Specialties & ConditionsBrain Tumor Program Specialists
Pediatric Brain Tumor Specialists
The following Brain Tumor team members specialize in treating children with brain tumors. Please note, not all of our specialists are available at every location. Select their names to learn more about their special interest areas and locations.
Sandi K. Lam, MD, MBA
Division Head, Neurosurgery; Yeager Professorship in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Angela Waanders, MD, MPH
Interim Section Head, Neuro-Oncology; Director, Precision Medicine Oncology; Executive Board Chair, Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium; Max Lacewell Endowed Brain Tumor Research Scholar
Tord D. Alden, MD
Attending Physician, Neurosurgery; Co-Director of Skull Base Surgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation
Rudy J. Allen, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Robin M. Bowman, MD
Director, Multidisciplinary Spina Bifida Center; Co-Director, Fetal Neurosurgery, The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health; Medical Director, Camp Independence; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation; David G. McLone, MD, PhD Professorship in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Michael G. DeCuypere, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Neurosurgery; Eleanor Clarke Research Scholar in Developmental Neurobiology Research
Arthur J. DiPatri, Jr., MD
Attending Physician, Neurosurgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation
Alicia C. Lenzen, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Program Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship
Ashley S. Plant-Fox, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; A.M. Khokhar Research Scholar
Erin McDonough, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Megan R. Urban, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Robert H. Listernick, MD
Attending Physician, Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care; Director, Diagnostic and Consultation Services; Co-Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic