High Point neurosurgeon joins FOX8 for World Brain Tumor Day segment

A High Point neurosurgeon took World Brain Tumor Day out of the abstract and into a local TV studio, giving Guilford County viewers a direct look at specialty brain care in the Triad. Dr. Kevin Shaw, identified by FOX8 as a neurosurgeon at Novant Health Brain and Spine Surgery at Kimel Park, joined the station’s House Calls segment to talk about a disease that can feel remote until a family needs answers fast.

World Brain Tumor Day fell on Monday, June 8, and was first introduced in 2000 by the German Brain Tumor Association, known in German as Deutsche Hirntumorhilfe. The observance is meant to raise awareness about brain tumors, and the numbers show why that still matters: the National Cancer Institute’s SEER program estimates 24,740 new cases of brain and other nervous system cancer in the United States in 2026, along with 18,350 deaths. SEER lists the five-year relative survival rate at 32.9 percent.

Other major cancer groups put the burden in similar terms. The American Cancer Society estimates about 24,740 malignant brain or spinal cord tumors will be diagnosed in 2026. The American Brain Tumor Association says brain tumors can happen to anyone, about one million children and adults are living with a brain tumor, and about 252 people are diagnosed every day. The association, founded in 1973, is the nation’s oldest nonprofit focused on brain tumor education, support and research.

For Guilford County readers, the local value is not only the awareness message but the access point. Novant Health’s Kimel Park provider directory lists Kevin Shah, MD, as a neurosurgeon and neuroendovascular surgeon at Novant Health Brain and Spine Surgery at Kimel Park. The clinic is listed at 190 Kimel Park Drive, Suite 155, Winston-Salem, and serves patients Monday through Friday.

That kind of local specialty presence matters when a condition can move quickly and the medical path is intimidating. A brief segment on FOX8 did more than mark a calendar date. It put a Triad neurosurgeon in front of viewers, tied national brain tumor statistics to a real clinic address and reminded families in Guilford County that expert care is already in the region.