Overview
The neurosurgery program at Children’s Minnesota has the largest team of pediatric neurosurgeons in the region and the most sophisticated technology, performing more than 500 neurosurgeries each year.
Advanced technology such as a double-powered 3 Tesla MRI system, an MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) ablation system and an intraoperative MRI, to diagnose and treat some of the most complex neurosurgery cases.
Children’s Minnesota is also the first health system in North America to open a pediatric hybrid intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) suite equipped with both moving-scanner and moving-patient MRI technology in the same surgical space. Located inside the Minneapolis hospital, The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation iMRI Surgical Suite is a 2,970 square-foot facility used by Children’s Minnesota’s neurosciences program and radiology department. This state-of-the art technology allows our care team to perform both brain and total spine scans mid-procedure for surgeries to treat brain tumors, epilepsy, traumatic injuries and directly at the point of care.
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Conditions treated
- Brain and spine tumors
- Peripheral nerve tumors
- Peripheral nerve injuries
- Vascular malformations of the brain and spine
- Moyamoya
- Chiari malformations
- Epilepsy surgery
- Spina bifida
- Tethered cords
- Hydrocephalus
- Macrocephaly
- Intracranial and intraspinal cysts
- Skull defects
- Brain and spine trauma
- Chronic neck or back pain
- Dystonia and spasticity
- Syrinx
- Scoliosis
- Fetal neurosurgery
- Epidermoid and dermoid cysts
We support the following multi-specialty clinics
- Craniofacial Clinic
- Midwest Fetal Care Center
- Spina Bifida Clinic
- Neuro-oncology Clinic
- Stroke and Cerebrovascular Clinic
Services offered
- 3 Tesla MRI system
- Advanced imaging using Alpha CT technology
- Intra-operative MRI
- Interventional neuroradiology
- sEEG (Stereoelectroencephalography)
- Airo – a mobile scanner that can be used during surgeryto obtain high-resolution CT images
- Advanced brain mapping for patients with epilepsy and brain tumors
- Minimally invasive neurosurgery techniques including LITT and laser interstitial thermal therapy
Related specialties
Scheduling for Children’s Minnesota locations
The neurosurgery program at Children’s Minnesota provides care at locations in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lakeville, Maple Grove (Bass Lake Road) and Minnetonka: 651-220-5230
Leadership
Neurosurgery
Medical Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Children's Minnesota Employee
Julia K Gesensway, PA-C
Pediatric Neurosurgery APP
Neurosurgery locations
Minneapolis
Children’s Minnesota – Minneapolis Hospital
2525 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Children’s Minnesota Specialty Center – Minneapolis
2530 Chicago Avenue South, Suite 267 Minneapolis, MN 55404
St. Paul
Children’s Minnesota Specialty Center – St. Paul
Ritchie Medical Plaza
310 North Smith Avenue, Suite 400
St. Paul, MN 55102
Maple Grove
Children’s Minnesota Primary Care and Specialty Center – Maple Grove (Bass Lake Road)
12720 Bass Lake Road
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Woodbury
Children’s Minnesota Specialty Center – Woodbury
628 Bielenberg Drive, Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55125
Lakeville
Children’s Minnesota Specialty Center – Lakeville
18432 Kenrick Ave.
Lakeville, MN 55044
Minnetonka
Children’s Minnesota Specialty Center – Minnetonka
6060 Clearwater Drive, Suite 171 Minnetonka, MN 55343
