Hi everyone,
I was recently diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, and as such, I am now going through the same decision-making process that is probably familiar to most people here.
Geographically, I live in Oregon, and I have family in LA. So as I've been looking into the surgery option, Dr. Friedman at USC and the House Clinic appear to be two top choices.
For the Cyberknife option, it seems that Dr. Chang at Stanford is frequently recommended, and I am also fortunate in this way.
For the Gammaknife option, however, the experts that I am seeing referenced most often are Dr. Lunsford at Pittsburg and Dr. Kondziolka at NYU.
Does anyone have recommendations for lead radiologists that I might contact on the west coast?
Alternately, has anyone visited Dr. Theodosopolis at UCSF?
Finally, I see that the new Gammaknife Icon has been acquired by Spokane, Washington, which is also nearby. Is anyone familiar enough with the progression of these devices to comment on the advantages that might be offered here?
Thank you.
Chris