Tadanori Tomita, MD

Division Head, Neurosurgery; Medical Director, Falk Brain Tumor Center; Yeager Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation

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:

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

Research Areas:

Tomita/Neurosurgery Laboratory

Publications

Most recent publications

Resection of an Embolized Cirsoid Aneurysm With Intracranial Venous Drainage: 2-Dimensional Operative Video Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown)16 (3): E94
Erythropoietin-mediated activation of aquaporin-4 channel for the treatment of experimental hydrocephalus Childs Nerv Syst34 (11): 2195-2202
Scalp Arteriovenous Malformation, "Cirsoid Aneurysm" in Adolescence: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature World Neurosurg
Scalp Arteriovenous Malformation (Cirsoid Aneurysm) in Adolescence: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature World Neurosurg116e1042-e1046
Prospective feasibility and safety assessment of surgical biopsy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma Neuro Oncol20 (11): 1547-1555
Primary Central Nervous System Malignant Melanoma in Children: A Case Series and Review of the Literature J Pediatr Hematol Oncol40 (8): 616-619
Chiari type I malformation of infants and toddlers Childs Nerv Syst34 (6): 1169-1176
Inhibition of polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4): a new therapeutic option for rhabdoid tumors and pediatric medulloblastoma Oncotarget8 (67): 111190-111212
In memory of Professor Satoshi Matsumoto Childs Nerv Syst34 (1): 7-10
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children with a fiber optic neuroendoscopy Childs Nerv Syst34 (5): 837-844

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