Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 331
Phone: 617-726-3801 | Fax: 617-724-7632
The Pediatric Neurosurgery service at MassGeneral Hospital for Children diagnoses and treats all neurosurgical conditions of infants, children and adolescents. The team has special expertise in the management of:
- Pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors
- Vascular problems including arteriovenous malformations, aneurysms, and moya-moya disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Head and spinal cord injuries
- Congenital anomalies of the spine and brain such as encephaloceles, Chiari malformations, syringomyelia, myelomeningoceles, spinal lipomas and tethered spinal cord
Proton Therapy
The Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital is one of only six proton therapy centers in the United States. Proton radiation therapy allows radiation to be directed to a very limited area, which reduces potential damage to adjacent, healthy tissues. This is critical in all patients, but particularly true for pediatric patients where long-term effects on growth and development must be considered very carefully.
