Provider Profile:
Geoffrey Barger, M.D.

• Brain Cancer and Tumors

School

• Jefferson Medical College

Residency

• Neurology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA,

Fellowships

• Neuro-Oncology, Moffitt Hospital and the Brain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Awards

• 2002 Named one of Metro Detroits Best Doctors by Hour Detroit
• 2005-2012 Named one of The Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors Inc.
• 2005-2012 Named one of The Best Doctors for Cancer in America by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
• 2011 Listed in the top 1 percent of physicians in the US by US News and World Report
• Voted one of Best Doctors Inc. 2011-2012 Best Doctors of the Year

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology
• Michigan Neurological Association Society for Neuro-Oncology
• Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
• Southwest Oncology Group

• Differential kinetics of a-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan on PET in low-grade brain tumors. J Neurooncol 102 (3):409-15, 2011.Authors: Juhasz C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT, Sood S, Chakraborty PK, Barger GR, Mittal S.
• Imaging correlates of differential expression of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase in human brain tumors. Molecular Imaging and Biology 11: 460-466, 2009.Authors: Batista CEA, Juhasz C, Muzik O, Kupsky WJ, Barger G, Chugani HT, Mittal S, Sood S, Chakraborty PK, and Chugani DC.
• Recurrence following neurosurgeon-determined gross-total resection of adult supratentorial low-grade glioma: results of a prospective clinical trial. Journal of Neurosurgery 109: 835-841, 2008.Authors: Shaw EG, Berkey B, Coons SW, Bullard D, Brachman D, Buckner JC, Stelzer KJ, Barger GR, Brown PD, Gilbert MR, and Mehta M.
• Gliosarcoma with multiple extracranial metastases: case report and review of the literature. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 83: 39-46, 2007. Authors: Beaumont TL, Kupsky WJ, Barger GR, and Sloan AE.
• Recurrent Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome: case report and a brief review. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 14:240-243, 2006.Authors: Krishnan S, Barger G, Chandrasekar P.