NEUROSUR 404C
Neuro-Oncology
Mustafa Khasraw
Description from DukeHub
This 4-week advanced rotation will allow medical students to experience Medical Neuro-Oncology. Students will rotate in the Brain Tumor Center (BTC) Clinic, located in Cancer Center Clinic 3-1, with medical neuro-oncology faculty and interact with neuropathology faculty at the neuropathology consensus conference. Students will develop a clinical foundation in the care of brain tumor patients and will have the chance to care for patients with primary and metastatic brain malignancies during all times of the illness trajectory (at diagnosis, during treatment, stable disease, at tumor progression, and transitioning to palliative care). Attendance at weekly adult and pediatric neuro-oncology tumor board, weekly neuropathology consensus conference, monthly integrative neuro-oncology conference, and monthly research educational meeting is encouraged for all students in this rotation. For more information, please contact Mustafa Khasraw via email, (contact listed in DukeHub) and Jung Young Kim (contact listed in DukeHub) at least one week before you start your rotation. Credit: 4 credits. Enrollment max.: 1 student. Course Director: Mustafa Khasraw, MD; Secondary Director: Giselle Lopez, MD/PhD; Other faculty: Carey Anders, MD, David Ashley MD, Annick Desjardins MD, Allan Friedman MD, Henry Friedman MD, Margaret Johnson MD, Daniel Landi MD, Kristen Batch MD, Madison Shoaf MD, Justin Low, MD, and David Vanmeter, MD. Students will also interact with the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center staff, Neuropathology faculty, and Neuro-Oncology Fellows
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · clinical rotation
- Yes: Live work with people · "clinical"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "diagnosis"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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