Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS, FCNS
Board President
Board President
An alumnus of both the TJU College of Graduate Studies (PhD Dev. Biol & Teratology, 2003) and Jefferson Medical College (JMC, 2005), Dr. Cifarelli completed his Neurosurgical training at the University of Virginia.
He is currently the Medical Director of the West Virginia University Brain Tumor Program and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Center and the Patient Safety & Quality Officer for the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
Dr. Cifarelli's clinical expertise lies in the management of brain tumors with both surgical and radiation approaches, while his research spans both clinical and basic science, where he directs a translation laboratory developing novel therapeutics for glioblastoma.