Kathleen Knudson, MD, named director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Kathleen Knudson, MD, has been named assistant professor and director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at in the Department of Neurosurgery at Upstate Medical University. She previously was a practicing pediatric neurosurgeon at ECU Health Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery and Spine, in Greenville, N.C.
Knudson is board-certified in Neurological Surgery with a focused practice-board certification in Pediatric Neurological Surgery. Knudson received her medical degree from Case Western University School of Medicine. She completed a Neurological Surgical residency at George Washington University followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Knudson performs numerous surgical techniques, including minimally invasive surgery for craniosynostosis, endoscopic surgery for hydrocephalus and selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity. She is an expert in surgery for epilepsy, craniotomy for tumor resection; the surgical treatment of congenital disorders such as spina bifida or Chiari malformation, as well as many others.