Team

The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Team

team

Chairman and Co-Founder, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network

John Kestle MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery; Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery; Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Chair of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network.
Dr. John Kestle

Co-Founder and Founding Philanthropist

Paul H. Gross
HCRN Marketing, Finance and Fundraising, Former Board Chair, Hydrocephalus Association, Former Advisor, National Insitute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council
Paul H. Gross

Executive Committee

James Drake, BSE, MB, PhD, BCh, MSc, FRCSC
Chief of Neurosurgery and Professor of Surgery, Harold J Hoffman/Shoppers Drug Mart Chair; Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Dr. James Drake
Thomas G. Luerssen MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine; Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Chief Quality Officer, Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Dr. Thomas Luerssen
W. Jerry Oakes, MD
Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
Dr. Jerry Oakes

Principal Investigators

Samuel Browd MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington; Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle Washington.
Dr. Samuel Browd
Jason Chu, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Jason Chu
Doug Cochrane, MD, FRCSC
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Doug Cochrane
Todd Hankinson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
Dr. Todd Hankinson
Jason Hauptman, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Jason Hauptman
Eric Jackson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Eric Jackson
Mark Krieger, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Mark Krieger
Abhaya Kulkarni MD, PhD, FRCSC
Associate Professor; Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Abhaya Kulkarni
David Limbrick, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. David Limbrick
Patrick McDonald, MD, MHSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Patrick McDonald
Robert Naftel, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Robert Naftel
Brent R. O’Neill, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
Dr. Brent O'Neill
Jonathan Pindrik, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Jonathan Pindrik
Ian Pollack, MD, FACS, FAAP, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Ian Pollack
Jay Riva-Cambrin MD, BSc, FRCSC, MSc
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AL, Canada.
Dr. Jay Riva-Cambrin
Brandon Rocque, MD, MS, FAANS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, The Children’s Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Dr. Brandon Rocque
Curtis Rozzelle, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, The Children’s Hospital of Alabama and University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
Dr. Curtis Rozzelle
Tamara D. Simon, MD, MSPH
Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar), Director of CHLA Training, Education, Career Planning and Development, Keck School of Medicine of USC Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and The Saban Research Institute.
Dr. Tamara Simon
Mandeep S. Tamber, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Mandeep Tamber
John C. Wellons, MD, MSPH
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt Unversity Medical Center, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Monroe Carrel Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Dr. John C. Wellons
William E. Whitehead MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Dr. William Whitehead