Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center opened the Johnnie L. Cochran Brain Tumor Center in 2007 to shepherd basic research discoveries through patient trials and the government approval process. The Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center serves as a coordination point for the physicians who specialize in clinical trials, the data managers, and the clinical research nurses who interface with the Food and Drug Administration and institutional review boards to manage human studies. Led by Keith L. Black, MD, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai, new discoveries and potential therapies undergo the extensive scrutiny, efficiently advancing basic research findings into early human studies.
Cedars-Sinai's research scientists, patient care teams and human trials research specialists are committed to accelerating the search for new treatments that will alleviate the suffering that brain tumors cause.
The Department of Neurosurgery treats the full range of tumors affecting the brain and central nervous system through the department's Malignant Tumor , Benign Tumor , and Pediatric Neurosurgery programs.
To learn about the department's full range of patient support and information services, please click here.
For information on brain tumor clinical trials offered at Cedars-Sinai, please click here.
For information on different types of brain tumors, please click here.
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In the News
Are cell phones dangerous?
Johnnie Cochran's widow, Dale, and his neurosurgeon Dr. Keith Black, Chairman of the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery, discuss how cell phones may have led to Johnnie Cochran's death. To listen to the interview, please click here.
Battling a Deadly Foe: Researchers at Cedars-Sinai are racing to develop experimental treatments, and even vaccines, for fast-growing malignant tumors like the one Senator Edward Kennedy has been diagnosed with. To read the entire Newsweek article, please click here.
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