Pediatric Neurotrauma Lab

Children's attendees at 18th Annual World Congress of Neurosurgery Conference in Cape Town #SouthAfrica 🌍! @GlobalNeuroSurg @WFNSHQ Dr.@AliAlawiehmdphd, Dr. Kevin Wang, Dr. @AndrewReisner2, Dr. Jim Johnson @uabmedicine, Dr. @LBlackwellPhD, and Dr. @LepardJacob! 🧠🌟🥼🔬

Happy Halloween from all of us within pediatric neurosurgery @childrensatl 💚👻🎃🦫 #forthekids #happyhalloween

The #Neurosurgery team at Scottish Rite this week💪🏼🧠⭐️

Thank you to our @EmoryNeurosurg residents who work super hard to take care of our patients.

Happy #CincoDeMayo from the #Neurosurgery department! 🎊 We had an office potluck this afternoon to celebrate!

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Please welcome our Fellow, Dr. Chesney Oravec to Neurosurgery at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Over the next 12 months she will be exposed to a large volume of operative cases to gain experience that allows for the evaluation of different approaches to patient management.

Dr. @AndrewReisner2 is back at it ! He recently attended the Global #Neuro Course in Surabaya, #Indonesia!

Dr. Lepard presenting at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric #Neurosurgery in Lyon, #France! ✈️🧠🎉

Awesome news out of Lyon, France where Dr. Lepard is attending the Annual Meeting of the International Society for #PediatricNeurosurgery! Dr. Lepard’s presentation about blood based #TBI #biomarkers has been awarded “Best Platform”! Congratulations 👏🏻🎉🧠

Dr. Reisner spent some time in Peru last week presenting with multiple organizations including Congreso Peruano Neurocirugía, FLANC and ICRAN! After some hard work, he was able to visit Machu Picchu! 🎉🧠

🏅We are thrilled to announce Dr. Susan Palasis as the 2026 ASPNR Gold Medal Award Recipient! Dr. Palasis’s visionary leadership and dedication to advancing pediatric neuroradiology — including launching the Society’s first Annual Scientific Meeting in 2019 — have transformed ASPNR into a global leader in education and research. 🌍💫 ✨ Join us during the ASPNR 2026 Annual Meeting to celebrate Dr. Palasis at the Gold Medal Award Ceremony! #ASPNR26 #GoldMedalAward #PediatricNeuroradiology

🔍 Our very own Dr. Lepard led a study on nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis reveals disparities in access to minimally invasive surgery among non-White, non-English speaking, and socioeconomically disadvantaged children.

In the most recent NSQIP ped data, Neurosurgery scored "exceptional" in shunt infection and unplanned readmissions! Appreciate Dr. Iyer and Dr. Santore, our system quality directors, and their teams!

Check out our staff celebrating a belated St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ with a chicken and waffles potluck! #HappyStPartricksDay

Holland returned years later to work at our neurosurgery clinic where she was once a patient. Today, she serves as a specialty scheduler—working alongside the very doctors who saved her life.

she was able to regain full feeling and function on the right side of her body and relearn everyday skills like walking, brushing her teeth and tying her shoes. Inspired by the care she received here at Children's,

This #NationalBrainInjuryAwarenessMonth marks 11 years since Holland's life-saving brain surgery. After suffering a concussion in middle school, Holland had an MRI at Children’s that revealed a small benign brain tumor. A few years later when it started to grow, two of

Concussions are more common than many of us think. In our latest #podcast episode, two parents share their stories, and we hear from Dr. Andrew Reisner (@AndrewReisner2) and Dr. Ashley Brouillette on what to know and what to do. Listen here: lnk.to/hope-and-will. #concussions

Exciting news: A recent pilot study, led by our very own Dr. Andrew Reisner and team, showed evidence for a blood indicator in kids who may have worse #COVID19 and MIS-C symptoms than others.

Dr. @AndrewReisner2 represented Children’s at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology (ICRAN) 2024. As Chair of the Neurotrauma Committee at @WFNSHQ, Dr. Reisner helped make this event a success for over 400 participants!