Sandeep Kunwar, MD

Dr. Kunwar is the surgical director of the California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF and has over 20 years of experience performing endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors and other types of lesions in the pituitary region. He has one of the largest pituitary surgical series in the world, and also focuses on adult brain tumors as well as Gamma Knife radiosurgery for metastatic and primary brain tumors.

Dr. Kunwar's research includes the development and institution of novel surgical-based therapies for the treatment of malignant gliomas. These strategies utilize tumor-targeted drugs delivered through direct intracerebral microinfusion (convection-enhanced delivery), which bypasses the blood-brain barrier. Initial results are promising, and indicate this to be a safe and effective method for drug delivery.