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Department of Neurosurgery

Houston, Texas

Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
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Thomas G. Luerssen, M.D., FACS, FAAP

Professor
Chief of Service, Texas Children’s Hospital

Board Certification
American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1985
American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1996; Recertified 2005

Medical School
Indiana University School of Medicine

Internship
Indiana University Medical Center

Residency
Indiana University Medical Center

Fellowship
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

Awards and Honors
Past President, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
Past Chair, Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery, AANS and CNS
Who’s Who in America
America’s Top Doctors

Primary Neurosurgical Interests
Clinical: Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, Critical Care, Cranial and Craniofacial reconstruction, tethered spinal cord

Research: Injury outcomes, Management of elevated intracranial pressure, Occult tethered cord syndromes

Professional Associations
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery, AANS and CNS
Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care, AANS and CNS
Society of Neurological Surgeons

Contact Information
Clinic Address
Texas Children’s Hospital
Clinical Care Center
9th Floor
6621 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030

Mailing Address
Pediatric Neurosurgery Service
Clinical Care Center, Suite 1230
6621 Fannin Street, MC CCC 1230.10
Houston, TX 77030-2399
Phone: 832-822-3950
FAX: 713-796-9636

Selected Publications

Metcalfe PD, Luerssen TG, King SJ, Kaefer MA, Meldrum KK, Cain MP, Rink RC, Casale AJ: Treatment of the Occult Tethered Spinal Cord for Neuropathic Bladder: Results of Sectioning of the Filum Terminale. J Urology 176: 1826-1830, 2006

Luerssen TG: “Central Nervous System Injuries” in Grosfeld JL, O’Neill, JA, Coran AG, Fonkasrud EW (eds.) Pediatric Surgery, 6th Edition, Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2006

van Aalst JA, Luerssen TG, Whitehead WE, Havlik RJ: “Keystone Approach for Intracranial Nasofrontal Dermoid Sinuses” Plast Reconstr Surg 116:13-19, 2005

Clifton GL, Miller ER, Choi SC, Levin HR, McCauley S, Smith KR, Muizelaar JP, Marion DW, LuerssenTG: Hypothermia on Admission in Patients with Severe Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 19: 293-301, 2002

Luerssen TG, Klauber MR, Marshall LF: "Outcome From Head Injury Related to Patients Age. A Longitudinal Prospective Study of Adult and Pediatric Head Injury". J Neurosurg 68: 409-416, 1988.