Our History

Our new name, the UC Brain Tumor Center, reflects a growing collaboration among the University of Cincinnati, University Hospital, Cincinnati, and the Genome Research Institute.

Our center was established in 1991 with a multidisciplinary structure and a mission to expand research efforts across medical and surgical specialties that focused on brain tumors. In 1998, with the establishment of the UC Neuroscience Institute and University Hospital, the center was renamed the Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Research and Treatment. Ten years later, in 2008, UC and University Hospital committed more than $26 million toward expansion of the program, and the UC Brain Tumor Center was born.

Our center serves patients with every type of brain tumor and includes specialists from the Mayfield Clinic, University Radiology Associates, the University of Cincinnati Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and several other clinical departments within UC Physicians. The $26 million investment will enable us to recruit additional clinicians and researchers, enhance and enlarge our facilities, invest in new technology, expand laboratory, translational and clinical research, and broaden services to our patients.

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