The Yale New Haven Gamma Knife is the only radiosurgery unit in Connecticut dedicated to the treatment of head and neck conditions.
Stereotactic radiosurgery is the delivery of a high dose of highly focused radiation in a single session to treat specifically chosen intracranial targets. At Yale, this treatment is delivered using a Gamma Knife. Originally designed by Dr Lars Leksell in Sweden, this machine contains 192 cobalt-60 radiation sources arranged in a hemispherical array and housed in a heavily shielded unit. Using the Gamma Knife, radiation is precisely focused to deliver the high dose of radiation only to the designated target while sparing the surrounding tissues. Complex shaped lesions can be treated by combining varying-sized collimators with selected beam blocking and dose weighting using sophisticated computer planning software. This ensures that each patient's lesion(s) receive a tightly conformal "tailored" radiation treatment plan, while avoiding surrounding normal structures.
Director
Professor of Neurosurgery; Assistant Dean for Admissions, Medical Education; Associate Vice Chair of Academic Affairs; Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery; Director, Gamma Knife Center, YNHH; Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Fellowship
Sterling Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience; Chair, Neurosurgery; Chief, Neurosurgery, Yale New Haven Health System; Member, National Academy of Medicine; Co-Director, Yale Program on Neurogenetics
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; Clinical Director, Chênevert Brain Tumor Center; Chief, Neurosurgical Oncology; Director, Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship, Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology; Surgical Director of Yale Pituitary Program, Neurosurgery; Section Chief, NeuroTrauma, Neurosurgery
Nixdorff-German Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery