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Neurosurgery Clinic

The Arkansas Children's Neurosurgery Clinic offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient services for children from newborn to age 21. Our dedicated team of pediatric neurosurgeons provides treatment and follow-up of surgical disorders of the nervous system, including, but not limited to:

Medical Services Awards and Honors

Best Children's Hospitals - US News & World Report - Neurology

Nationally Ranked Pediatric Care

Arkansas Children's provides right-sized care for your child. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Arkansas Children's in seven specialties, including Neurology & Neurosurgery.

Arkansas Children's has a Level 4 accreditation from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC).Arkansas Children’s Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program is the only program in the state with a National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) Level 4 accreditation, providing the most advanced care for children with epilepsy. Our board-certified doctors are trained to evaluate, diagnose and create an individualized plan for your child. Learn more about our neurology program.

Spina Bifida Association - Clinic Care Partner BadgeThe Spina Bifida Association (SBA) Clinic Care Partner program is an initiative that stems from the existing Spina Bifida Collaborative Care Network (SBCCN), a program that works to identify the needs of people with Spina Bifida, connect with health care providers, identify clinics with the best outcomes, and identify research priorities.

Clinics who become SBA Clinic Care Partners implement best practices so that people with Spina Bifida receive the best care possible in order to have fulfilling lives.

Neurology and Neurosurgery Outcomes

Our Neurology and Neurosurgery experts provide the highest level of care, utilizing leading therapies and approaches to disease management. Arkansas Children’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program is a Level 4 Epilepsy Center accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. Our epileptologists have the professional expertise, facilities and technology to provide unmatched medical and surgical evaluation and treatment.

By the Numbers

100% Surgical survival rate for these procedures:

  • Brain tumors (out of 22 patients)
  • Hydrocephalus patient shunts (out of 102 patients)
  • Medically intractable epilepsy (out of 43 patients)
  • Spina bifida (out of 21 patients)
  • Chiari I malformation (out of 29 patients)
  • Craniotomies for trauma (out of 20 patients)
  • Postnatal and in utero repair of myelomeningocele (out of five patients)

Seizure Outcomes

  • 100% of focal resective epilepsy surgical patients were seizure-free after 12 months
  • 100% of extra-temporal lobe epilepsy surgical patients were seizure-free after 12 months
  • 100% of temporal lobe epilepsy surgical patients were seizure-free after 12 months
  • 100% of patients treated by functional hemispherectomy who were seizure-free after 12 months

“By the Numbers” data for CY23, in line with the latest USNWR Survey, unless otherwise noted.

Awards and Achievements

  • Ranked No. 29 by U.S. News & World Report (2024-25)
  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International named the first three-year accreditation for ACH’s Inpatient Rehabilitation ProgramsHospital (pediatric specialty program).
  • Gregory W. Albert, M.D., performed the first laser interstitial thermal therapy on a pediatric epilepsy patient at ACH. The first NeuroBlate procedure was performed June 24, 2024.
  • One of only 12 pediatric spinal muscular atrophy centers in the U.S.
  • Providing remote EEG monitoring at Arkansas Childen’s Northwest to keep patients closer to home. The first EEG was May 2024.

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