The Duke Department of Neurosurgery has announced that Carey Anders, MD, professor of medicine, and Anoop Patel, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery, have been named co-directors of the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis. The announcement follows the departure of Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, the founding director of the center, who recently accepted the position of chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Additionally, Jordan Komisarow, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery, will become the center's surgical director.
These appointments follow the December 2024 naming of Laura Alder, MD, and Trey Mullikin, MD as deputy medical director and deputy spine services director, and last year’s promotion of Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD, to spine services director.
The Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts who seek new answers for patients whose cancer has spread to the brain or spine. Duke offers some of the most advanced treatments, even for patients who may have been told they are out of options.