Tadanori Tomita, MD

Division Head, Neurosurgery; Medical Director, Falk Brain Tumor Center; Yeager Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Co-director, Falk Brain Tumor Center; Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Laboratory, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute

Languages: Japanese

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Brain tumors, brain and spinal cord defects, head trauma, hydrocephalus, skull deformity, brain cysts, neuro-endoscopy and vascular malformation

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Pediatric Neurosurgery >

Programs & Conditions:

Brain Tumor Program >

Education & Training

Education: Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan, 1970

Postgraduate Training: Residency in general surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1980-1981; Residency in neurosurgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 1974-1980

Board Certifications: Neurological Surgery

Research

Research Interests: Acute care surgery; brain tumors; cancer: brain and nervous system; congenital malformations; head trauma; hydrocephalus; neuro-Oncology; neuroscience; neurosurgery; pediatric neurology; pediatrics; radiosurgery; spinal cord tumors; spinal tumors

Publications

Most recent publications

Scalp Arteriovenous Malformation, "Cirsoid Aneurysm" in Adolescence: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature World Neurosurg
Primary Central Nervous System Malignant Melanoma in Children: A Case Series and Review of the Literature J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
Chiari type I malformation of infants and toddlers Childs Nerv Syst 34 (6): 1169-1176
Inhibition of polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4): a new therapeutic option for rhabdoid tumors and pediatric medulloblastoma Oncotarget 8 (67): 111190-111212
In memory of Professor Satoshi Matsumoto Childs Nerv Syst 34 (1): 7-10
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children with a fiber optic neuroendoscopy Childs Nerv Syst 34 (5): 837-844
The polo-like kinase 4 gene (PLK4) is overexpressed in pediatric medulloblastoma Childs Nerv Syst 33 (7): 1031
Detection of Histone H3 mutations in cerebrospinal fluid-derived tumor DNA from children with diffuse midline glioma Acta Neuropathol Commun 5 (1): 28
A functional screening of the kinome identifies the Polo-like kinase 4 as a potential therapeutic target for malignant rhabdoid tumors, and possibly, other embryonal tumors of the brain Pediatr Blood Cancer 64 (11):
Therapeutic Potential for Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 in Human Malignant Glioma Neoplasia 19 (4): 261-270

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News

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Promising Target for Treating Brain Tumors in Children

New Potential Treatment for Aggressive Brain Cancer in Children

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