Melanie Hayden Gephart

Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences

Bio

I am a brain tumor neurosurgeon, treating patients with malignant and benign tumors, including gliomas, brain metastases, meningiomas, and schwannomas. I direct the Stanford Brain Tumor Center and the Stanford Brain Metastasis Consortium, collaborative unions of physicians and scientists looking to improve our understanding and treatment of brain tumors. My laboratory seeks greater understanding of the mechanisms driving tumorigenesis and disease progression in malignant brain tumors. We study how rare cancer cell populations survive and migrate in the brain, inadvertently supported by native brain cells. We develop novel cerebrospinal fluid-based biomarkers to track brain cancer treatment response, relapse, and neurotoxicity. Our bedside-to-bench-to-bedside research model builds on a foundation of generously donated patient samples, where we test mechanisms of brain cancer growth, develop novel pre-clinical models that reliably recapitulate the human disease, and facilitate clinical trials of new treatments for patients with brain cancer.

www.GephartLab.com
https://stan.md/BrainMets
@HaydenGephartMD

Clinical Focus

Neurosurgery

Academic Appointments

Professor - University Medical Line, Neurosurgery
Professor - University Medical Line (By courtesy), Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Member, Bio-X
Member, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Administrative Appointments

Co-Director, Stanford Brain Tumor Center, Stanford University (2018 - Present)
Director, Stanford Brain Metastases Consortium (2018 - Present)

Professional Education

Neurosurgery Residency, Stanford University (2014)
MD, University of California at San Diego (2007)
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery (2018)
Masters of Advanced Sciences, University of California at San Diego, Clinical Research (2007)
BS, University of California at San Diego, Neuroscience and Physiology (2001)

Contact

Academic mghayden@stanford.edu

Stanford Brain Tumor Center Tel: 650 497 7777

Clinical (Primary)

This is the primary clinic for this clinical provider. For additional clinical locations and information, please visit the link(s) listed below in the 'Additional Clinical Info' section.

Stanford Cancer Center 875 Blake Wilbur Dr Clinic A MC 6560 Stanford CA 94305 Tel: (650) 498-6000 Fax: (650) 724-3556

Additional Clinical Info

Stanford Health Care

2024-25 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Neurosurgery
  NSUR 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Early Clinical Experience in Neurosurgery
  NSUR 280 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  NSUR 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  NSUR 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  NSUR 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Stanford Advisees

Med Scholar Project Advisor
Georgiana Burnside, George Nageeb, Morgan Sokol
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Minkyung Kang, Zheng Hao Samuel Wong
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (NonAC)
Claudia Leonard

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