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Pediatric Neurosurgery Program
Overview
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The multifaceted UCLA Pediatric Neurosurgery Program provides comprehensive services to children suffering from diseases that affect the developing brain and spinal cord.
We treat children with Chiari malformation, epilepsy, brain tumors, hydrocephalus, neurovascular disorders, spina bifida, tethered cord and craniofacial malformations.
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Our faculty has developed effective and less invasive surgical techniques for treating Pediatric Epilepsy and the many presentations of Chiari type I.
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Dr. Nakano is leading a ground breaking work in the biology of Neuronal Stem Cells.
- Our faculty has directed 20 surgical teaching/relief efforts in diverse countries. We shared our expertise in treating congenital malformations of the brain and spine with colleagues from China, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, and Rumania. All our patients were children without resources or abandoned.International work designed to improve the lives of children in other countries.
We strive to protect our patient's dreams. Having followed this philosophy for 20 years, we can look back at our patients and be proud of their achievements in life. We measure our success by high school diplomas, bar mitzvahs, holy communions, and track and field awards.
All those magnificent children, many of them adult now, give us confidence and inspiration to continue looking for new ways to improve the quality of life of every child who is our patient.
Recent Developments
- We are pioneering nantechnology in collaboration with the Department of Melecular and Medical Pharmacology into the study of Pediatric Brain Tumor.
- In October 2007 a UCLA team returned to Shanghai Children's Medical Center to work with local neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses to provide volunteer medical care to 10 infants and children who came to Shanghai from orphanages and foster homes all over China. We had the pleasure of seeing some of the children treated in the past years.
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