Division Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Francesco Mangano is currently the Mary Jane and Bob Tritsch Chair and Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics and the Janszen Scholar of Neurosurgery. He joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's in July 2005.
A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, he completed his neurosurgical residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 2004 followed by a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital.Since joining the faculty of the division of pediatric neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, he has been instrumental in developing our internationally renowned Pediatric Epilepsy Program and is Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program.He has been a co-principal investigator for an NIH-funded multi-institutional research study investigating advanced MRI imaging techniques in children with congenital hydrocephalus. This study established DTI as a non-invasive biomarker for white matter injury in this condition. He heads a basic science lab primarily focused on studying new models of hydrocephalus in combination to advanced MR imaging.
His academic endeavors have accounted for 153 publications and numerous book chapters. He has presented his work nationally and internationally and teaches locally as the site PI for pediatric neurosurgery residencies of the University of Cincinnati and the Henry Ford Medical Center.
He is fellowship director for the Cincinnati Children’s pediatric neurosurgery fellowship program which has graduated 19 fellows and recruits nationally every year. He is the founding director of the International Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at CCHMC. He is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, the AANS/CNS Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery. He was board certified in 2008 in Neurological Surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, a member of the Board of Governors of the ACOS, as well as the Residency Review Committee of the ACGME.
Surgical Management of Spinal Intramedullary Tumors
Saturday, September 23, 2023
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