Dr. Nicole Ullrich, MD, PhD

Dr. Ullrich received her MD and PhD from Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in pediatrics, as well as a residency in child neurology, at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she went on to complete fellowships in neurologic neuro-oncology, and clinical investigation. She is now Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ullrich has an active practice at both Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, caring for children with primary brain tumors while they are on active therapy and also for many years after they complete treatment. She has completed several clinical studies evaluating risk factors for neurologic late effects of cancer and for the neuro-oncological aspects of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Currently, Dr. Ullrich is site PI of the DoD funded Neurofibromatosis Clinical Trials Consortium, which sponsors clinical trials for NF1 and NF2-related schwannomatosis, including plexiform …neurofibromas, brain tumors and cognitive difficulties in NF1 and vestibular schwannomas in NF2-schwannomatosis.