Jennifer M. Strahle, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics

Director, Pediatric Neuro Spine Program

Director, Pediatric Cerebrovascular Surgery

Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Specialties

  • Brain and spine tumors
  • Moyamoya and pediatric vascular disorders
  • Pediatric spinal conditions
  • Hydrocephalus (open and endoscopic treatment)
  • Spina Bifida/Myelomeningocele (postnatal and fetal surgery) 

Call 314-454-2810 for Pediatric Appointments

As a neurosurgeon treating patients with the most advanced technologies available, I promise to care for your child and family as I would my own.

Dr. Strahle

Education

BS, Magna cum laude
Bates College
Lewiston, Maine
1998-2002

MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004-2008

Residency

Resident, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2008-2015

Fellowship

Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
2015-2016

Research focus

Hydrocephalus and Neurodevelopment in Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage Chiari, Syrinx and Scoliosis in the Pediatric Population.

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Strahle Lab

The goal of the Strahle Lab is to understand germinal matrix hemorrhage-intraventricular hemorrhage (GMH-IVH)-induced brain injury and hydrocephalus in order to develop targeted therapeutics to prevent hydrocephalus, mitigate brain injury, and improve outcomes in infants with GMH-IVH.

Honors & leadership roles

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Director of Pediatric Neuro Spine Program, Washington University in St. Louis/St. Louis Children’s Hospital
  • Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation, Scientific & Educational Advisory Board, 2018-present

Board certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery
American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Hospital appointments

St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Shriners Hospital