Stanford Pediatric Neurosurgery
Stanford Medicine’s Pediatric Neurosurgery Program offers comprehensive care for the full range of brain, spine, peripheral nerve, and craniofacial disorders in children and adolescents.
Our clinical subspecialty expertise includes:
- Fetal myelomeningocele surgery
- Pediatric cerebrovascular neurosurgery
- Pediatric skull base surgery
- Pediatric spine conditions
- Pediatric brain tumors
Our multidisciplinary clinics:
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is ranked #11 in the nation for Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery by U.S. News and World Report.
Family-focused care
Our program has a national reputation for delivering the highest standard of family-focused care, including access to pediatric therapists, on-site child education, and recreation therapy offerings.
Brain tumor expertise
We are a leader in clinical research for pediatric brain tumors. Stanford was the first to develop an immunotherapy treatment using CAR-T cells for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a deadly pediatric brain cancer.
Advancing research and technology
Our team operates in one of the most advanced surgical facilities in the country. Using minimally invasive and innovative surgical techniques, we improve diagnosis, reduce recovery time, and improve our patients’ quality of life after treatment. We use virtual and augmented reality to maximize the child experience as well as to enhance education, training, and surgical planning.
Pediatric Neurosurgery News
– Stanford Medicine Children’s HealthAn All-Female Team at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Shaping the Future of Neurosurgery
When Kelly Mahaney, MD, began training to be a neurosurgeon, she was the only woman in her department. Now, she's part of an all-female team.
– Stanford Medicine Children's HealthBaby Toddling On After Surgery for Craniosynostosis
The craniosynostosis team is made up of multiple pediatric specialists including neurosurgeons and plastic surgeons. Dr. Kelly Mahaney is featured in this article.
– Healthier, Happy Lives BlogWomen’s History Month: Go After Your Calling
To celebrate Women's History Month, Irogue Igbinosa, MD, Kelly Mahaney, MD, and Hayley Gans, MD, explain how they found their calling.
– Healthier, Happy Lives BlogThe Hit That Saved His Life
Parents to then 3-year-old Carter could never have known that a bump to his head during T-ball would lead to an unexpected discovery—a rare brain tumor.
– Healthier, Happy Lives BlogSnapshot Reveals Rare Skull Condition in Toddler - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Blog
Six major cranial sutures connect five large bones that come together at the top and sides of the skull. With craniosynostosis, babies can have a single suture that closes early, or multiple sutures that close early, restricting skull growth in the area of the prematurely closed suture and putting pressure on the brain.
Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Our pediatric neurosurgery team provides critical care for infants, children and adolescents living with the full range of brain, spine, nerve and craniofacial disorders
Using Tractography
Our pediatric neurosurgeons are now using patient-specific tractography for epilepsy patients. Using these recordings surgeons can precisely map an individual child's seizure network to design a tailored surgical approach. We are one of the first pediatric centers to utilize the Synaptive surgical planning and robotic platform, bringing together structural, functional, and connectomic imaging in an effort to understand these networks pre-operatively, making epilepsy surgery safer and more effective.
Concussion Center
The Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center brings together experts in pediatric neurosurgery and pediatric emergency medicine to provide clinical care and conduct research, with the goal of advancing diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injury in children.