Lissa Baird, MD
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
Dr. Lissa Baird is the Director of Neurosurgical Oncology in the Department of Neurosurgery. She specializes in the care of children with neurological disorders of the brain and spine, with specific expertise in brain and spinal cord tumors, cerebrovascular malformations, and skull base neurosurgery. Dr. Baird has expertise utilizing neuro-endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques to treat brain tumors, hydrocephalus, and cerebral cysts. She also cares for children with complex spine disorders. She was previously Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Director of Pediatric Surgical Neuro-Oncology at Oregon Health & Science University/Doernbecher Children’s Hospital before returning to Boston to join the Department of Neurosurgery and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
Education & Expertise
Expertise
Hydrocephalus
Tethered Spinal Cord
Chiari Malformation
Vascular Malformations
Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University
2004
Fellowship: Skull based Neurosurgery, Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center
2010
Residency: University of California, San Diego Medical Center
2011
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
2012
Publications
Articles and publications focused on central nervous system (CNS) congenital anomalies.
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