Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals for pediatric neurology and neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report, our pediatric neurosurgeons deliver advanced neurosurgical care and the latest neurosurgery procedures. The Akron Children’s neurosurgery team is committed to a compassionate, family-centered approach, ensuring every child’s unique neurologic and developmental needs are fully supported.
Learn more...Department: 330-543-2778
About Neurosurgery
We provide surgical treatment for diseases affecting the brain, spinal cord and nerves in infants, children, teens and young adults. This includes procedures for intractable epilepsy, brain and spine tumors, trauma involving the central nervous system, congenital brain and spine malformations, and cerebrovascular anomalies.
In addition to our specialized skill and training, the Akron Children’s neurosurgery team uses the most advanced technology to ensure the safest and highest quality care, including ROSA, a robotic assistant that allows us to perform procedures more quickly, and with greater accuracy. ROSA also aids in minimally invasive implantation of electrodes into the brain to provide in-depth monitoring of electrical activity in children with seizures.
Children diagnosed with brain or spinal cord injuries and diseases may also require care for widespread developmental effects. That's why we work closely with pediatric neurologists, pediatric epileptologists, neuropsychologists, physiatrists and developmental and behavioral pediatricians to offer the long and short-term care needed to provide the best possible outcome for your child.
Neurosurgery
Akron Children's Pediatric NeurosurgeryConsidine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 4
Akron, Ohio 44308
Fax: 330-543-8054
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Appointments: 330-543-2778
Department: 330-543-8050
Neurosurgery, Beachwood
Akron Children's Pediatric Neurosurgery, BeachwoodAkron Children's Health Center, Beachwood
3733 Park East Drive
Suite 230
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
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Hours
Monday : 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday : 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday : 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday : 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday : 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Hours vary by provider and location. Please schedule online or call to make an appointment.
Appointments: 330-543-6040
Accepting new patients
Tsulee Chen, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery; Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery; Bruce F. Rothmann, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery; Surgical Enterprise Quality Officer; Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Accepting new patients
Shawnelle Contini, MSHS, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient NeuroDevelopmental Science Center
Amanda Delaratta, MSN, APRN-CNP
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient NeuroDevelopmental Science Center
Christina Fox-Akers, MSN, APRN-CNP
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient NeuroDevelopmental Science Center
Accepting new patients
Kelly Wiseman, PA-C
Co-Director, Summer Pediatric Research Scholars Program; Physician Assistant
Programs and Clinics
- Clinics:
- Brain Tumor Program
- Epilepsy Program
Conditions and Treatments:
Arteriovenous malformations, craniofacial reconstruction, dysraphism, epilepsy, head and spine trauma, hydrocephalus, spasticity, spina bifida, spinal abnormalities, spinal cord malformations, brain tumor, aneurysms, anomalies of cortical development, arachnoid cyst, arachnoid granulation, arteriovenous malformations, astrocytoma, brachial plexus injury, brachycephaly, brain abscess, brain and spinal cord tumors, cerebral palsy, chiari malformation, craniofacial anomalies, craniopharyngiomas, craniosynostosis, crouzon syndrome, crouzonodermoskeletal syndrome, Dandy-Walker Syndrome, encephalocele, ependymoma, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, hypoxic-encephalopathy, medulloblastoma, Muenke Syndrome, muscle spasticity, myelomeningocele, neural tube defects, neuroblastoma, neurofibromatosis, oligodendrogliomas, pineoblastomas, seizures, spina bifida
