Campus Construction Update

As part of our work to ensure the look of our campus matches the exceptional care you've come to expect, we're closing the corridor between the Moakley and Menino lobbies for approximately one month, starting on Saturday, Aug. 10. Thank you for your patience during this time.

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Urvashi Upadhyay, MD, FAANS

Neurosurgeon

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About

Urvashi Upadhyay, MD, FAANS, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and director of the Brain Tumor and Skull Base Surgery Program at Boston Medical Center (BMC). Dr. Upadhyay is also a clinical associate professor of Neurosurgery at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the combined BMC/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) neurosurgery residency training program. She specializes in treating complex brain tumors, meningioma, pituitary tumors, skull base tumors, and trigeminal neuralgia. Dr. Upadhyay’s research interests include intracranial drug delivery, clinical trials in brain tumors, and device development. She collaborates with colleagues from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the area of drug delivery for brain tumors.

  • Administrative Title

    Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Skull Base Surgery Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Residency

    Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 2013

  • Fellowship

    Skull Base Surgery, Harvard Medical School/ Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 2014

  • Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2006

  • Board Certifications

    Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery

  • Research Interests

    Intracranial drug delivery, clinical trials in brain tumors, device development

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