Pediatric Neurosurgery

The Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery of the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville provides state-of-the-art neurosurgical care for infants, children and adolescents in Greater Jacksonville, Fla. The division provides medical services at the UF Pediatric Neurosurgery Center, Wolfson Children's Hospital and Shands Jacksonville.

The division's board-certified pediatric neurosurgeons provide surgical treatment options related to disorders of the nervous system, which includes diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

In 2005, the Lucy Gooding Charitable Foundation Trust provided the funding necessary to help establish the UF Pediatric Neurosurgery Center to help solidify a regional center for comprehensive neurosurgical care for children.

Services

The physicians of the UF Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery are dedicated to providing:

• Neurosurgical care of infants, children and adolescents
• Prenatal counseling for neurosurgical conditions
• Perinatal neurosurgery

Common conditions addressed by the division include:

• Craniosynostosis and craniofacial disorders
• Headaches and migraine
• Hydrocephalus
• Seizures (epilepsy)
• Spasticity
• Spina bifida
• Spinal cord injury
• Tumors of the nervous system