USC Brain Tumor Center

At the USC Brain Tumor Center, our mission is to provide exceptional, comprehensive and innovative brain tumor care to our diverse patient community. Our multidisciplinary, fellowship-trained team brings together experts across a wide range of medical specialties and utilizes state-of-the-art technology to deliver customized, concierge-style treatment plans for adults and children with all types of brain tumors and related conditions.

Our unique role within an academic medical center allows our team to lead vital research and offer access to the most groundbreaking cancer clinical trials available today. With the highest surgical volume of any academic medical center for brain tumor treatment in Southern California, we take on the toughest cases, and are committed to delivering compassionate, patient-centered care.

What sets the USC Brain Tumor Center apart?

• Genomic tumor testing for precision medicine
• Live tumor culture pipeline with personalized tumor avatar development
• A vast portfolio of clinical trials for various tumor types
• State-of-the-art advanced neuroimaging, including 7T MRI
• Guided 5-ALA blue light and endoscopic tumor neurosurgery
• Awake brain surgery with speech and motor mapping
• Minimally invasive endoscopic and keyhole surgery
• Immunotherapy
• Intensity-modulated radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery
• Intranasal drug delivery
• Laser-induced thermal therapy (LITT)
• Robotic neurosurgery
• Skull base surgery
• Tumor treating fields (TTF) therapy

Our team understands the challenges a brain tumor can cause, and we are deeply committed to supporting our patients and their families at every turn of their journey. Support the USC Brain Tumor Center today!