Igor J. Barani, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF

Phone: (415) 353-8950
Box 0226, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-0226

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

Selected Publications

1. Huang T, Mueller S, Rutkowski MJ, Han SJ, Bloch O, Barani IJ, Parsa AT, Chang SM. Multidisciplinary care of patients with brain tumors. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013 Apr; 22(2):161-78.
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2. Johnson J, Barani IJ. Radiotherapy for malignant tumors of the skull base. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2013 Jan; 24(1):125-35.
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3. Fogh S, Ma L, Gupta N, Sahgal A, Nakamura JL, Barani I, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA. High-precision volume-staged Gamma Knife surgery and equivalent hypofractionation dose schedules for treating large arteriovenous malformations. J Neurosurg. 2012 Dec; 117 Suppl:115-9.
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4. Jafri NF, Clarke JL, Weinberg V, Barani IJ, Cha S. Relationship of glioblastoma multiforme to the subventricular zone is associated with survival. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Jan; 15(1):91-6.
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5. Bloch O, Sun M, Kaur G, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. Fractionated radiotherapy for optic nerve sheath meningiomas. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Sep; 19(9):1210-5.
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6. Mills SA, Oh MC, Rutkowski MJ, Sughrue ME, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. Supratentorial hemangioblastoma: clinical features, prognosis, and predictive value of location for von Hippel-Lindau disease. Neuro Oncol. 2012 Aug; 14(8):1097-104.
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7. Han SJ, Oh MC, Sughrue ME, Rutkowski MJ, Aranda D, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. The effect of the 2003 Consensus Reporting Standards on publications describing patients with vestibular schwannoma treated with stereotactic radiosurgery. J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Aug; 19(8):1144-7.
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8. Ivan ME, Cheng JS, Kaur G, Sughrue ME, Clark A, Kane AJ, Aranda D, McDermott M, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. Association of morbidity with extent of resection and cavernous sinus invasion in sphenoid wing meningiomas. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2012 Feb; 73(1):76-83.
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9. Caballero JA, Sneed PK, Lamborn KR, Ma L, Denduluri S, Nakamura JL, Barani IJ, McDermott MW. Prognostic factors for survival in patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent brain metastases after prior whole brain radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 May 1; 83(1):303-9.
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10. Ma L, Lee L, Barani I, Hwang A, Fogh S, Nakamura J, McDermott M, Sneed P, Larson DA, Sahgal A. Shot sequencing based on biological equivalent dose considerations for multiple isocenter Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Phys Med Biol. 2011 Nov 21; 56(22):7247-56.
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11. Bloch O, Kaur G, Jian BJ, Parsa AT, Barani IJ. Stereotactic radiosurgery for benign meningiomas. J Neurooncol. 2012 Mar; 107(1):13-20.
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12. Lupo JM, Chuang CF, Chang SM, Barani IJ, Jimenez B, Hess CP, Nelson SJ. 7-Tesla susceptibility-weighted imaging to assess the effects of radiotherapy on normal-appearing brain in patients with glioma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Mar 1; 82(3):e493-500.
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13. Kirby N, Chuang C, Pouliot J, Hwang A, Barani IJ. Physics strategies for sparing neural stem cells during whole-brain radiation treatments. Med Phys. 2011 Oct; 38(10):5338-44.
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14. Rutkowski MJ, Bloch O, Jian BJ, Chen C, Sughrue ME, Tihan T, Barani IJ, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Parsa AT. Management of recurrent intracranial hemangiopericytoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Nov; 18(11):1500-4.
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15. Rutkowski MJ, Jian BJ, Bloch O, Chen C, Sughrue ME, Tihan T, Barani IJ, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Parsa AT. Intracranial hemangiopericytoma: clinical experience and treatment considerations in a modern series of 40 adult patients. Cancer. 2012 Mar 15; 118(6):1628-36.
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16. Ma L, Sahgal A, Hwang A, Hu W, Descovich M, Chuang C, Barani I, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA. A two-step optimization method for improving multiple brain lesion treatments with robotic radiosurgery. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Aug; 10(4):331-8.
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17. Tate M, Sughrue ME, Rutkowski MJ, Kane AJ, Aranda D, McClinton L, McClinton L, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. The long-term postsurgical prognosis of patients with pineoblastoma. Cancer. 2012 Jan 1; 118(1):173-9.
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18. Todor DA, Barani IJ, Lin PS, Anscher MS. Moving toward focal therapy in prostate cancer: dual-isotope permanent seed implants as a possible solution. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Sep 1; 81(1):297-304.
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19. Sughrue ME, Choi J, Rutkowski MJ, Aranda D, Kane AJ, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. Clinical features and post-surgical outcome of patients with astroblastoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Jun; 18(6):750-4.
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20. Ma L, Petti P, Wang B, Descovich M, Chuang C, Barani IJ, Kunwar S, Shrieve DC, Sahgal A, Larson DA. Apparatus dependence of normal brain tissue dose in stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases. J Neurosurg. 2011 Jun; 114(6):1580-4.
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