Patient Education - Neurosurgery

Washington Hospital in Fremont, California is the first hospital in the United States to treat patients using the new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion™, a revolutionary alternative to traditional open-brain surgery and/or daily radiation treatments, which are administered from four to six weeks. The Gamma Knife Perfexion instead uses focused doses of radiation without making a single incision to treat malignant and benign brain tumors and other brain disorders.

Washington Hospital's Gamma Knife Program is led by one of the most accomplished teams of specialized physicians, physicists and nurses. Medical Directors neurosurgeon Sandeep Kunwar, M.D., and radiation oncologist David Larson, M.D., Ph.D., are both nationally and internationally recognized for their expertise, innovation and leadership in the field of Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Both board certified physicians, together they have more than 23 years of experience performing thousands of successful procedures.

WTMF neurosurgeon Sandeep Kunwar, M.D. was recently profiled on Best of the Bay, where he discussed advances in Minimally Invasive Brain and Spine Surgery.

Good Morning America feature story about opera singer Zheng Cao's courageous battle with cancer and her romance with Washington Hospital radiation oncologist Dr. David Larson.