Nick Gonzalez Castro, MD, PhD

Founder and Director
Dr. Gonzalez Castro 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 fellowship training at the 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 in primary brain tumors, with the goal of developing more effective therapies.

Rachel Garcia Fox

Founding Program Administrator
Rachel received a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Literature from Wesleyan University. Upon graduating, she decided she wanted to help people as a physician and moved to Boston to take her premedical classes. Rachel has been a member of the team at the Dana-Farber's Center for Neuro-Oncology since 2018, as a scheduler, research coordinator and founding program manager for a new patient-centered support program. In addition to her responsibilities as program administrator for the NOW program, Rachel is currently a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator on the clinical research team. Next year she will be attending University of Michigan Medical School in pursuit of her dream to one day become a physician.​

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