Your Medical Team for Pituitary Tumors at the University of Colorado Cancer Center

Institutes of Excellence – like the University of Colorado Cancer Center – are known for attracting the best and brightest doctors due to their unique research and educational opportunities. This means each doctor on your care team has superior training in his or her area of expertise. These doctors then bring their specialties together to create a patient-focused approach for each individual patient.

Each doctor on the team has a different area of expertise in pituitary tumors. Together, they combine their skills to determine and provide what’s best for you – an individual patient – based upon the type of cancer you have, how far it has spread, and even based upon your genes.

Pituitary Clinic

The University of Colorado Hospital has created a Pituitary Tumor Clinic where patients can come for diagnosis and treatment by a multidisciplinary team.

Your Medical Team

Neurosurgeon – a doctor specifically trained and experienced in performing operations on the brain.

Endocrinologist – a doctor who is an expert on the endocrine system – the body’s hormone-producing glands and organs.

Radiation oncologist – a doctor who is expert in using radiation therapies to treat tumors.

Neuroradiologist – a doctor who is expert in reading scans of the brain.