
Moise Danielpour MD
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery and Center for Pediatric Neurosciences, Editor-In-Chief, pediatric Neurosurgery, Vera and Paul Guerin Family Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery
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127 S. San Vicente Blvd.,Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion, Sixth Floor, A-6600Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-423-7900
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Summary
- Dr. Moise Danielpour is a neurosurgeon based in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in pediatric neurosurgery. He completed fellowships at Stanford University and the University of California (San Francisco), following a residency in neurological surgery at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. He earned his MD with Distinction in Research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and his BS from UCLA in Biology and Psychology with departmental honors. Since 2000, Dr. Danielpour has served as the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai, where he is also the Program Director. He is experienced in managing conditions such as achondroplasia, neurosurgical oncology, and primary brain tumors. His publications in prestigious journals focus on various aspects of pediatric neurosurgery. Additionally, he has been recognized as one of America's Top Doctors and serves on the Medical Advisory Board for Little People of America.
Education & Training
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1999 - 2000
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 1999 - 2000
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1993 - 1999
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1993, md, Distinction in Research
University of California, Los AngelesBS, Biology and Psychology, Departmental Honors-Distinction in Research, 1983 - 1988
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1999 - 2027
IL State Medical License 1993 - 1999
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery- American Board of Pediatric Neurological SurgeryPediatric Neurosurgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2022
- Member, The Little People of America Medical Advisory Board Little People of America
- Top Cancer Doctors, Newsweek
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Neurosurgical management of achondroplasia: a systematic review.Rafael T Tatit, Caroline P Tatit, Nir Shimony, Moise Danielpour, George I Jallo
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2026-09-25 - Predicting Craniospinal Surgery in Pediatric Achondroplasia: Benchmarking Statistical Inference and Explainable AI Under Rare-Disease Constraints.Seifollah Gholampour, Jesse Huang, Dylan Keusch, Carolina Lopes, Aseel Masarwy
Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2026-09-02 - 2 citationsPediatric sinogenic and otogenic intracranial infections requiring neurosurgical intervention: a North American multicenter study in the era of COVID-19.Megan G Anderson, Jonathan Pindrik, Ian C Michelow, Amirul Anuar, Jared Haught
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2026-04-03
Journal Articles
- Myxoid Glioneuronal Tumor of the Septum Pellucidum and Lateral Ventricle Is Defined by a Recurrent PDGFRA p.K385 Mutation and DNT-like Methylation ProfileMelike Pekmezci, Andrew W Bollen, David A Solomon, Xuemo Fan, Serguei Bannykh, James Johnston, Elaine Cham, James P Grenert, Boris C Bastian, Arie Perry, Moise Danielp..., Acta Neuropathologica
Press Mentions
Pediatric NeurosurgeryNovember 26th, 2020
Scientists Develop New Methodology to Genetically Modify Lab Mice and Human CellsSeptember 19th, 2019
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American Society of Pediatric NeurosurgeryMember
External Links
- Pediatric Neurosurgery Program Cedars-Sinaihttps://www.cedars-sinai.org/programs/neurology-neurosurgery/clinical/pediatrics.html
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