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    Joachim Baehring, MD

    Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery
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    Associate Chief, Neurology

    Director, Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program, Neurology

    Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Neurology

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    Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery

    Associate Chief, Neurology; Director, Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program, Neurology; Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Neurology

    Biography

    Dr. Joachim M. Baehring is the Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine and the Associate Chief of Neurology, Yale New Haven Hospital. His main clinical interests are the diagnosis and management of complex neurologic disorders, primary brain tumors and neurologic complications of cancer. His research is focused on clinical studies and development of novel therapies for patients with brain cancer. Watch a video with Dr. Joachim Baehring>>

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    Education & Training

    Fellow
    Massachusetts General Hospital (2002)
    Resident
    Hahnemann University Hospital (2000)
    Intern
    Medical College of Pennsylvania (1997)
    Fellow
    University Hospital Heidelberg (1996)
    MD
    Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz (1994)

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    Medical Research Interests

    Brain Neoplasms; Lymphoma; Medical Oncology; Neurology; Neurosurgery

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    Frequent collaborators of Joachim Baehring's published research.

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    2024

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    Overview

    Joachim Baehring, MD, is a Yale Medicine neurologist and neuro-oncologist, who is the vice chair of clinical affairs for the Department of Neurology. He treats conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system.

    Dr. Baehring thinks of the brain as the central processing unit (CPU) in a computer. “That's where everything comes together. That's where information is integrated. That's where new processes are initiated. In a computer, if the mouse breaks, well, you just get a new one and plug it in, and things are back in order. But, if there's something wrong with the CPU, that's not as simple to repair.”

    When patients are sitting in our waiting area and see the sign, Smilow Cancer Hospital or Yale Medicine Brain Tumor Program, they sometimes get nervous, he says. However, “I have patients with excellent outcomes,” Dr. Baehring says. “I have patients who can be cured. I have patients who come to me because their doctor may think they have cancer, and I give them the good news that they don't. There are many lesions within the brain that can look like cancer—from strokes to infections and inflammatory disorders.”

    When a patient is diagnosed with brain cancer, he likes to assure patients that they are cared for by a multidisciplinary team of outstanding surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, and pathologists.

    “I think patients appreciate that we help them close the knowledge gap,” he says. “I think a lot of their concerns come from not knowing what they have. Patients appreciate honesty and the opportunity to be offered clinical trials.”

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    Neurology

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