About Me
When I was a medical student, I developed a passion for the intricacies of the brain and central nervous system, as well as the interplay of the immune system with the nervous system. I knew I wanted to dedicate my career to providing care to people with brain tumors and investigating and developing new treatments for these challenging conditions.
I am now a neuro-oncologist at the Brain and Spine Tumor Center at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, where I treat people who have brain tumors and cancer as well as people who have immunotherapy-related side effects or pain resulting from cancer treatment–related nerve damage. I also treat people who have high-grade gliomas, including glioblastoma, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas, meningiomas, spinal cord tumors, and skull base tumors.
I am particulary interested in developing immunotherapies for people with brain tumors. Currently, I conduct translational and clinical research on brain tumors and am a co-investigator on various investigator-initiated, cooperative group, and industry-sponsored trials, including several immunotherapy trials.
In addition, my research is focused on developing clinical trials that investigate the effectiveness of DLL3-targeting agents in people who have progressive IDH-mutant low-grade gliomas. We are also developing novel targeted radionuclide therapies for people with progressive and therapy-refractory meningiomas.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- brain cancer
- brain tumor
- glioma
- astrocytoma
- central nervous system lymphoma
- meningioma
- spinal cord tumor
- primitive neuroectodermal tumor
- craniopharyngioma
- skull base tumor
- carcinomatous meningitis
- pineal tumor
- pituitary tumor
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Brain Tumors in Adults, Glioma & Astrocytoma in Adults, Meningioma, Metastatic Brain Tumors in Adults, Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in Adults, Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults, Pituitary Tumors, Skull Base TumorsCredentials
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Interim Director, Neuro-Oncology Program
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Neuro-Oncology, 2017
- Residency, Case Western Reserve University, Neurology, 2014
- PhD from Max-Planck Institute, 2013
- MD from Ludwig-Maximillian University, 2010
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Aetna
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Agewell
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Langone Employees)
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Locations and Appointments
NYU Medical Oncology Associates
240 East 38th Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Hematology Oncology Associates - Mineola
120 Mineola Boulevard
Mineola, NY 11501
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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A Phase I/II Study of Nivolumab plus or minus Ipilimumab in Combination with Multi-fraction Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Recurrent High-grade Radiation-relapsed Meningioma
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A Phase 2 Study of the PARP Inhibitor Olaparib (AZD2281) in IDH1 and IDH2 mutant Advanced Solid Tumors
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Phase II Trial of BRAF/MEK Inhibitors in Papillary Craniopharyngiomas
Publications
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Tordjman, Mickael; Madelin, Guillaume; Gupta, Pradeep Kumar; Cordova, Christine; Kurz, Sylvia C; Orringer, Daniel; Golfinos, John; Kondziolka, Douglas; Ge, Yulin; Wang, Ruoyu Luie; Lazar, Mariana; Jain, Rajan
Journal of neuro-oncology. 2021 Apr ; 152(2):347-355
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Cui, Xin; Ma, Chao; Vasudevaraja, Varshini; Serrano, Jonathan; Tong, Jie; Peng, Yansong; Delorenzo, Michael; Shen, Guomiao; Frenster, Joshua; Morales, Renee-Tyler Tan; Qian, Weiyi; Tsirigos, Aristotelis; Chi, Andrew S; Jain, Rajan; Kurz, Sylvia C; Sulman, Erik P; Placantonakis, Dimitris G; Snuderl, Matija; Chen, Weiqiang
eLife. 2020 09 10; 9:
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Liu, Elisa K; Yu, Sharon; Sulman, Erik P; Kurz, Sylvia C
Journal of neuro-oncology. 2020 Aug ; 149(1):55-64