Dr. Kahle is the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Harvard Center for Hydrocephalus and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (HAND). He is a board-certified pediatric neurosurgeon, with experience in a broad range of pediatric neurosurgical disorders including brain and spinal cord tumors and cysts, all types of hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, spina bifida, vascular malformations, and others. He also treats these conditions in transitional age patients and adults, providing continuity of care across the age spectrum. He is highly skilled in both open and endoscopic/minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques.
Dr. Kahle is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and a member of numerous medical organizations, including the AANS, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN), and the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ISPN).
Dr. Kahle graduated cum laude from the University of Chicago in 1999 with degrees in Biology and Philosophy. He received his M.D. from Yale School of Medicine in 2007, where he also received his Ph.D. working in the laboratory of human geneticist Richard Lifton. He completed his neurosurgery residency training at MGH in 2014, as well as a post-doctoral research fellowship at Harvard University with co-mentors Stephen Elledge and David Clapham. He completed a clinical pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he was Shellito staff associate and Instructor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kahle returned to New Haven to join the Yale School of Medicine faculty, where he was Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, and Director of Neonatal and Congenital Anomaly Neurosurgery from 2016-2021.
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Mass General Neurosurgery
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Dr. Kahle’s NIH-funded lab at Harvard is focused on elucidating the human genetics and molecular mechanisms of pediatric neurosurgical conditions, and translating these insights into improved care for patients. His lab has received international recognition for discovering multiple novel human disease genes, including those causing congenital hydrocephalus, vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation, moyamoya disease, and others. The lab has a particular interest and expertise in the development of the brain's ventricular system, the function of the choroid plexus epithelium, and mechanisms of cerebrospinal fluid homeostasis. His lab's findings are shifting paradigms of disease pathophysiology, and increasing precision in diagnosis, prognostication, and treatment stratification.
The doctor was excellent, answered all my questions and explained everything so I could easily understand. I had no issues with the doctor. I had a lot of issues with the time of my appointment.
The doctor gave my wife and me confidence that the surgery for my father was necessary and would have a successful outcome.
Looking forward to our appointment.
Dr. Kris was simply the best of the best, a 10 out of 10, a rarity in an American physician of any age. The fact that this gentleman was a neurosurgeon and had the compassion and the knowledge that he had, he was simply unbelievable. I was so favorably impressed with this man. I can't begin to tell you. If he is not the number one instructor in ... Read More
Dr.Kahle was very knowledgeable. He explained everything in layman's terms. He listened to what I had to say. He was very respectful. And, most importantly, he provided me with hope and encouragement.
He was very easy to talk to.
I was finally able to get solid information about my upcoming procedure .
He was very patient in listening to everything I had to say. He seemed very knowledgeable in the field that we were discussing, and I would highly recommend him. I have not seen him yet, so we'll see where it goes from there.
Dr Kristopher Kahle listened to my questions and answered them . He takes the time to understand and asks me questions as well so I feel I'm being assisted with medical issues.
Yes, Kristopher Kahle, he was a very smart doctor. Just with all the problems that I have, I just wish I had a little more time to spend with him before, you know, agreeing to surgery. That's the only issue I really have, is just I wish I had a little more time to talk and discuss things. But that's it.