Miami Pediatric Neurosurgery

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 🦃🍁

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.

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