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Gamma Knife: Precision Brain Surgery

Recorded on 6/6/2011

PROGRAM DETAILS:

In a procedure called Gamma Knife, highly focused rays of radiation are used to treat tumors and other brain abnormalities. These targeted beams are directed straight at the tumors, helping to preserve the surrounding brain tissue. In this podcast, radiation oncologist Dr. Jason Rockhill is joined by neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Rostomily to discuss this minimally invasive radiosurgery. Their patient, Faith Sinanan, will share her experience with Gamma Knife, and how it dramatically improved her quality of life.

EXPERTS & GUESTS:
Jason K. Rockhill, M.D., Ph.D. Jason K. Rockhill, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, UW Medicine
Dr. Rockhill is an assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Washington Medical Center, where he specailizes in cancers in the brain and nervous system. more >

Robert Rostomily, M.D. Robert Rostomily, M.D.
Associate professor of neurological surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine
Dr. Robert Rostomily is an associate professor of neurological surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He specializes in tumors of the skull base, especially meningiomas, chordomas and acoustic neuromas. Dr. Rostomily is conducting research on skull-base tumors to find new approaches to treatment. He earned his medical degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and completed an... more >

Faith Sinanan Faith Sinanan,
Gamma Knife recipient
Faith Sinanan is a 47-year-old nurse from Ashland, OR. Near her 40th birthday, she was diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering a lump in her right breast.  She came to UW Medicine Health System in Seattle and received a lumpectomy and a year of chemotherapy. Five years from her diagnosis, she noticed that her cancer markers were on the rise.... more >