Our Team

Peak Center APPOINTMENTS

PEAK CENTER REFERRALS

KENNETH R. PEAK BRAIN TUMOR TREATMENT CENTER

Peak Center Director
Kenneth R. Peak Presidential Distinguished Chair
Director of Brain Metastasis, Glial Tumor, and Pituitary Tumor and Disorder Initiative
Co-Director, Skull Base Tumor Initiative
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Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Skull Base Tumor Initiative

NEUROLOGY

Director, Divisions of Neurophysiology and Sleep Disorders
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

Brandy Ma, MD, MPH
Neurology, Epilepsy Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology 

NEURO-ONCOLOGY

NEURO OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Mas Takashima, MD, FACS
Chair, Houston Methodist ENT Specialists

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Chairman, Radiation Oncology
Specialist in Radiosurgery and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy
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Vice Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Specialist, Central Nervous System Radiation Oncology
Andrew Farach, MD
Radiation Oncology

NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology in Neurology and Neurological Surgery,
Weill Cornell Medical College
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Peter Mortensen, MD
Houston Methodist Eye Associates

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Ruaa Al-Ward, MD
Houston Methodist Academic Medicine Associates

NEURO-PATHOLOGY

Chief, Neuropathology
Vice Chair, Education
Director, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program
Director, Neuropathology Fellowship
Director, Research Pathology Core Laboratory
Co-director, Fluorescent Insitu Hybridization ( FISH) Laboratory
Associate Director, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program

Matthew D. Cykowski, MD
Neuropathology, Anatomic Pathology

 

NEUROREHABILITATION

Teresa Kaldis, MD
Neuromuscular Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Brain Injury and Stroke Rehabilitation

L. Viviana Tastard, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Elaine and Marvy A. Finger Chair for Translation Research
in Metabolic Disorders
Houston Methodist Academic Institute
Director, Bioenergetics Laboratory and Program
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Interim Division Head, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College

NEURORADIOLOGY

Medical Director, MRI Core, Houston Methodist Research Institute
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Prachi Dubey, MD
Neuroradiologist  
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