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…
Category: 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…
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…
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Neuro Kids has been invited to partner with Dr. Giselle Coelho, a pediatric neurosurgeon, to develop a training and treatment center for children with hydrocephalus in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This gives us the incredible opportunity to introduce Dr. Warf’s ETV/CPC procedure to Brazil and the rest of South America. Conservative estimates suggest there are more…
Saving Kids’ Lives
It is a great honor to announce that we are partnering with Dr. Steven Schiff to track down what makes babies sick around the world and find ways to prevent the devastating consequences of newborn infections. Such infections continue to take the lives of nearly a million babies a year globally, and in the survivors…
Ain Shams, Cairo
Last year we set out to create a novel enterprise that would enable neurosurgeons around the world to come alongside their peers working in places where the needs are great and the resources few. We focus training on the ETV/CPC procedure in order to reduce the burden of shunt-dependance, optimizing the treatment of hydrocephalus and…
NeuroKids First Year
Today, over a thousand babies will either be born with or acquire hydrocephalus. The vast majority are in lower income countries, and without some kind of surgical intervention, most of them will not survive past their second birthday. There is a profound sense of urgency to equip and support the surgeons and their teams on…
Urgent Timely Treatment & Care
In recognition of today’s World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day, we’re taking a look back at how we got here and why Neuro Kids is uniquely positioned to deliver contextually-appropriate neurosurgical solutions for kids with disabilities in the majority world, that all would enjoy the highest attainable standard of health. No stranger to people living…
Testimony at House Foreign Affairs Committee
In June, our Board Chair, Dr. Benjamin Warf, testified at a hearing on Brain Health at the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives. Dr. Warf’s testimony provided an excellent overview of the problems Neuro Kids is trying to solve, found at…