Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville
Warrenville, United States
Vinai Gondi, MD, is the Director of Research and Education at the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center and Co-Director of the Brain & Spine Tumor Center at the Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville. He also retains faculty positions at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, where he remains engaged in research and teaching activities.
He has clinical expertise in the use of proton therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, and intensity modulated radiotherapy and is a nationally recognized expert in the management of common and rare tumors of the brain, skull base and spine. His research focuses on developing innovative strategies, such as hippocampal sparing IMRT, proton therapy and radiosurgery, to limit treatment-related side effects and enhance treatment effectiveness for patients with brain and spine tumors. He has served as Principal Investigator on several national and international studies and has been awarded approximately $1.5M in NIH grant funding.