title: Surgery in neuro-oncolgy with a focus on stereotactic radiosurgery.
abstract: Veronica Chiang is jointly appointed as Associate Professor in Neurosurgery and Therapeutic Radiology at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr Chiang became the Medical Director of the Yale New Haven Hospital Gamma Knife Center in 2006 where currently over 300 patients are treated each year. She is predominantly interested in the management of brain metastases and now works closely with Medical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Pathologists and Radiologists in the development of new treatment paradigms for patients with brain metastases as well as understanding the effects of these treatments on the normal brain.
authors.affiliation: Yale New Haven Hospital Gamma Knife Center, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chiang
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States