VHA Practice Guideline Recommendations for Diffuse Gliomas

Scott Kulich1, Daniel Becker1, Sanja Dacic1

  • 1is the Acting Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and member of the Division of Neuropathology at University of Pittsburgh Department of Pathology, is an Otolaryngologist at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and is the Section Chief of Hematology\Oncology at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Pennsylvania. is an Oncologist at VA-New York Harbor Healthcare System. is a Pathologist at University of Pittsburgh Department of Pathology in Pennsylvania. is Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services at the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System in San Antonio. is the former Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. is a Pathologist at St. Louis VA Medical Center in Missouri. is the VA National Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services. is a Pathologist at Bay Pine Health Care System in Florida. is an Investigator at VA Salt Lake Health Care System Informatics and Computing Infrastructure. is an Oncologist at VA Puget Sound Health Care System, in Seattle, Washington. is the Director of Genomic Medicine Implementation and Associate Director of Genomic Medicine for the VA. is a Neuro-Oncologist at George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center and the Director of Medical Neuro-Oncology at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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