NSGR - Advancing Pediatric Hydrocephalus Treatment Through Understanding CSF Circulation
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds Visiting Professor
**In-Person**
Mel Cohen Conference Center
Phoenix Children’s
1920 E. Cambridge Ave., Phoenix
Hot breakfast will be served
Please plan on attending in-person
Virtual attendance is available for those offsite
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the pathophysiology of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and the role of iron.
- Describe the clinical characteristics and imaging features associated with development of hydrocephalus in patients with myelomeningocele.
About the presenter:
Jennifer M. Strahle, MD
Appoline Blair Professor of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Neuro Spine Program
Director, Pediatric Cerebrovascular Surgery
Jennifer Strahle, MD, is the Appoline Blair Professor in Pediatric Neurosurgery at WashU Medicine. She also directs the Pediatric Neuro Spine Program and the Pediatric Cerebrovascular Surgery Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Strahle grew up in New Jersey and attended Bates College as an undergraduate, where she double majored in neuroscience and biochemistry. After college, Dr. Strahle trained as an MD student at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Strahle completed her Neurosurgery residency at the University of Michigan and moved to St. Louis for a Pediatric Neurosurgery fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
In 2016, Dr. Strahle joined the WashU Medicine faculty. In addition to providing general neurosurgical care, she has developed St. Louis Children’s Hospital into a referral center for fetoscopic fetal myelomeningocele repair, where she performs closure for unborn babies with spinal cord defects in concert with a large, multidisciplinary team. Dr. Strahle’s research has broadly focused on Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics, hydrocephalus, and pathology of the developing central nervous system. She has developed a worldwide reputation for her work on CSF fluid flow, having established collaborative scientific relationships with investigators across the U.S. and Europe. She is also a member and site Principal Investigator for the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN), the premier clinical consortium focused on pediatric hydrocephalus, one of the most important clinical conditions treated by pediatric neurosurgeons.
Since 2021, Dr. Strahle has directed the Pediatric Neurosurgery fellowship program at WashU Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She has consistently recruited outstanding fellows and has thoughtfully cultivated a rich training environment for not just fellows, but residents and medical students, as well. Most importantly, she has served as a mentor and a shining example for how to balance a clinical practice and research lab, while still being an inspiration to many trainees.