Ivy Brain Tumor Center at Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Yoshie Umemura, MD, is the Division Chief of Neuro-Oncology, the William R. and Joan R. Shapiro Chair in Neuro-Oncology Research, associate professor of neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute, and Chief Medical Officer at the Ivy Brain Tumor Center. She is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, as well as neuro-oncology by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Dr. Umemura’s expertise rests on the axis of brain tumors and cancers of the central nervous system, as well as the neurological complications from cancer. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group, and the Society for Neuro-Oncology.
Dr. Umemura earned her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada. She completed her neurology residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire and her neuro-oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Dr. Umemura’s professional path has been forged by a focus on research projects that advance the care of, and quality of life in, patients with brain tumors. She’s deeply invested in translational brain tumor clinical research—specifically gliomas, glioblastoma, and central nervous system lymphomas—and hopes to have a hand in a variety of clinical trial developments and consortia moving forward.
