Vinai Gondi MD

Dr. Gondi is the Director of Research and Education at the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center and Co-Director of the Brain & Spine Tumor Center at the Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville. He also retains faculty positions at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, where he remains engaged in research and teaching activities.

He has expertise in the use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy, proton therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, brachytherapy, and conformal 3-D radiotherapy. He is a nationally recognized expert in the management of common and rare tumors of the brain, skull base, and spine. He also treats a broad range of cancers including lung cancer, pediatric malignancies, gastrointestinal cancer, prostate cancer, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, and gynecologic malignancies. His research focuses on developing innovative strategies, such as hippocampal sparing IMRT, radiosurgery, and proton therapy, to limit treatment-related side effects and enhance treatment effectiveness for patients with brain and spine tumors.

He has served as Principal Investigator on several national and international studies, received funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and published numerous papers and book chapters. He is an invited speaker at multiple national and international conferences, and his research has been recognized by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and Society for Neuro-Oncology.