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Neurological Surgery (Pediatric)

OHSU Clinic: Neurological Surgery (Pediatric)

Clinic Description

OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital has two pediatric neurosurgeons and two dedicated nurse practitioners on staff who work together to provide consultation and care for patients. Division head Nathan R. Selden, M.D., Ph.D., and Daniel Guillaume, M.D. provide comprehensive pediatric neurosurgery care from infancy to adolescence.

Interdisciplinary care for complex neurosurgical diseases, in cooperation with other departments in Doernbecher Children's Hospital, OHSU Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland is provided.

Pediatric neurological surgery services are also available in Bend, Oregon.

An interdisciplinary team from neurological surgery - pediatrics and craniofacial plastic surgery treats cranial synostosis and other craniofacial disorders (including Crouzon`s and Apert`s Syndromes)
Evaluation and microsurgical therapy for Chiari malformation
Interdisciplinary care for children with brain and spinal cord tumors
Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program
Neurosurgical treatment of hydrocephalus and tethered spinal cord
Acute operative and follow-up care of pediatric brain spine and peripheral nerve injuries
Neurosurgical treatment of pediatric spasticity and movement disorders
Comprehensive pediatric intracranial epilepsy monitoring surgery to remove epileptic foci, and implantation of vagal nerve stimulators - Pediatric Epilepsy Program
Endoscopic and minimimally invasive neurosurgery for hydrocephalus and skull base lesions
Neuroendoscopy Program

Leaders in evidence-based medicine

Our physicians are national leaders in the development of evidence-based medicine in pediatric neurosurgery. The Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury were written by an interdisciplinary team of national experts based at OHSU. Drs. Selden and Guillaume have published evidence in leading journals about effective treatment strategies for Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, tethered spinal cord, spina bifida occulta, hydrocephalus, and a number of other disorders in children.



Healthcare Providers

Nathan Selden, M.D., P.h.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P.
Nathan Selden, M.D., P.h.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P.
Neurological Surgery (Pediatric)
Daniel Guillaume, M.D., M.Sc.
Daniel Guillaume, M.D., M.Sc.
Neurological Surgery (Pediatric)
Wendy Domreis, M.S., R.N., C.P.N.P.
Wendy Domreis, M.S., R.N., C.P.N.P.
Neurological Surgery (Pediatric)
Laurie Yablon, R.N., M.S., C.P.N.P.
Laurie Yablon, R.N., M.S., C.P.N.P.
Neurological Surgery (Pediatric)

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503 346-0640 or 877 346-0640

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Location

Center for Health & Healing, 8th Floor
3303 SW Bond Ave.
Portland,  OR  97239

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Insurance Information

OHSU accepts most insurance plans

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