Clinical Focus

• Neurological Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Brain/Central Nervous System Cancer
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Administrative Appointments

• Founder and Member of the Board of Directors, Accuray, Inc. (1991 - 2009)
• President, Cyberknife Society (2003 - 2008)
• Vice President, Western Neurosurgical Society (2005 - 2006)
• Chairman, Accuray, Inc. (1999 - 2004)
• CEO, Accuray, Inc. (1999 - 2002)

Honors and Awards

• The Inaugural Ideals of Entepreneurship Award, Emerging Entepreneurs in Biomedical Technology, Biodesign Group, Stanford University (2005)
• Outstanding Achievement in Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Association (2007)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Neurosurgery

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

The development and implementation of computerized, image-guided surgical tools to be utilized during minimally invasive brain operations. The clinical outcome of new technologies, and in particular the application of radiosurgery, for the treatment of brain tumors. The creation of new radiosurgical techniques for a wide array of brain and spine disorders which includes 1) trigeminal neuralgia 2) spinal cord AVM 3) pituitary tumors 4) skull base meningioma 5) benign peri-optic tumors 6) brain metastases 7) acoustic neuroma 8) glomus jugulare tumors 9) brain and spine schwannoma 10) painful facet syndrome 11) radiomodulation for functional disease of the brain

Clinical Trials

• Phase I/II Study of Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery to Treat Large Brain Metastases Recruiting

Publications

• Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Treatment of Spinal Metastases Recurring in Close Proximity to Previously Irradiated Spinal Cord. Choi CY, Adler JR, Gibbs IC, Chang SD, Jackson PS, Minn AY, Lieberson RE, Soltys SG. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010
• Technique for Targeting Arteriovenous Malformations Using Frameless Image-Guided Robotic Radiosurgery. Hristov D, Liu L, Adler JR, Gibbs IC, Moore T, Sarmiento M, Chang SD, Dodd R, Marks M, Do HM. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010
• Cyberknife for brain metastases of malignant melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. Hara W, Tran P, Li G, Su Z, Puataweepong P, Adler JR, Soltys SG, Chang SD, Gibbs IC. Neurosurgery. 2009; 64 (2 Suppl): A26-32
• Cyberknife radiosurgery for trigeminal schwannomas. Sakamoto GT, Borchers DJ, Xiao F, Yang HJ, Chang SD, Adler JR. Neurosurgery. 2009; 64 (2 Suppl): A14-8
• Cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgical rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia: anatomic and morphological considerations. Borchers JD, Yang HJ, Sakamoto GT, Howes GA, Gupta G, Chang SD, Adler JR. Neurosurgery. 2009; 64 (2 Suppl): A91-5