UF Health Pediatric Neurosurgery provides leading-edge neurosurgical care for infants, children and adolescents at several locations in the Gainesville area.

Pediatric neurosurgery: Our expertise

• As board-certified pediatric neurosurgeons, our physicians provide surgical treatment options related to disorders of the nervous system, which includes diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

• Our experts are dedicated to providing neurosurgical care of infants, children and adolescents and prenatal counseling for neurosurgical conditions.

Conditions we treat

Common conditions addressed by the physicians of UF Health Pediatric Neurosurgery include:

• Arachnoid cysts
• Chiari malformations
• Craniosynostosis and craniofacial disorders
• Hydrocephalus
• Pituitary and skull base disease
• Spasticity
• Spina bifida
• Spinal cord tumors
• Tethered spinal cord

Our practice locations

• UF Health Craniofacial Center
• UF Health Neurosurgery – Neuromedicine Hospital
• UF Health Neurosurgery – Neurosciences Center at Halifax Health
• UF Health Pediatric Neurosurgery – Lake City
• UF Health Pediatric Neurosurgery – Oakhurst
• UF Health Shands Children's Hospital

Our providers

• Jason Blatt, M.D., FAANS, FAAP
• Lance Governale, M.D., FAANS, FAAP
• Lauren M. Yarholar, M.D.

Patient stories

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