Children’s Minnesota’s department of neurosurgery hosts a team of 17 pediatric neurosurgeons, physicians, radiologists and other specialists who perform 500-plus neurosurgeries annually. The department offers treatment for more than 25 complex conditions including brain and spinal cord tumors, hydrocephalus, and intracranial hypertension, and includes advanced imaging using Alpha CT technology, iMRI, interventional neuroradiology, stereoelectroencephalography, mobile scanning for high-resolution CT images, advanced brain mapping for patients with epilepsy and brain tumors, and minimally invasive neurosurgery techniques such as laser interstitial thermal therapy. Additionally, Children’s Minnesota is home to one of the largest pediatric epilepsy centers in the nation and is the only pediatric Level 4 Epilepsy Center in Minnesota.
