Christopher Duma MD FACS

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Medical Director Hoag Brain Tumor Program and Medical Director of Hoag/UCI Gamma Knife Program

Summary

Dr. Christopher Duma, a neurosurgery specialist located in Newport Beach, CA, has a remarkable range of subspecialties, including Brain & Spinal Tumor, Pituitary Surgery, Skull Base, and Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery. He graduated from Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in 1986 and completed his residency at MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital. His current roles include being the Medical Director at Hoag Hospital Brain Tumor Program and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California. He has vast experience in areas such as normal pressure hydrocephalus, deep brain stimulation, glioblastoma, brain tumor, and neurosurgical oncology. His several research publications have been cited multiple times by other publications. He has also participated in clinical trials related to brain cancer. Dr. Duma has been honored by esteemed organizations like the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.

MedStar Health Georgetown UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1986 - 1993
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1986
Colgate UniversityB.A., Neurosciences, With Honors, 1977 - 1981

PubMed

7 citations
Phase 2 trial of personal dendritic cell vaccines in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: 3-year follow-up and correlations with survival.
Daniela A Bota, David E Piccioni, Christopher M Duma, Santosh Kesari, Jose A Carrillo
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2025-12-01
41 citations
Early Experience With Virtual and Synchronized Augmented Reality Platform for Preoperative Planning and Intraoperative Navigation: A Case Series.
Robert G Louis, Gary K. Steinberg, Christopher Duma, Gavin W. Britz, Vivek Mehta
Operative Neurosurgery. 2021-09-15
10 citations
Results of three or more Gamma Knife radiosurgery procedures for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia
Mihir Gupta, Varun Sagi, Aditya Mittal, Anudeep Yekula, Devan Hawkins
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2021-04-23

Journal Articles

Durable Complete Response of Refractory, Progressing Metistatic Melanoma after Treatment with a Patient-Specific Vaccine
Dillman RO, Nanci A, Williams ST, Kim RB, Hafer RA, Coleman CL, Wang PC, Duma CM, et al, Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, 1/1/2010
Image guided helical Tomotherapy for treatment of spine tumors
Kim B, Soisson E T, Duma C, et al, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1/1/2008
Extrameduallary hematopoeisis with a convexity meningioma
Matthews MS, Duma CM, Brant-Zawadzki M, Hasso A, Westhout FD, Klien DJ, Vanhorn D, Surg Neurol, 8/20/2007

Books/Book Chapters

Youmans: Neurological Surgery
Chapter: Functional Radiosurgery
Page 4087 - 4094Duma CM, Shea WM, Jacques DB, Kopyov OEditors: HR Winn.Saunders/Elsevier, New York, NY2004
Techniques of Neurosurgery. Radiosurgery
Chapter: Movement Disorder Radiosurgery
Duma CMEditors: Lunsford LD.2003
Meningiomas: Contemporary Treatment, Seminars in Neurosurgery
Chapter: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Meningiomas of the Convexity and Cavernous Sinus
Page 267 - 277Duma CM, Shea WM, Tassin J, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LDEditors: Sinfield S and Rosseau GL.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York, NY2003

Abstracts/Posters

Radiosurgery and brain metastases with and without fractionated whole brain radiotherapy
Flickinger JC, Lunsford, LD, Kondziolka D, Duma CM, Maitz A, Kirkwood JM, The American Radium Society. Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/1/1992
Radiosurgery for vascular malformations of the brainstem
Duma CM, Lunsford LD, Kondziolka D, Bissonette DJ, Somaza S and Flickinger JC, Acta Neurochirurgica, 1/1/1992
Percutaneous retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy: A ten-year experience
Duma CM, Lunsford LD, Acta Neurochirurgica, 1/1/1992

Lectures

Glioblastoma Multiforme and Hyperbaric Treatment
Irvine, CA - 1/5/2011
Modern Management of Brain Tumors (Invited Speaker)
Fremont Hospital, Fremont, CA - 6/8/2010
MRI Imaging for Gamma Knife Treatment using a Verio 3T MRI
Athens, Greece - 5/1/2010

Other

Regeneration Biomedical’s Cell Therapy Reduces Tau, Boosts Cognition in Alzheimer’s CasesMay 6th, 2025
First Data Emerges from ‘Direct-to-Brain’ Alzheimer’s Stem Cell Therapy TrialNovember 4th, 2024
Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadski Discusses Advanced Brain Imaging | Hoag Hospital Orange CountyDecember 15th, 2015