery, neurology and radiology at NYMC and the director of neurovascular surgery at Westchester Medical Center (WMC). As one of the few dual-trained neurosurgeons in the country, he has expertise in both cerebrovascular surgery as well as minimally invasive endovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Gandhi is a board-certified in neurological surgery and earned his medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and completed residencies in neurosurgery and fellowship in neuro-interventional surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he also served as chief resident. A well-recognized leader in the field with more than 150 research publications, books, and national appearances, he is an active member and leader of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section, and the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery. His various honors include membership in Alpha Omega Alpha as well as the BrainLab Outstanding Clinical Study Award. His clinical and research interests include cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, revascularization treatments, and outcomes in neurovascular surgery.
