DheerendraPrasadMDMCh (Neuro), FACRO

Radiation Oncology • Buffalo, NY

Benign Diseases, Central Nervous System Cancer, Ocular Radiation Oncology, Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Professor of Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology, SUNY Buffalo

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Office
Elm And Carlton St
Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone+1 716-845-2300

Fax+1 716-845-7616

Summary

Dr. Dheerendra Prasad is a radiation oncologist in Buffalo, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including KALEIDA Health, Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo, Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. He received his medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and has been in practice 30 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and French. He specializes in benign diseases, central nervous system cancer, and pediatric radiation oncology and is experienced in vestibular schwannoma, trigeminal schwannoma, neuroblastoma, optic nerve sheath meningioma, and general radiation oncology.

Education & Training

University at BuffaloECHM, Health Care Management, 2014 - 2015
Royal College of PhysiciansCE, Medical Education, 2010 - 2011
University of Virginia Medical CenterChief Residency, Radiation Oncology, 2003 - 2005
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2001 - 2003
University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Neurological Surgery, 1993 - 1995
All India Institute of Medical SciencesChief Resident, Neurosurgery, 1992 - 1992
All India Institute of Medical SciencesResidency, Neurosurgery, 1987 - 1991
All India Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 1987
All India Institute of Medical SciencesInternship, 1981 - 1986

Certifications & Licensure

AR State Medical License 2005 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2005 - 2026
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
International CertificationNeurosurgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American College of Radiation Oncology
RCP Accredited Educator Royal College of Physicians of London
Buffalo Spree Magazine Castle Connolly, 2011-2014
Top Doctors of America 2011,2012,2013, 2011
Best Doctors of America 2009, 2010,2011,2012,2013, 2011
All India Merit List of the Central Board of Secondary Education 1981
The Best Science Student Springdales School, New Delhi, 1979, 1980
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
[Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE uptake in subacute stroke following craniotomy for meningioma: a diagnostic tool for stroke?
Justin Cappuzzo, Daniel Popoola, Dheerendra Prasad, Lindsay Lipinski
BMJ Case Reports. 2022-04-29
8 citations
Intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery.
Andrew A. Fanous, Dheerendra Prasad, David Mathieu, Andrew J. Fabiano
Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2018-12-01
18 citations
Impact of the Number of Metastatic Tumors Treated by Stereotactic Radiosurgery on the Dose to Normal Brain: Implications for Brain Protection.
Charlotte I Rivers, Marissa M. Tranquilli, Shefalika Prasad, Evan K Winograd, Robert J. Plunkett
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2017-01-01

Journal Articles

Gamma surgery in renal cell carcinoma metastases.
Payne B.R., Prasad D, Steiner M, Steiner L, Journal of Neurosurgery
Malignant Meningiomas : Controversies in management.
Prasad D, Lancet Oncology
Lieomyoma of small intestine - an Angiographic diagnosis.
Vashisht S; Sonekar P; Prasad D; Dasarathy S and Bhargava S, Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
Gamma Knife Surgery and Microsurgery: A review of published results.
Prasad D, Elekta Radiosurgery Inc. Atlanta, GA
Gamma-kes idegsebzet (in Hungarian).
Varady, Peter, Prasad D, Nyary I, Vajda, J and Steiner L, Orvosi Hetilap
Failures of treatment in Pituitary adenomas.
Sutter B, Steiner M, Lopez MB, Prasad D and Steiner L, Acta Neurochirurgica
Gamma Knife surgery in craniopharyngiomas.
Prasad D, Steiner, M and Steiner, L, Acta Neurochirurgica
Radiosurgery Patterns of Practice - Commentary.
Prasad D, Steiner L, Surgical Neurology
Radiosurgery.
Prasad D, Steiner M, Steiner L, Critical reviews in neurosurgery
Vestibular schwannoma.
Prasad D, Steiner M, Steiner L, Critical reviews in neurosurgery
Acrylic Scleral Shell Spacer to Prevent Skin Damage During Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of Ocular Melanoma.
Hughes, MO; Conway, B; Hennofer, J; Prasad, D; Steiner, L, The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics
Target and peripheral dose during patient repositioning with the Gamma Knife APS device.
T. Tran, T. Stanley, H. Malhotra, S. deBoer, D. Prasad, and M. Podgorsak, Med. Phys
Gamma surgery for vestibular schwannomas-Response.
Prasad D, Steiner, M and Steiner, L, Journal of Neurosurgery
Gamma surgery for vestibular schwannomas.
Prasad, D, Steiner, M and Steiner, L, Journal of Neurosurgery
Gamma surgery for hemangiopericytomas.
Payne BR. Prasad D. Steiner M. Steiner L, Acta Neurochirurgica
Gamma surgery for vein of Galen malformations.
Payne BR. Prasad D. Steiner M. Bunge H. Steiner L, Journal of Neurosurgery
Vestibular schwannomas: radiosurgery.
Prasad D, Journal of Neurosurgery
Vestibular schwannomas: linear accelerator radiosurgery.
Prasad D, Journal of Neurosurgery
Anticonvulsant effects of gamma surgery in a model of chronic spontaneous limbic epilepsy in rats.
Chen ZF. Kamiryo T. Henson SL. Yamamoto H. Bertram EH. Schottler F. Patel F. Steiner L. Prasad D. Kassell NF. Shareghis S. Lee KS, Journal of Neurosurgery
Gamma surgery for melanoma metastases in the brain.
Mingione V. Oliveira M. Prasad D. Steiner M. Steiner L, Journal of Neurosurgery
Gamma knife Radiosurgery in metastatic cerebral lesions from Breast Cancer.
Prasad D, Goyal S, Harrell F, Rich Tyvin and Steiner L, Journal of Neurosurgery
Measuring extracranial dose with the Leksell Gamma Knife model 4C using GafChromic EBT film.
T. Tran, C. Arndt, J. Steinman, D. Prasad, and M. Podgorsak, Med. Phys
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Books/Book Chapters

