Andrea Gail Scherer MD

Neurosurgery•Orlando, FL

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

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Overview of Dr. Scherer

Dr. Andrea Scherer is a neurosurgeon in Orlando, FL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Nemours Children's Hospital and Nemours Children's Hospital. She received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and has been in practice 7 years. She also speaks multiple languages, including Japanese. She specializes in pediatric neurosurgery and is experienced in craniosynostosis, Chiari malformations, tethered spinal cord syndrome, disc disorders, spinal fusion, hydrocephalus, cavernous malformations, moyamoya disease, pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors, and pediatric neurosurgery.

Education & Training

Indiana University School of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2016 - 2017
Indiana University School of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2010 - 2016
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2010

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Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2017 - 2027
IN State Medical License 2016 - 2017
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

2016/2017 AANS/CNS Pediatric Section Research Grant 2016–2017
Goodman Scholarship
Nominated for Alpha Omega Alpha

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Unique Presentation of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Secondary to Chiari I Malformation.
Julia Fedorova, Hannah Brown, Pedro Fuenmayor, Yeraldi Geronimo, Angelo Leto Barone
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 2026-06-01
Clinical factors associated with need for neurosurgical care in young children with imaging for macrocephaly: a case control study.
Jessica F Rohde, Jeffrey Campbell, Julie Barbera, Elena Taylor, Ashok Ramachandra
BMC Pediatrics. 2023-11-04
1 citations
Concurrent dermoid and epidermoid cysts in an adolescent patient: a case report.
Justin J Taylor, Andrea G Scherer, Lei Shao, Tamarah J Westmoreland
Oxford Medical Case Reports. 2023-10-01

Journal Articles

Persistent Double Dorsal Aorta Surrounding Large Neuroenteric Cyst
Christopher G.HurtadoMHSabTamarah J.WestmorelandMD, PhDbcPushpak K.PatelASRTaPeace C.MaduemeMDaAndrea G.SchererMDcAnna V.SedneyMDdJennifer S.NelsonMD, MSab, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 3/2022
Onyx Embolization of a Distal Middle Cerebral Artery Pseudoaneurysm in a 5-Week-Old: Case Report and Review of Current Treatment.
Yasmeen Elsawaf, Maryam Zeinomar, Andrea Scherer, Ravi H. Gandhi, Cureus (): e. doi:10.7759/cureus, 10/2020
Pediatric septal dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (sDNT): case-based update.
R. Ahluwalia, L. Miles, L. Hayes, and A. Scherer., Child’s Nervous System., 4/2020

Books/Book Chapters

Chapter 83. Non-Resective Approaches for Medically Intractable Epilepsy.
The Treatment of Epilepsy, 4th Edition.2015
Living Japanese through Comics: Culture in Japan
ASUKU Publishing2003
Living Japanese through Comics: Life in Japan,
ASUKU Publishing2003

Abstracts/Posters

Most of the Time a Big Head is Just a Big Head: The Problem of Macrocephaly in Infancy.
Andrea Scherer (presenter) . Rohde, Jessica F., Campbell, Jeffrey, Barbera, Julie, Taylor, Elena, Ramachandra, Ashok, Gegg, Christopher, Scherer, Andrea, Piatt, Joseph, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons Virtual Meeting, Virtual, Orlando, FL, 8/26/2021
Surgical Decision Making in Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries.
Christopher Gegg and Andrea Scherer., AANS, San Diego, CA, 4/2019
Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Children Undergoing Elective Neurosurgical Procedures: A Prospective Study Based on Doppler Ultrasound.
Scherer AS, Shaikh K, White IK, Smith J, Ackerman L, Boaz J, Fulkerson DH., Pediatric Neurosurgery Section Meeting in Seattle, 12/2015

Authored Content

Prognostic Indicators and Treatment Strategies for Diffuse Midline Glioma: A Systematic Review. . Fiorino, Michael, Kostick, Nathan, Baughn, Caroline, Bolufer, Alexander, Iwai Takuma, Alkassis, Fariz, Scherer, Andrea.January 2022