[LWarnecke]

My 11 month old niece has Syringomyelia and we are trying to find a doctor near us that could help her. Please help!!

[razzle51]

Dr Leland Albright
Chief of Neurosurgery
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
One Childrens Place
Pittsburgh
(ph) 412.692.5090


Dr. Leanard Bruno
727 Welsh Rd Suite 108
Huntingdon VY, PA 19006
Office Phone:
215-843-8908


Dr. Shripathi P. Holla
Neurosurgeon
Bank Towers Building
Scranton PA 18510
(ph) 717.348.1711


* Dr Ghassan K Bejjani
Greater Pittsburgh Neurosurgical Associates-UPMC
Aiken Professional building, Suite 311
532 South Aiken Avenue
Pittsburgh PA, 15232
Phone: 412-623-6910
Fax: 412-623-6911
http://www.neurosurgery-web.com/

Dr. Joseph Maroon
UPMC Presbyterian, 5C
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-647-3604
1-888-234-4375

[hood21]

I had Dr. Bejjani. He is awesome. Great bedside manner and has a very caring wat avout him. I would recommend anyone to take a child to him. Come with questions..good idea to write them down and he will spend all the time you need to answer any questions. He is usually runnng behind and this is why. He takes time for his patients. If you have no questions he is out pretty quickly, but he is great. He has a few offices aroung the pittsburgh area, New Castle, Natrona Hieghts, the address above. You call this # and they will get you to the closest office.

[pittdoc]

I would highly recommend Dr. Leland Albright - he is absolutely one of the best in his field. He is a pediatric neurosurgeon, but treats adults with Chiari and Syrinx. Maroon is a good option as well.

I would be cautious about Bejjani. My sources tell me that he is very "quick to cut" - operates on anyone for any reason. He books so many cases in one day that he has to rush through them. I had a friend who was supposed to have a spine fusion with Bejjani - took him into surgery at 6 pm, ran out of time, and only did the laminectomy, not the fusion. The fusion had to be done by another surgeon - my friend would not go back!