Our Team
A global society of neurosurgeons advancing care through education, collaboration, and innovation.
Society for Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology
Founding Members
Paul Klimo, Jr, MD
Affiliations
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
University of Tennessee, Dept. of Neurosurgery
Toba N. Niazi, MD
Affiliations
Chief, Section of Neurosurgery Director
Division of Neurosurgery Co-Medical Director
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Brain Institute Medical Director
Neuro-Oncology Surgical Services Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Lissa C. Baird, MD
Affiliations
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Fellows Family Chair in Neurosurgery
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center
Boston Children’s Hospital
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Guillermo Aldave, MD, PhD
Affiliations
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Co-Director of Skull Base Program
Associate Chief of Neurosurgery Texas Children’s Hospital.
Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Society for Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology
Foundational Members
Jignesh Tailor, MD, PhD
Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Riley Hospital for Children
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research
Associate Member
Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Full Member
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Division
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department
Indiana University School of Medicine
David Hersch, MD
Affiliations
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Connecticut Children’s
UConn School of Medicine
Nir Shimony, MD
Affiliations
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Health Science Center, University of Tennessee
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University (adjunct)
Semmes-Murphey Clinic
Jorge A. Lee Diaz, MD
Affiliations
Associate Professor of Radiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Pediatric Neuroradiologist
Division of Neuroradiology
MRI Safety Physician
Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN
James M. Johnston, Jr, MD
Affiliations
Division Director, Dan L. Hendley Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
UAB/Children’s of Alabama
Peter Madsen, MD
Affiliations
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics (Oncology)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Todd C. Hankinson, MD
Affiliations
McMurray Seebaum Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Division Head, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Samer K. Elbabaa, MD
Affiliations
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
President, Orlando Health Children’s Neuroscience Institute
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Orlando, Florida
Eric M. Thompson, MD
Affiliations
Professor of Neurosurgery
T.S. Park, MD, Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery Chief Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Co-Director of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program Washington University in St. Louis
Mohamed El Beltagy, MD, PhD
Affiliations
Professor of Neurosurgery, Cairo University, Egypt.
Chief Neurosurgeon , Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE, 57357).
MD Neurosurgery, Cairo University, Egypt.
MD Neurosurgery, Zurich University, Switzerland
European board of Neurosurgery
Fellow of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Vice president of Egyptian society of Neurosurgery (ESNS)
Kristian Aquilina, MD
Affiliations
Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Society for Pediatric Neurosurgical Oncology