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Brain Tumor Surgery on 8-year-old Antonia
Watch this nine-minute video about Antonia’s brain surgery performed by Dr. Jeffrey G. Ojemann at Children’s.
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Q&A with Samuel R. Browd, MD, PhD
What’s best about working at Children’s?
Going to work every day with the idea that you can hopefully fix a problem that has brought a child into the hospital is exciting and never gets old.
Children’s Neurosurgery Division provides surgical services to children with conditions affecting the central nervous system. Our surgical team works closely with Children’s medical and surgical specialists to provide comprehensive neurological surgery care.
In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked Children's Neurosurgery program 8th best in the country.
Our neurosurgeons perform challenging, highly-technical surgeries using state-of-the-art equipment and the most advanced surgical techniques. Our doctors are experts at treating hydrocephalus, epilepsy, brain and spinal cord tumors, vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord, and congenital defects of the brain.
As a national referral center for children with Chiari malformations and craniosynostosis, we treat patients from all over the United States.
The division is part of the Department of Surgery at Children’s and the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington.
Epilepsy
Two post-operation images showing where scar tissue has been removed.
Children’s has a very active epilepsy surgery program. We operate on about 40 patients with epilepsy each year, using the most up-to-date technology and science, to find and remove the focus of epilepsy.
Children’s is part of the University of Washington Regional Epilepsy Center.
Learn more about epilepsy and epilepsy research.
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
Children’s is the largest pediatric brain tumor center in the Northwest and one of the busiest in the United States. We operate on about 70 to 80 children with these tumors each year, using the most up-to-date surgical procedures and equipment.
The National Cancer Institute chose Children’s Hospital as one of only 10 places in the nation to take part in the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC). The PBTC studies new methods to diagnose and treat brain tumors in children.
We work very closely with doctors in the Neuro-oncology Clinic who care for some of our patients and their families after surgery. This partnership continues throughout the child’s tumor treatment.
Learn more about brain and spinal cord tumors.
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus
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Our team performs about 200 surgeries a year for hydrocephalus.
We follow all our patients for a number of years because many need several operations for their hydrocephalus during childhood.
Learn more about hydrocephalus and hydrocephalus research.