TadanoriTomitaMD
Neurosurgery • Chicago, ILPediatric Neurosurgery
Professor and Chairman, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Office
225 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-227-4220
Clinical Expertise
- Neurosurgical oncology, Pediatric neurosurgery, Cerebrovascular disease, Stereotactic and functional surgery, Primary brain tumors, Hydrocephalus, Congenital malformations, Intracranial arteriovenous malformations, Arnold-Chiari malformation, Spinal dysraphism, Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, Cerebral angiography, Spinal cord neoplasms
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1980 - 1981
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1974 - 1980
Kobe Univ- Fac MedClass of 1970
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 1981 - 2026
MI State Medical License 1980 - 2020
FL State Medical License 1989 - 2000- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow International College of Surgeon
- Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006-2017
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Clinical Trials
- A Phase I/II Study of the Photon Radiosurgery System Start of enrollment: 2001 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 50 citationsEpigenomic analysis of Alu repeats in human ependymomasHehuang Xie, Min Wang, Maria de Fatima Bonaldo, Veena Rajaram, Wendy Stellpflug
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2010-04-13 - 61 citationsRhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome.Simone Treiger Sredni, Tadanori Tomita
Pediatric and Developmental Pathology. 2015-01-01 - 323 citationsRecurrent somatic mutations in ACVR1 in pediatric midline high-grade astrocytomaAdam M. Fontebasso, Simon Papillon-Cavanagh, Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Hamid Nikbakht, Noha Gerges
Nature Genetics. 2014-05-01
Other
- AnencephalyTomita T, Ogiwara H
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/anencephaly
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-02-29 - HydrocephalusTomita T, Haridas A
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/hydrocephalus
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-15 - Primary (congenital) encephaloceleTomita T, Ogiwara H
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/primary-congenital-encephalocele
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-01-04
Press Mentions
Promising Target for Treating Brain Tumors in ChildrenNovember 27th, 2017
We Felt Alone After Our Son's Rare Medical Diagnosis. Then We Found Thousands of FriendsOctober 13th, 2017
Message from Dr TomitaMay 25th, 2017- Join now to see all
Committees
- Member, ISPN Excecutive Committee 2001 - Present
Research History
- Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery Research2001 - Present
- Director, Falk Brain Tumor Center1987 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Japanese
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