Overview
As pediatric neurosurgeons, we pride ourselves on being patient, empathetic, communicative physicians for the children in our care and their families.
Our team specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of issues in the developing brain, spine and peripheral nerves that require surgery. Through the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR), we provide surgical consultations before birth and surgical interventions immediately after birth, continuing through infancy and into young adulthood.
Our team cares for patients with:
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Brain tumors
- Cerebral cysts
- Cerebral palsy
- Chiari malformation
- Craniofacial conditions
- Craniosynostosis
- Hydrocephalus
- Seizures that are uncontrollable
- Spina bifida
- Spinal lipoma
- Spinal tumors
- Syringomyelia
- Tethered spinal cord
- Trauma to nerves or plexus
- Traumatic brain injury
- Traumatic spinal injury
- Vascular malformations
- Minimally invasive craniosynostosis surgery
- Surgical management (selective dorsal rhizotomy) of spastic diplegic and quadriplegic patients
- Endoscopic surgeries to cure hydrocephalus without shunts
- Endoscopic brain tumor surgery
- Minimally invasive interstitial laser ablation for tumors and seizures
- Narrow corridor interfascicular subcortical surgical techniques
- ROSA robotic epilepsy surgery and electrode placement
Education
Trainees in the residency program spend up to six months at CHoR, typically during PGY‑3, rotating on the clinical service and leading the pediatric neurosurgery inpatient service.
Training and service opportunities abroad
Optional mission trips provide hands-on pediatric experience, treating children with complex congenital conditions while building skills and compassion.
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