Our Physicians
DR. JAI GREWAL  Jai
Grewal, M.D., is a Board-Certified
Neuro-Oncologist who completed his neuro-oncology
fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston, Texas. Following medical school he
completed an internal medicine internship
at Griffin Hospital in Connecticut, which
is affiliated with Yale University. He then
finished a neurology residency at the
University of Texas, Southwestern.
His clinical practice includes management of patients with primary and metastatic tumors of the brain and spine. These include glioblastoma, astrocytoma, oliodendroglioma, ependymoma, meningioma, lymphoma, as well as other diagnoses. Dr. Grewal has a particular interest in central nervous system metastases resulting from cancers of the lung, breast, kidneys, melanoma, and lymphoma. He has an interest in utilizing multi-modality treatment options including surgical options, limited-field radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, as well as standard and experimental chemotherapy. Dr. Grewal personally supervises traditional and targeted chemotherapy which may be administered intravenously, by mouth, into cerebrospinal fluid, and directly into the tumor. In addition to the treatment of tumors, he has an interest in developing strategies to preserve quality of life. He frequently collaborates with specialists in neurosurgery, radiation oncology, medical oncology, neuropsychology, neuropathology, and neuroradiology in order to improve outcomes and minimize side effects. He is the principal investigator leading several active clinical trials, and an executive board member of the American Cancer Society (Nassau region). He is an active member of area neuro-oncology tumor boards and hospital cancer committees. He has authored numerous publications and is frequently an invited speaker at universities and hospitals nationwide.Dr.Grewal is a member of the following associations: Society of Neuro-oncology (SNO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Medical Association (AMA), Nassau County Medical Society (NCMS), and Suffolk County Medical Society (SCMS). He is fluent in Spanish.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS .................................... "Eltrombopag for the Treatment of Radiation-Induced Thrombocytopenia in a Patient with a Glioblastoma" "OmmayaCisternography with Delayed Radiotracer Activity Demonstrated in the Peritoneal Cavity" "Germinoma" "Spinal Ependymoma" BREAST CANCER RESEARCH Breast cancer surface receptors predict risk for developing brain metastasis and subsequent prognosis Jai Grewal and Santosh Kesari http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/pdf/bcr1868.pdf
SPRINGLINK
Seizures and epilepsy in cancer: Etiologies, evaluation,
and management
Jai Grewal,
Harpreet K. Grewal and Arthur D. Forman
New Therapy Using NovoTTF™ System For Patient with Brain Tumors
Dr Grewal discusses options for patients with brain tumors.
The interview is focused
VIDEO IS IN SPANISH
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• Medical
Management
of Brain Tumors More information on our neuro-oncology Long Island Brain Tumor Center at Neurological Surgery, P.C., offers New Treatment for Recurrent Glioblastoma Using Electrical Fields, NovoTTF™ System Prevents Cancer Cells from Dividing
LI patient, doctors hopeful on brain cancer vaccine, featuring Dr Tessler and Dr Grewal
.................................... Dr. Grewal featured in .................................... HYPERBARIC OXYGEN MAY HELP IN TREATING AGGRESSIVE BRAIN CANCER ....................................
Most Progressive and Current Treatments in Managing Your Pain Patients Tuesday, June 7th 2011 ..................................... LYMPHOMA AND OTHER CANCERS OF THE BRAIN A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING CHRONIC AND ACUTE PAIN PATIENTS
Dr. Grewal is affiliated with the following hospitals
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