Neurosurgeon; Director, Gamma Knife Program; Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery; Department of Radiation Oncology; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Morgantown, WV, US
Christopher P. Cifarelli MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS is the Director of the Gamma Knife Radiosurgery program and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology at the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Dr. Cifarelli completed his doctoral degrees at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, earning a Ph.D. in Developmental Biology & Teratology focused on cancer cell migration mechanisms, followed by his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College. He subsequently completed his residency in Neurological Surgery at the University of Virginia, including a fellowship at Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand. In 2020, he received a Master's in Medical Management (MMM) degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
An active member of the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation, Dr. Cifarelli and his team have published over 50 manuscripts on radiation management in neuro-oncology and radiosurgery. In 2017, the WVU IORT Program, developed under his direction, enrolled the first U.S. patient in the INTRAGO II Clinical Trial for the treatment of newly diagnosed Glioblastoma. Subsequently, Dr. Cifarelli has expanded the use of IORT to management of surgically resected metastatic brain tumors, creating an international collaborative group and patient registry dedicated to IORT in brain metastases.
Dr. Cifarelli is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Neuro-oncology, a member of the CNS/AANS Tumor Section Executive Committee and serves on the Board of Directors for the TARGIT Collaborative Group for Intraoperative Radiotherapy. In addition to his clinical and service roles, Dr. Cifarelli runs a basic science research program dedicated to the identification of mechanisms for increasing radiation sensitivity in tumor models, having received funding support through the NIGMS at the NIH. Beyond the bench, Dr. Cifarelli’s clinical operations research has focused on optimization of patient length of stay related to elective surgery, expansion of telemedicine services, and disparities in care for rural patient populations.
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