Jai Grewal, M.D., is a Neuro-Oncologist who specializes in the management of primary brain and spine tumors, Central Nervous System metastases, and neurological complications of cancer. He received his undergraduate degree from Boston University, and his medical degree from Spartan Health Sciences University.

Dr. Grewal completed his internal medicine internship at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut, which is affiliated with Yale University. He then performed a residency in neurology at the University of Texas, Southwestern. Subsequently Dr. Grewal completed a neuro-oncology fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

His research has involved a study of the correlation of estrogen, progesterone and Her2/neu receptor status with survival in breast cancer patients with leptomeningeal metastasis. Dr. Grewal participated in designing and writing several clinical protocols addressing radiation necrosis and venous thromboembolism in patients with primary brain tumors.

As a Research Assistant at Children’s Hospital, Dept. of Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Dr. Grewal elucidated in vitro mechanisms of embryonic radial glial cell and astrocyte differentiation in mice. He also studied in vivo apoptotic mechanisms of neuronal degeneration.

Dr. Grewal is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He was the recipient of the Teva Neuroscience Award for his achievement in neuroanatomy.

Dr. Grewal is fluent in Spanish.

Articles Written

BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Breast cancer surface receptors predict risk for developing brain
metastasis and subsequent prognosis
Jai Grewal and Santosh Kesari
http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/pdf/bcr1868.pdf

SPRINGLINK
Seizures and epilepsy in cancer: Etiologies, evaluation, and management
Jai Grewal, Harpreet K. Grewal and Arthur D. Forman
http://www.springerlink.com/content/7x7588832752r747/