Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center

The Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Brain Tumor Center is a recognized leader in neuro-oncology, providing comprehensive care to manage brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve tumors in adults and children, paraneoplastic syndromes as well as metastases that affect the central nervous system. Our multidisciplinary and intersectional approach allows us to re-envision the diagnosis and treatment of these tumors and their historically refractory responses to standard therapeutic approaches while reinforcing more biologically based and precision medicine-guided strategies that provide considerably less morbidity and mortality in the context of compassionate care models. 

We are ranked in the top 1 percent of all U.S. hospitals for cancer care and in the top 1% of all hospitals in the nation for neurology and neurosurgery, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Our multidisciplinary team of world-renowned specialists includes neuro-oncologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, diagnostic and interventional neuroradiologists, neuroimmunologists, neurogeneticists, medical and radiation oncologists, as well as stem cell and systems biologists. We employ a broad spectrum of the most advanced and ever-evolving technologies to accelerate previously unimaginable patient treatment successes and potential cures based on newly emerging biological discoveries.

Montefiore Einstein is renowned for implementing advanced treatments and state-of-the-art technology. Ever-evolving brain tumor immunotherapies have shown promise in their potential to improve survival rates and reduce harmful impacts by stimulating immune cells to attack the tumor, by blocking the signals that help the tumor evade the immune system, or by other novel mechanisms that frequently allow a patient to avoid neurosurgical treatment. 

Should surgery be an option, our neurological and neurosurgical team uses high-resolution image guidance for brain navigation and continuous electrophysiologic monitoring of essential brain structures to ensure that eloquent areas of the brain that are important for movement and higher-order communications are preserved. At the forefront of benign and malignant tumor treatment innovation, we were the first in the New York Metro area to use real-time CT (computed tomography) imaging during spine and brain surgery to enhance surgical navigation and precision which, together with intraoperative ultrasound imaging, adds to the world-class brain tumor care and superior outcomes we provide.

A tumor is a mass of abnormal cells that either form into a new growth or were present at birth (congenital) and continue to grow. Tumors can be noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant) and occur when something goes wrong with the genes that regulate cell growth, allowing cells to grow and divide out of control. Tumors can form anywhere in the body. Brain and spinal cord tumors form in the tissue inside the brain or spinal cord, which make up the central nervous system (CNS).  

Depending on its type, a growing tumor may not cause any symptoms or can kill or displace healthy cells or disrupt their function. A tumor can move or press on sensitive tissue and block the flow of blood and other fluid, causing pain and inflammation. A tumor can also block the normal flow of activity in the brain or block signaling to and from the brain. Some tumors don't cause any changes.

There are many different types of brain tumors, also known as central nervous system (CNS) tumors. They’re generally differentiated by the cells that make up the tumors and where those tumors occur. Glioblastomas are the most common type of brain cancer. Other common brain tumors include those that arise from the lining of the brain (meningiomas), from the pituitary gland (pituitary adenomas) and from brain cells that support neurons (astrocytomas).