User:Christopher Duma, MD

A board certified neurosurgeon specialist in surgical brain tumor management, Gamma Knife and CyberKnife™ radiosurgery, and the surgical treatment of movement disorders, Dr. Christopher Duma practices at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California (Orange County) and Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center (Fountain Valley, CA) and is one of the most experienced in his field. In addition, he has been at the forefront of research in immunotherapy for primary brain gliomas such as glioblastoma multiforme, anaplastic astrocytoma, and astrocytomas and is involved with futuristic research in the use of immunotherapy to fight malignant brain tumors.

His general neurosurgery is performed using state-of-the art neuronavigational computers and he prides himself in being a master of minimally invasive neurosurgery accomplishing better results, by being less invasive and using more powerful, modern tools. This is true for both benign and malignant brain disease.

MODERN GENERAL NEUROSURGERY OF THE BRAIN STEREOTACTIC AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE NEUROSURGICAL TECHNIQUES Dr. Christopher Duma uses computer-assisted neurosurgical technique in all his craniotomies. He uses the million dollar state-of-the-art Stealth world renown navigational system to guide him safely through the brain. Operation times are shortened, anesthesia times are shortened, tumor resections are more complete, and safe, and patients’ recovery is rapid.

GAMMA KNIFE STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY OF THE BRAIN FOR BRAIN TUMORS, VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS, PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA With Gamma Knife radiosurgery, Dr. Christopher Duma is able to treat primary brain tumors, metastases, acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), trigeminal neuralgia and the tremor of Parkinson’s disease, without opening the skull.

Gamma Knife radiosurgery has been performed on American soil since 1987 and by Dr. Duma in Southern California and the East Coast since 1990. He has performed approximately 8000 Gamma Knife procedures. The medical literature is replete with hundreds of articles relating to Gamma Knife radiosurgery that is considered the “gold standard” of radiosurgical technique.

IMMUNOTHERAPY NOVEL TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOCUSED ON MANAGEMENT OF THE BRAIN’S NORMAL IMMUNOLOGICAL DEFENSES Using immunotherapy, Dr. Duma has attained greater than average remission rates for the most malignant of primary brain tumors.

SURGERY FOR MOVEMENT DISORDERS STN AND THALAMIC DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS); THALAMOTOMY AND PALLIDOTOMY USING UNIT-CELL RECORDING AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEEDBACK, RESULTS ARE MAXIMIZED Dr. Duma’s experience with the treatment of movement disorders since 1987 makes him one of the most experienced in his field.

INVENTOR: Leading edge tumor treatment. His own way of treating glioblastoma multiforme, received a US Patent in 2015. Targeting the advancing, migrating edge of glioblastoma multiforme to "cut it off at the pass." Median survival 23 mo. is one of the best in the world. Ten percent (10%) 7-year survival for GBM.