Miami Pediatric Neurosurgery

Our upcoming Miami Peds Zoomposium is on the topic of fetal surgery, featuring Drs. Bill Whitehead (Texas Children's Hospital) and Michael Handler (Children's Hospital Colorado), moderated by Drs. Alkhoury, Elbabaa, and Heuer. We are looking forward to hearing about this state-of-the-art and exciting topic next Monday, May 24 at 5pm. Register here: https://miami.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QzB-xOimQf2kWmkjJOuBpQ

Medical student Victoria Escobar, working with Dr McCrea, presenting on the maternal social determinants of health and patient survival in babies born with encephalocele

Medical student Jamie Clarke, working with Drs Ragheb and Wang, presenting an IPDMA of the presentation, management, and outcome of intracranial aneurysms in the infantile population

Our pediatric neurosurgery fellow Dr. Mostafa Shahein presenting a 30-year overview of the comprehensive and renowned epilepsy program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, during the AANS/CNS Pediatric Section meeting last week

Great AANS/CNS Peds Section meeting last week featuring engaging sessions and interesting research. Congratulations to our fellow Dr. Mostafa Shahein and students Jamie Clarke, Victoria Escobar, and Jean-Paul Bryant on presenting their research projects!

Happy thanksgiving 🦃🍁

Dr. Heather McCrea 🙌🏻

Meet Heather McCrea, Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Heather J. McCrea, MD, PhD, specializes in the field of pediatric neurosurgery. Her neurosurgical training was completed at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She then completed specialized fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery and served as the Shillito Staff Associate at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Prior to her neurosurgical training, Dr. McCrea completed her undergraduate degree at Brown University with an ScB degree with honors in biochemistry and received her MD and PhD degrees from Yale University. Her PhD in cell biology was completed under the supervision of Dr. Pietro De Camilli, a noted cell biologist and neuroscientist and member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. During her PhD, she studied a rare genetic disorder affecting the brain, eye, and kidney.

Dr. McCrea operates on the entire range of pediatric neurosurgical conditions, but has a particular interest in pediatric brain tumors, pediatric vascular conditions including Moya Moya, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, tethered cord, and traumatic brain injury. She also has significant expertise in the use of endoscopy to treat brain and pituitary tumors, hydrocephalus, intracranial cysts, and craniosynostosis.

Dr.Niazi, Breaking the glass ceiling, paving the way for women in neurosurgery and making a difference in children’s lives 🙏

We are excited to announce the start of the Miami Global Pediatric Neurosurgery Zoomposium, an interactive virtual lecture series. Our first symposium will be Monday, November 9th from 5-6 pm EST. We will be featuring monthly lectures by leading experts within pediatric neurosurgery.

Register here: https://miami.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QzB-xOimQf2kWmkjJOuBpQ

Meet, Ana Diaz, MSN, APRN-BC, CPON, CNRN “I have 18 years of Pediatric Neuro-oncology and Neurosurgery experience. My passion and interest in Neurosurgery is brain tumors. Serving a pivotal role as the neuro-oncology NP in our amazing Neuro-Onc program providing education as well as supporting our courageous patients and families through their diagnosis, post surgical recovery, treatment, and long-term survival is truly a professional honor. It is not an ordinary job to me but a prestige to be part of an amazing Neurosurgical team that our only goal is improve the lives of children in all areas of their complex neurosurgical diagnosis "

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