Pediatric Disorders of the Brain & Spine

Montefiore Einstein is recognized as an international referral site for complex pediatric neurological cases. We are among the highest-performing centers in the nation for neurology and neurosurgery, and our children’s hospital (CHAM) is recognized as one of the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report. At the Comprehensive Brain Health Center, our interdisciplinary team of pediatric epileptologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, CHAM pediatric subspecialists, neuro-geneticists, neurophysiologists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, and neuropathologists diagnose and treat children using a dynamic team-based approach that includes the most advanced and emerging diagnostic and treatment modalities, and associated technological innovations.

Virtually everything happening in child neurology worldwide is linked back to our seminal influence. Montefiore Einstein is among the first institutions worldwide to offer revolutionary advances in gene therapy that have transformed the neurological functioning and survival of infants and children who previously carried the bleakest diagnoses possible.

Our unique legacy continues to encompass a singular dedication to alleviating the suffering of patients and families often stigmatized by disorders of unknown provenance and unusual behaviors. From the founding of our Department and Division of Child Neurology, we have always enlisted the aid of talented and visionary scientists, inventors and clinicians, not traditionally found in academic health systems, to seek to understand normal and pathological processes of the developing brain and its lifelong trajectory when no previous template for discovery was available.

Montefiore Einstein is therefore internationally recognized for developing unique treatments for epilepsy, pediatric neuromuscular disorders, pediatric communication disorders–including autism spectrum disorders and Rett Syndrome—pediatric language disorders, speech and hearing impairments, neurocutaneous disorders, and a range of other common and rare pediatric neurological disorders. 

Our specialists utilize state-of-the-art imaging technology and have been involved in the development of computer-based technologies now commonly used throughout the world to guide surgery for children with nervous system disorders. As leaders in the management of craniofacial abnormalities, our team utilizes 3D modeling and intraoperative CT (computed tomography) scanning to understand a patient’s deformity and design and execute the correction plan surgically. We were the first to publish on advanced techniques of coupling pre-surgical reconstruction plans with intraoperative CT imaging of the skull. We have also achieved international recognition as a center of excellence in the management of conjoined twins as well as myelomeningocele. Our team of experts utilizes the most advanced surgical approaches available today, including open, minimally invasive, robotically assisted and endoscopic surgery, multispecialty surgery, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, and computer-assisted surgery.

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914-457-4130