Dr. Gelareh Zadeh
Principal Investigator
Dr. Gelareh Zadeh, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FAANS, is a Professor of Surgery at University of Toronto, and a Neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital She is the Medical Director for the Krembil Brain Institute at Toronto Western Hospital, and Head of Surgical Oncology at University Health. Dr. Zadeh is a Senior Scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre where she runs a translational research program at MacFeeters-Hamilton Neuro-oncology Program. She is also the Wilkins Family Brain Tumor Research Chair.
Dr. Zadeh has a dedicated neuro-oncology and skull base practice, which include a number of multidisciplinary specialized programs including a skull base clinic, brain metastases, pituitary clinic, and neurofibromatosis clinics. In parallel, she has an active research laboratory focusing on integrated multi-platform molecular analysis of brain tumors, together with a focus on understanding molecular response to targeted therapies, such as anti-angiogenesis and metabolic inhibitors. She is also involved in a number of national and international organizations, she is the elected incoming President for 2020, for the Society of Neuro-Oncology, and the Chair of Neuro-oncology Committee at the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons, she is the Co-Chair and founder of the consortium on meningiomas, in collaboration with Society of Neuro-Oncology.