Operative Neurosurgical Techniques.
Chapter: The technique of Gamma surgery
Steiner, L, Prasad, D, Payne, BR, Lindquist, C and Steiner, MEditors: William Sweet.W.B. Saunders, New YorkEdition 5th,
Operative Neurosurgical Techniques.
Chapter: The technique of Gamma surgery
Page 657 - 669Steiner, L, Prasad, D, Payne, BR, Lindquist, C and Steiner, MEditors: William Sweet.W.B. Saunders, New YorkEdition 4th,
Textbook of Stereotactic and functional Neurosurgery.
Chapter: Gamma Knife surgery in cerebral vascular malformations and tumors
Page 763 - 804Steiner, L., Prasad, D., Lindquist, C., and Steiner, MEditors: Philiip Gildenberg.McGraw Hill, New York
Textbook of Stereotactic and functional Neurosurgery.
Chapter: The Gamma Knife
Page 669 - 687Prasad, D. and Steiner, LEditors: Philiip Gildenberg.McGraw Hill, New York
Neurosurgical Topics: LINAC and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.
Chapter: Gamma surgery in cerebral vascular malformations
Page 91 - 140Steiner, L, Payne, BR, Prasad, D and Steiner, MEditors: Isabelle Germano.AANS, Illinois
Operative Neurosurgical Techniques.
Chapter: Gamma Knife surgery in vascular malformations and tumors
Page 667 - 694Steiner, L., Prasad, D., Lindquist, C., Karlsson, B., and Steiner, MEditors: W. Schmidek and W. Sweet.W B Saunders, New YorkEdition 3rd,
Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology.
Chapter: Gamma Knife surgery in cerebral vascular malformations
Steiner, L., Prasad, D. Karlsson, B, Lindquist, C, and Steiner MEditors: ME Mawad.Springer Verlag, New York
Dunn and Rawlinson's Surgical Diagnosis and Management- A guide to general surgical care.
Chapter: Hepatic amoebiasis
Page 601 - 602Prasad DEditors: Nundy S.Editor Oxford University Press, Delhi
Dunn and Rawlinson's Surgical Diagnosis and Management- A guide to general surgical care.
Chapter: Hydatid disease
Page 603 - 605Prasad DEditors: Nundy S.Oxford University Press, Delhi
Dunn and Rawlinson's Surgical Diagnosis and Management- A guide to general surgical care.
Chapter: Abdominal tuberculosis
Page 614 - 618Prasad DEditors: Nundy S.Oxford University Press, Delhi
Dunn and Rawlinson's Surgical Diagnosis and Management- A guide to general surgical care.
Chapter: Amoebic colitis
Prasad DEditors: Nundy S.Oxford University Press, Delhi
Neurosurgical Clinics of North America.
Chapter: Conformal Radiation and Radiosurgery of Pituitary adenomas: Clinical Results
Prasad DEditors: Larson, DA and McDermott, M.
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Abstracts/Posters

