Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Edjah K. Nduom, MD, FAANS, is Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine. A fellowship-trained and board certified neurosurgical oncologist, Dr. Nduom's clinical specialty is the surgical management of brain and spinal cord tumors. He is particularly interested in the safe resection of malignant tumors located in eloquent areas of the brain, the brainstem and spinal cord.
Dr. Nduom received his MD from University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed a residency in Neurosurgery at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed a Research Fellowship in Neurosurgical Oncology in the Surgical Neurology Branch of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, and an additional Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Nduom is a member of the Cancer Immunology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. His research focuses on the modulation of the immune system for the treatment of malignant brain tumors. He has presented his translational and clinical work on immune therapy for brain tumors at numerous national and international meetings.
Dr. Nduom is a member of the executive committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the Joint Tumor Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the CNS. He is also a member of the AANS, the American Medical Association, the National Medical Association, the Society for Neuro-Oncology, where he co-chairs the International Outreach Committee, and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Dr Nduom is a Founding Board member of the Society for Neuro-Oncology Sub Saharan Africa. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Brain Tumor Society.