We sat down with Dr. Michael Vogelbaum, Program Leader of Neuro-Oncology and Chief of Neurosurgery, to discuss stereotactic radiosurgery for brain tumors.

Inherited mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2, and other BRCA-related DNA repair genes confer increased risk of multiple tumor types – particularly breast, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancers. Moreover, it is now clear that many cancers can acquire mutations in the BRCA and other related DNA repair genes only in their tumor cells, even though the patient was not born with the genetic mutation.

Atrium Health’s Carolinas Rehabilitation (CR), of Charlotte, North Carolina, ratified a new partnership with the Qatar rehabilitation Institute (QRI) in Doha earlier this year. QRI is the region’s largest tertiary rehabilitation hospital and is part of the Hamad Medical Corp. (HMC), the principal public healthcare provider in Qatar.