Medical Advisory Board

The StacheStrong Medical Advisory Board reviews grants, allowing for funds to be committed to cutting edge areas.  Our Medical Advisory Board features 4 different clinicians and researchers with a brain tumor focus from Mount Sinai and NYU Langone.  We are excited to collaborate with these talented individuals, who are responsible for scoring applications based on scientific merit.

Dimitris G. Placantonakis, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at NYU Langone School of Medicine


Dolores Hambardzumyan, PhD, MBA

Neuroscientist with a major focus on Neuro-oncology at Mount Sinai


Praveen Raju, MD, PhD

Pediatric neurologist with board certification in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology at  Mount Sinai


Erik P. Sulman, MD, PhD 

Professor and Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Radiation Oncology at NYU Langone Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center