My Locations
Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
Parkview Tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Siteman Cancer Center at MidAmerica Plaza in South County
Expertise & Training
Gregory Zipfel, MD
3 minsWashington University neurosurgeon Gregory Zipfel, MD, discusses what brain cancer patients can expect from their extended care team at Siteman Cancer Center. Learn more about Dr. Zipfel: https://siteman.wustl.edu/doctor/zipfel-gregory/
Explore the Brain Tumor Center at Siteman: https://siteman.wustl.edu/treatment/cancer-types/brain-tumor-center/
Learn more about how Siteman personalizes brain tumor treatment: https://siteman.wustl.edu/personalized-brain-tumor-treatment/
Learn more about how Siteman's innovations in brain tumor surgery are advancing treatment: https://siteman.wustl.edu/innovations-brain-tumor-surgery/
For me [neurosurgery] felt like an opportunity to really help people who in some ways are really looking for hope, looking for help in something that hits in the heart of who they are.
Gregory Zipfel, MD
Clinical Expertise
As a member of our brain tumor specialist team, Dr. Zipfel cares for patients diagnosed with brain tumors through treatment and recovery. Learn more about Dr. Zipfel and the Brain Tumor Center at Siteman.
Primary Academic Title
Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery and Chairman of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
Board Certification
- 2008: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Training
- 1996 - 1996: Intern, General Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- 1996 - 2003: Resident and Chief Resident, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- 1998 - 2000: Research Fellow, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- 2003 - 2004: Fellow, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Education
- 1995: MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interests
Benign and malignant brain tumors, particularly complex tumors of the skull base, including meningioma, schwannoma, acoustic neuroma, carniofacial tumors and chordoma/chondrosarcoma.
Research Publications