Management of Cerebral abscesses: a guideline for the pediatric practitioner. Contact program in Child Neurology.
Prasad D and Jain Y, Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS
Gamma surgery in pediatric population.
Prasad, D, International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Martinique, France
Gamma surgery in pediatric patients.
Prasad, D, Steiner, M and Steiner, L, 4th ISRS, Sydney, Australia
Gamma Knife surgery for acoustic neuroma 1996.
Prasad D, Phillips CD, Steiner M and Steiner, L, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Minneapolis, MN
Gamma Knife surgery for recurrent meningiomas.
Prasad D, Cail WS, Steiner M and Steiner, L, the 11th International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gamma surgery for petroclival meningioma: Long term follow up.
Steiner, L, Prasad, D and Steiner, M, Third International Conference on Acoustic Neurinoma and other CPA tumors, Rome, Italy
Gamma surgery for vestibular schwannomas: Long term follow up.
Prasad, D, Steiner, M and Steiner, L, Third International Conference on Acoustic Neurinoma and other CPA tumors, Rome, Italy
Gamma Knife surgery for dural AVM.
Prasad D, Steiner M and Steiner, L, the VII International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Lanai, Hawaii
Results of Gamma Knife surgery, Linear accelerator radiosurgery and Microsurgery in Cerebral Arteriovenous malformations, Meningiomas, Acoustic schwannomas, Pituitary ...
Prasad D, the VI International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Kyoto, Japan
Gamma Knife surgery for acoustic neuroma.
Prasad D, Phillips CD, Steiner M and Steiner, L, Proceedings of European Congress of Neurosurgery
Outcome of seizures in Gamma Knife surgery for arteriovenous malformations.
Prasad D, Lindquist Ch, Cosgrove GR, Laws, ER and Steiner, L, European Congress of Neurosurgery, Berlin
Gamma Knife surgery in AOVM: The case against.
Prasad D, Steiner M and Steiner, L, the VII International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Lanai, Hawaii
Gamma Knife surgery for meningiomas.
Prasad D, Cail WS, Steiner M and Steiner, L, the VII International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Lanai, Hawaii
Gamma Knife surgery for craniopharyngiomas.
Prasad D, Steiner, L and Steiner M, the VI International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Kyoto, Japan
Gamma Knife treatment and follow up of 38 patients with pituitary tumor.
Sutter B, Steiner L, Prasad D and Steiner M, the VI International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Kyoto, Japan
A composite 3D spin-echo, Gradient-echo data set for MR based radiosurgical planning.
Bertolina JA, Prasad D, Snell J, Goble J, Spraggins TA, Cail WS, Steiner L, Kassell NF, VI International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Kyoto, Japan
Unaccounted Intracranial Dose during Patient Repositioning with the Gamma Knife® model 4C and Perfexion™.
D. Prasad, T. Tran, T. Stanley, H. Malhotra, S. deBoer and M. Podgorsak, 15th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Athens, Greece
Gamma Knife surgery for gliomas.
Kamiryo T, Steiner M, Prasad D, Berk HW, VI International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Kyoto, Japan
Somatosensory evoked potentials in syringomyelia.
Prasad D; Mahapatra AK; Bhatia R and Banerji AK, he XXXIX Annual Conference of the Neurology Society of India at Indore
Correlations between cerebral blood flow velocity and intracranial pressure in severe head injury.
Prasad D; Bhatia S; Bhatia R and Banerji AK, the Continuing Medical Education Program of the First Meeting on Neurotrauma of the Neurology
Gamma surgery in hemangiopericytoma.
Payne BR, Prasad D, Steiner M, Steiner L, 10th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Squaw Creek, Ca. USA
Gamma surgery in renal carcinoma metastases.
Payne BR, Prasad D, Steiner M, Steiner L, 10th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Squaw Creek, Ca. USA
Gamma surgery in nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas.
Mingione, V, Prasad D, Lopez, MB, Vance, ML, Laws, ER, Steiner M, Steiner L, 10th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Squaw Creek, Ca. USA
Repeat Gamma surgery in AVM.
Haq, IU, Misra, J, Prasad D, Steiner M, Steiner L, 10th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Squaw Creek, Ca. USA
Accuracy of the Leksell GammaPlan dose calculation algorithm.
G. Cernica*, S. deBoer, D. Prasad, and M.B. Podgorsak, semi-annual meeting of the Upstate NY Chapter of the AAPM, Rochester, New York
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Lectures

2nd Annual Midwest Melanoma Partnership Meeting
Cvent Online Event Registration Software, Amherst, New York - 4/12/2013
Multimodality treatment of AVMs.
Vascular Symposium at St. Bartholomew Hospital, London, UK
Gamma Knife radiosurgery in AVM’s.
Taylor Macadam Bell Symposium, Fremont Ca
A review of 15 years of radiosurgery for Acoustic schwannomas.
14th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Quebec City, Canada
Gamma knife surgery versus microsurgery for vestibular schwannomas: Is the debate over?
12th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Vienna, Austria
Lessons from Cranial Experience: Relevance to Extra-cranial Radiosurgery.
Image Guided Radiation Therapy Symposium, ASTRO Atlanta
Gamma knife surgery for cerebral lesions: state of the art and scope of technology.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Gamma knife surgery or Microsurgery for vestibular schwannomas: Is there really a choice.
11th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Prague, Czech Republic
Gamma knife surgery in vestibular schwannomas.
4th Asian Congress of Neurosurgery, Hong Kong, PRC
Gamma surgery in cerebral metastasis: How many is too many?
10th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Squaw Creek, Ca. USA
Gamma Knife Surgery, Microsurgery, and Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery: A review of published results.
Elekta Radiosurgery Inc. Atlanta, GA, 1994-1996,1998
Gamma Knife radiosurgery in AVM’s.
Taylor Macadam Bell Symposium, Fremont Ca
Multimodality treatment of AVMs, Vascular Symposium.
St. Bartholomew Hospital, London, UK
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