Luis Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD, PhD
NeurologyNeuro-Oncology
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adults
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Luis Nicolas Gonzalez Castro
Dr. Gonzalez Castro is an Associate Neurologist in the Department of Neurology and a Neuro-Oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He received his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard University and completed neurology residency at the Mass General Brigham / Harvard Medical School Neurology Residency Program, followed by neuro-oncology training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Gonzalez Castro is board certified in neurology and neuro-oncology, and is committed to providing state-of-the-art, compassionate care to patients with primary brain tumors and brain metastases, as well as patients suffering from neurologic complications of cancer and its therapy. Dr. Gonzalez Castro's research efforts are aimed at understanding the genetic basis of cancer cell survival and resistance to treatment, with the goal of developing more effective therapies.
Locations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Phone: 617-732-5500
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Neuro-Oncology, 2020
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurology, 2018
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurology, 2018
- Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2015
- Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, 2014
Board Certifications
- Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2018
Insurance
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense