TadanoriTomitaMD
Neurosurgery • Chicago, ILPediatric Neurosurgery
Professor and Chairman, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Office
225 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-227-4220- Is this information wrong?
Clinical Expertise
- Neurosurgical oncology, Pediatric neurosurgery, Cerebrovascular disease, Stereotactic and functional surgery, Primary brain tumors, Hydrocephalus, Congenital malformations, Intracranial arteriovenous malformations, Arnold-Chiari malformation, Spinal dysraphism, Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, Cerebral angiography, Spinal cord neoplasms
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1980 - 1981
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1974 - 1980
Kobe Univ- Fac MedClass of 1970
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 1981 - 2023
MI State Medical License 1980 - 2020
FL State Medical License 1989 - 2000- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow International College of Surgeon
- Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006-2017
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Clinical Trials
- A Phase I/II Study of the Photon Radiosurgery System Start of enrollment: 2001 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The evolution of pediatric neurosurgery: reflection of personal experience of the last half-century.Tadanori Tomita> ;Child's Nervous System. 2023 Oct 1
- WDR82-Mediated H3K4me3 Is Associated with Tumor Proliferation and Therapeutic Efficacy in Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas.Nitin Wadhwani, Sonali Nayak, Yufen Wang, Rintaro Hashizume, Chunfa Jie, Barbara Mania-Farnell, Charles David James, Guifa Xi, Tadanori Tomita> ;Cancers. 2023 Jun 30
- Pineal region tumors in children: update.Tadanori Tomita> ;Child's Nervous System. 2023 Sep 1
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Other
- AnencephalyTomita T, Ogiwara H
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/anencephaly
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-02-29 - HydrocephalusTomita T, Haridas A
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/hydrocephalus
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-15 - Primary (congenital) encephaloceleTomita T, Ogiwara H
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/primary-congenital-encephalocele
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-01-04
Press Mentions
Promising Target for Treating Brain Tumors in ChildrenNovember 27th, 2017
We Felt Alone After Our Son's Rare Medical Diagnosis. Then We Found Thousands of FriendsOctober 13th, 2017
Message from Dr TomitaMay 25th, 2017- Join now to see all
Committees
- Member, ISPN Excecutive Committee 2001 - Present
Research History
- Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery Research2001 - Present
- Director, Falk Brain Tumor Center1987 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Japanese
Hospital Affiliations
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois
Northwest Community HealthcareArlington Heights, Illinois
Evanston HospitalEvanston, Illinois
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoChicago, Illinois
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest, Illinois
Glenbrook HospitalGlenview, Illinois
Skokie HospitalSkokie, Illinois
Highland Park HospitalHighland Park, Illinois- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoChicago, Illinois
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