My Locations
Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
Expertise & Training
Milan Chheda, MD
4 minsWashington University neuro-oncologist Milan Chheda, MD, discusses what brain tumor patients can expect from their extended care team at Siteman Cancer Center. Learn more about Dr. Chheda: https://siteman.wustl.edu/doctor/chheda-milan/
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/
Clinical Expertise
Brain Tumors
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Director of Neuro-Oncology, WashU Medicine; Associate Director of The Brain Tumor Center at Siteman
Board Certification
- 2008: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- 2015: United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Neuro-Oncology
Training
- 2001 - 2002: Intern, Internal Medicine, Yale - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- 2002 - 2005: Resident, Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- 2005 - 2007: Fellow, Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
- 2006 - 2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
- 2010 - 2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Education
- 2001: MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interest
I have a particular research interest in identifying the genes that drive tumor-initiating cells, sometimes known as cancer stem cells, in order to discover new ways to treat adult and pediatric brain tumors.
Research Publications