Ehud Mendel, MD - Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven

Ehud Mendel, MD, MBA, is a neurosurgeon and director of the Spine Oncology Program at Smilow Cancer Hospitals Disease Center. A renowned leader in spinal surgery procedures, Dr. Mendel removes spinal tumors and has spearheaded research in reconstructive surgery following tumor removal. With areas of specialty including spinal cancer, spine sarcoma, and spinal cord tumors, he has built specific protocols for removal of spinal cord tumors. The entire tumor must be removed, or cancer cells invade other parts of a patients body.