Meet the Team
Meet the Neurosurgery Team
Director
Francesco T. Mangano, DO, FACS, FAAP, FACOS
Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
Research Interests
Advanced MRI imaging techniques in children with congenital hydrocephalus.
Faculty
Karin Bierbrauer, MD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Head injury; biomedical informatics
Research Interests
Developmental neurobiology; transcriptional control of neural cell subtype specification; neuronal circuit formation
Steven A. Crone, PhD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
Research Interests
Neural circuits that control breathing; airway protection; spinal cord injury; neurodegenerative disease; sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Research Interests
Pediatric hydrocephalus; genetic basis of hydrocephalus; cellular basis of hydrocephalus; ependymal cell biology; choroid plexus and cerebrospinal...
Research Interests
Spina bifida; transitional care; fetal neurosurgery; neuro-oncology; pediatric skull base surgery
Jesse Skoch, MD, FAANS, FACS
Associate Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
Research Interests
Epilepsy; optical imaging; biomedical engineering; hydrocephalus
Charles B. Stevenson, MD, FAANS, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
Research Interests
Neuro-oncology; epilepsy; spasticity
Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO
Associate Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
Research Interests
Stem cells; neurogenesis; modulation of cytokine activity
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