Rady Children’s Hospital is home to one of the nation’s top-ranked divisions of pediatric neurology and neurosurgery, providing expert diagnosis and treatment for infants, children and adolescents with conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord and neuromuscular system. The program’s multidisciplinary team delivers compassionate, state-of-the-art care for both common and complex neurological disorders, often serving families who have limited treatment options elsewhere. The program features a level 4 comprehensive epilepsy center, a tuberous sclerosis complex clinic designated by the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, and one of the few pediatric movement disorder and mitochondrial medicine centers in the country. The program’s specialists use the latest innovations, including transcranial magnetic stimulation, genome sequencing, Visualase laser ablation and the ROSA surgical robot for minimally invasive pediatric epilepsy surgery. The division is deeply engaged in clinical research and precision medicine, offering access to groundbreaking therapies and international registries such as the Batten disease precision therapeutics program and the neurotransmitter-related disorders registry. Rady Children’s performs more than 600 pediatric neurosurgeries annually, and remains a leader in training future specialists.
