Dr. Manuel Ferreira is the chief of Neurological Surgery Service at the University of Washington Medical Center, co-director of Skull Base and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Director of UW Medicine Multi-disciplinary Pituitary Program and a UW associate professor of Neurological Surgery. He is the surgical director of the UW Medicine Multi-Disciplinary Pituitary Program. He received his training at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he received specialized neurosurgical training in the treatment of neurofibromatosis and acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas) with Dr. Robert Martuza (the discoverer of the NF2 gene) and Dr. Fred Barker. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and fellowship-trained in the treatment of complex tumors of the brain and skull base. Dr. Ferreira utilizes traditional open skull base approaches, minimally invasive endoscopic procedures and Gamma Knife radio-surgery to provide a multifaceted approach to the tumor patient.
Dr. Carolina Parada is an Acting Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and member of the recently formed Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She has demonstrated the importance of kinase dysregulation in aggressive meningiomas, highlighting the potential use of kinase inhibitors to treat tumors that fail conventional treatment.Dr. Parada also identified a prognostic biomarker that can distinguish a subgroup of benign meningiomas (grade 1.5) that unexpectedly display an aggressive behavior and requires rapid clinical management. This novel biomarker is currently under prospective trial for clinical implementation at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, WA. In the vascular field, she has actively contributed to the identification of key molecules that can be successfully targeted by already FDA-approved drugs, suggesting drug repurposing for a safer and more efficient treatment options. Currently, she is focusing on the implementation of a platform for cancer personalized therapy based on Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Jacob Ruzevick is an assistant professor of Neurological Surgery and fellowship trained neuro-oncology and skull base surgeon at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his medical doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Washington and fellowship in skull base and minimal invasive cranial surgical oncology at the University of Southern California under the guidance of Dr. Gabriel Zada. He treats the entire spectrum of cranial oncology, including intrinsic and skull base tumors, at the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Harborview Medical Center.
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