About this presenter:
Krystal L. Tomei, MD, MPH
Reinberger Endowed Director of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and University Hospitals of Cleveland
Krystal L. Tomei, MD, MPH, is the Reinberger Endowed Director in Pediatric Neurological Surgery at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. She is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is also the Residency Program Director of the neurological surgery residency program at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Tomei earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with honors from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her doctorate in medicine from the University of Florida College of Medicine, and a Master’s of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Dr. Tomei completed her residency in neurosurgery at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J., and a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at The Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz.
Dr. Tomei is board certified in neurological surgery and pediatric neurosurgery. Her clinical interests include congenital spinal disorders and spina bifida, craniosynostosis and Chiari malformations. She also has a particular interest in health policy and medical education. She is currently the Chair of the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education, a 12-member elected group that considers all medical education policy for the AMA. In addition, she is a representative for the AMA to the Coalition for Physician Accountability. She serves as the Congress of Neurological Surgeons representative to the AANS/CNS Washington Committee and co-chaired the Washington Committee Firearms Taskforce to evaluate and revise the neurosurgical position statement on firearm injury prevention. Through these avenues, she has a passion for the intersection of health policy, education and patient care.
