What pediatric neurosurgery conditions do we treat?
The Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta neurosurgery team has experience with neurosurgical conditions ranging from the most common to extremely rare. Our multidisciplinary team treats infants, children and teens, and we are trained to understand their physical and emotional needs.Specific conditions we treat include:
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Benign subdural hygromas
- Brain abscesses and tumors
- Chiari malformation
- Concussions
- Congenital brain abnormalities
- Craniosynostosis and associated cranial abnormalities
- Epilepsy and seizure disorders
- Head Injury
- Hydrocephalus
- Intraventricular hemorrhage
- Large head (macrocephaly)
- Moyamoya disease
- Skull fractures
- Traumatic brain injury
- Back pain
- Congenital spine abnormalities
- Craniocervical junction disorders
- Encephalocele
- Herniated disc
- Intraventricular hemorrhage
- Lipomyelomeningocele
- Meningitis
- Myelodysplasia
- Spina bifida (myelomeningocele)
- Spinal cord abscesses and tumors
- Spinal degeneration
- Spinal injuries (congenital and acquired spine fractures and anomalies)
- Spondylolisthesis
- Syringomyelia
- Tethered spinal cord
- Cerebral palsy
- Hyperhidrosis (sweating disorder)
- Meningitis
- Neurocutaneous syndrome
- Spasticity
- Stroke
- Tumors of the nervous system
- Vascular diseases spinal cord
- Vascular diseases of the brain
Our pediatric neurosurgery team works with other specialists throughout Children’s to provide comprehensive, effective care for each patient. Treatment is tailored for your child’s needs, and we work with you at every stage so you know what to expect. Our team of specialists combines the latest diagnostic, treatment and neuroimaging technology with a caring, child-friendly approach to deliver unique treatment options based on each child’s condition and needs.
In addition, our Neurosurgery Program offers many multispecialty clinics for patients who need to see several specialists. These clinics improve the patient experience and allow families easier access to the specialized, coordinated, multidisciplinary care their children need.
Our cutting-edge pediatric neurosurgery equipment
At Children’s, we understand that operating on a child or teen is different from operating on an adult. Our skilled team of neurosurgeons is pediatric trained and fully equipped to diagnose, treat and support your child. Additionally, we use specialized, cutting-edge equipment and techniques tailored to provide the care kids need to thrive. These include:
- CO2 laser
- YAG laser
- Neuro-endoscopy
- Intra-operative image guidance system for frameless stereotactic surgery
- Intra-operative MRI (iMRI)
- Microsurgery equipment
- Ultrasonography and ultrasonic tissue aspirator
- Gamma knife for brain tumor and arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Interventional neuroradiology for AVM/vascular abnormalities
- Intracranial pressure monitoring and continuous cerebral oximetry for head injuries
- Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy
- Robotic-assisted steretotactic EEG (SEEG)
- Laser ablations
- Responsive neurostimulation (RNS) and vagal nerve stimulator (VNS)
Our Comprehensive Programs
We work to support your whole family while your child is in our care—and after she goes home.
We have one of the largest pediatric neurosurgery teams in the country. Our neurosurgeons are board eligible in neurosurgery and pediatrics, which means they completed additional training in order to care for pediatric patients. We are actively involved in research that we hope will lead to cures for pediatric diseases and are highly focused on the needs of children with diseases of the spine, brain and nervous system. Our Neurosurgery Program is led by Joshua J. Chern, MD, PhD, Division Chief of Neurosurgery.
- William Boydston, MD, PhD, MD, PhD, Neurosurgeon
- Barunashish Brahma, MD, Medical Director, Neuro Spine Care
- Joshua J. Chern, MD, PhD, Division Chief of Neurosurgery
- Jacob Lepard, MD
- Nealen Lexpati, MD
- Andrew Reisner, MD, Elaine & John C. Carlos Chair for Neuro Trauma; Medical Director, Concussion Program, Neuro Trauma
- Michael Sawvel, DO, OR Committee
- David Wrubel, MD, Program Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship; Surgery Director, Egleston Hospital
Andrew Reisner, MD, has been appointed chairman of the Neurotraumatology Committee for the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). WFNS represents more than 30,000 neurosurgeons worldwide and works with its member societies to improve worldwide neurological care, training and research.
About Dr. ReisnerArthur M. Blank Hospital
2220 N Druid Hills Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Scottish Rite Hospital
1001 Johnson Ferry Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
Medical Office Building at Children's Scottish Rite Hospital
5461 Meridian Mark Road NE, Suite 520
Atlanta, GA 30342
Athens
In Resource Medical Center
1500 Oglethorpe Ave., Building 600EF
Athens, GA 30606
In Regional Pediatric Center
705 17th St., Suite 406
Columbus, GA 31901
Thomasville
In Archbold Specialty Clinic
100 Mimosa Drive
Thomasville, GA 31792
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