• Neurosurgery

The research of Chirag G, Patil, MD, focuses on novel brain tumor therapies and precision medicine. He is also the director of the Cedars-Sinai Center for Neurosurgical Outcomes, where research aims to optimize brain tumor outcomes and help evaluate new treatment paradigms. Patil also has an interest in spine surgery outcome studies.

• Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, 2003
• Internship: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 2004
• Fellowship: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 2007
• Residency: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 2010

• Cancer Institute (Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute)
• Brain Tumor Center (Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center)
• Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Cancer
• Neurosurgery

• Editor's Choice Award, Neurosurgery, 2014
• Best Poster Award, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2012
• Research Highlight, Nature Clinical Practice, Late Recurrences of Cushing's Disease After Initial Successful Transsphenoidal Surgery, 2008
• Walter E. Dandy Award, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2008
• Member, Society for Neuro-Oncology

Click here for a list of peer-reviewed publications.

• Patil CG, Pricola K, Sarmiento JM, Garg SK, Bryant A, Black KL. Whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) alone versus WBRT and radiosurgery for the treatment of brain metastases. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;(6):CD006121.
• Nuño M, Mukherjee D, Carico C, Elramsisy A, Veeravagu A, Black KL, Patil CG. The effect of centralization of caseload for primary brain tumor surgeries: trends from 2001-2007. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2012;154(8):1343-1350.
• Nuño M, Ly D, Ortega A, Sarmiento JM, Mukherjee D, Black KL, Patil CG. Does 30-day readmission affect long-term outcome among glioblastoma patients? Neurosurgery. 2014;74(2):196-204:discussion 204-205.