Neurosurgery

Offering training and expertise in a wide range of rare, as well as more prevalent brain disorders and diseases.

We offer the full spectrum of neurosurgical procedures for infants, children, and adolescents including brain and spinal cord tumors, hydrocephalus, with special emphasis on neuroendoscopy, spina bifida, Chiari malformations, craniofacial disorders, and spasticity, including rhizotomy and baclofen pump procedures.

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Treatments

We provide treatment of:

brain and spinal cord tumors
hydrocephalus
Chiari malformations
spina bifida
craniofacial disorders
spasticity

Disease-Specific Programs

Brain Tumor Program
Myelodysplasia Clinic: multidisciplinary clinic with Orthopaedics, Urology and Pediatrics
Spasticity Clinic

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Physicians

Name	Areas of Special Interest
Allan H. Friedman, MD	Brain tumors, skull-base tumors, peripheral nerve surgery, pituitary tumors, cerebrovascular disease
Herbert E. Fuchs, MD, PhD	Brain tumors, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformations, spina bifida, craniofacial surgery, spasticity, rhizotomy surgery and baclofen pumps, ventriculoscopic surgery
Gerald A. Grant, MD	Pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric brain tumors, pediatric epilepsy, Chiari malformations, pediatric spinal disorders, minimally invasive endoscopic surgery