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Urvashi Upadhyay, MD, FAANS, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and director of the Brain Tumor and Skull Base Surgery Program at Boston Medical Center (BMC). Dr. Upadhyay is also a clinical associate professor of Neurosurgery at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the combined BMC/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) neurosurgery residency training program. She specializes in treating complex brain tumors, meningioma, pituitary tumors, skull base tumors, and trigeminal neuralgia. Dr. Upadhyay’s research interests include intracranial drug delivery, clinical trials in brain tumors, and device development. She collaborates with colleagues from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the area of drug delivery for brain tumors.

  • Administrative Title

    Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Skull Base Surgery Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2006

  • Residency

    Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 2013

  • Fellowship

    Skull Base Surgery, Harvard Medical School/ Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 2014

  • Board Certifications

    Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery

  • Special Interests

    Meningioma, pituitary tumors, skull base tumors, brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia

  • Research

    Intracranial drug delivery, clinical trials in brain tumors, device development

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Boston University

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