Ganesh M Shankar MD
Brain & Spinal Tumor
"Instructor in Neurosurgery Harvard Medical School Attending Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital Co-Director of the North Neurosurgical Service"
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55 Fruit StMassachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-5143
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2010 - 2017
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
NH State Medical License 2021 - 2027
RI State Medical License 2021 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2021 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2017 - 2020
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Spinal Chordoma Patient Reported Outcome Survey (spCPROS): a patient-centered, disease-specific tool for assessing quality of life in spinal chordoma patients.Saket Myneni, Linda Tang, Hanan Akbari, Raquel Mayne, Foad Kazemi
Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2025-11-01 - Early exposure to neurosurgery: promoting early specialty interest through a single-day resident-driven neurosurgical course for preclinical students.Nicole A Perez, Zsombor T Gal, William Muñoz, Brian Hsueh, Pranav Nanda
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2025-09-03 - Application of deformity principles in the management of spinal neoplasms: A Primer.Zach Pennington, Joseph H Schwab, Sheng-Fu Larry Lo, C Rory Goodwin, Matthew L Goodwin
North American Spine Society Journal. 2025-09-01
Journal Articles
- DMD Genomic Deletions Characterize a Subset of progressive/higher-grade Meningiomas with Poor OutcomeGanesh M Shankar, Sandro Santagata, Priscilla K Brastianos, Daniel P Cahill, Acta Neuropathologica
Press Mentions
New Targeted Glioma Therapy Could Suppress Tumor GrowthAugust 9th, 2018
Genotype-Based, Local Targeted Therapy for GliomaApril 25th, 2018
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