Hydrocephalus Team

Adult care

Joshua L. Dowling, MD

Joshua L. Dowling, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery

Surgical Director of Gamma Knife Program

Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Dimitrios Mathios, MD

Dimitrios Mathios, MD


Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Director, Molecular Neuro-oncology Lab

Bhuvic Patel, MD

Bhuvic Patel, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Pediatric care

Jarod L. Roland, MD

Jarod L. Roland, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program

Director of the Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Program

Jennifer M. Strahle, MD

Jennifer M. Strahle, MD


Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics

Interim Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Director, Pediatric Neuro Spine Program

Director, Pediatric Cerebrovascular Surgery

Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Eric M. Thompson, MD

Eric M. Thompson, MD


Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics

Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Co-Director, WashU Pediatric Brain Tumor Program

Co-Director, Neuroscience Service Line at St. Louis Children’s Hospital