Dr. Manish Aghi is a neurosurgeon specializing in adult brain tumors at UCSF Medical Center. He cares for patients with a wide range of conditions, including astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, anaplastic astrocytomas, glioblastomas, meningiomas, and pituitary adenomas. As principal investigator at the UCSF Brain Tumor Research Center, his research interests include glioblastoma angiogenesis, mechanisms of glioblastoma resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy, and experimental glioblastoma therapies like oncolytic viruses.  

Aghi earned a medical degree and a doctoral degree in neurosciences from Harvard Medical School and completed a neurosurgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a member of the Society for Neuro-oncology, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurologic Surgeons and Pituitary Network Association. Among his honors are the Ronald L. Bittner Award; Preuss Award and Mahaley Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons; and the Synthes Skull Base Award and the Integra Foundation Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He is an assistant professor in residence in neurological surgery at UCSF.