Dr. Brian Nahed completed his chief residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Neurosurgery, and served as the director of the North Neurosurgical Service. Dr. Nahed also completed a complex spine fellowship with Dr. Eric Woodard and obtained a Masters in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. He was recruited to The Massachusetts General Hospital to specialize in brain tumors, particularly gliomas, metastatic tumors, and meningiomas, and to expand his research to develop the first clinical blood based tests for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with brain tumors.