Since its founding, NeuroKids has used the latest technology to conduct distance instruction with neurosurgeons around the world. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT.nano Immersion Lab has enabled us to pursue this drive through the use of virtual reality tools to reach more providers and thus more children in need. This partnership was recently featured…
Updates
Dr. John Mugamba
Many people make mid-career adjustments. Already an accomplished surgeon in Uganda, John dreamt of becoming a pilot or a Formula 1 driver. However, through the counsel and support of his family, he completed a 5-year neurosurgery residency program in Cape Town, South Africa, returning to Uganda in his early 50’s. After several months of working…
Mombasa
This past week, Dr. Peter Ssenyonga and a group from NeuroKids trained Dr. Ben Okanga and his team at Coast General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya in the Warf method (ETV/CPC) and protecting children from the complications of hydrocephalus. We are so grateful to Dr. Okanga, the doctors, nursing staff, administration, and OR team for welcoming…
NeuroKids @ 3
Over three years ago, a group of us gathered in Orlando to build on the decades of experience in helping children and families devastated by the two most common brain conditions in the world, hydrocephalus and spina bifida. We knew what we needed to do. Our mandate was clear. Protect as many children from the…
Partner Highlight: Dr. Justin Onen
Known as a man of few words and, at the same time, one of the most personable and affable people I’ve ever met, Dr. Justin Onen first met Dr. Ben Warf in 2005 when Justin was hired as a medical officer in Uganda. A few years later, Justin was accepted into a neurosurgery residency program…
Partner Highlight: Dr. Femi Bankole
We all have people that have known us for a long time. If we are fortunate, some of them are in our corner and cheering us on. Most remarkably are the exceptional few that do it without any desire for recognition or self-promotion. Dr. Olufemi (Femi) Bankole is that person for many of us at…
An Ounce of Prevention
Hydrocephalus and neural tube defects (specifically, spina bifida) are the two most common neurosurgical conditions in children. Untreated, both are potentially fatal and survivors are profoundly disabled for life. Both are vastly more common in lower-income countries. And both are preventable. Dr. Steven Schiff is a global leader in researching and implementing effective strategies for…
Rabat
The Warf method (ETV/CPC) has been performed over 10,000 times over the past 20 years. It has been researched, studied and the results published in many prestigious scientific journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine. Most major children’s hospitals in the United States offer this service. But it begs the question, why is the…
Changing practice, Changing lives
For the first time ever, flexible endoscopy was used to treat hydrocephalus in South America. This short video explains more. With the launch of our partnership in São Paulo, the NeuroKids team is now actively mentoring surgeons in North Africa, Southern Africa, South America, and soon, in West Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.…
Preventing Newborn Infections
If you are a poor woman living in the tropics, you are more likely to have a baby with hydrocephalus. That’s according to a group of research scientists who published their findings in the Lancet’s Global Health. Last year, there were an estimated 200,000 new cases of infant hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa alone. The vast…