Cherechi Abakwue, 29, was only a few months into her first year of medical school at Loma Linda University in California when she began experiencing headaches. When doctors determined they were caused by a meningioma, a type of brain tumor, she was referred to Jacques J. Morcos, MD, an expert in skull base tumors and cerebrovascular surgery at UTHealth Houston who helped her overcome the potentially life-threatening condition.