I am a pediatric neurosurgeon based in Jacksonville, Florida. I completed my medical training at Saint Louis University School of Medicine before undertaking my residency in neurosurgery at The University of Miami Hospital and Clinics. I completed my fellowship at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Aldana
My areas of special interests include Pediatric nervous system tumors, pediatric spine surgery, brain injury, neuro-endoscopy, spasticity and moyamoya syndrome.
Medical Education: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USAResidency: Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Miami, FL, USA Year of first medical qualification: 1994 Consultation Languages: English, Spanish and Tagalog Website: http://hscj.ufl.edu/directory/bio/1247/philipp-aldana/ Pediatric Neurosurgery, Primary Children's Hospital/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USABeier AD, Jannotta GE, Sandler ED, Abram HS, Sheth RD, Aldana PR.Survival following decompressive hemicraniectomy for hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome: case report.J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Sep;18(3):344-9. doi: 10.3171/2016.3.PEDS15677. Epub 2016 May 13.
Youssef CA, Smotherman CR, Kraemer DF, Aldana PR. Predicting the limits of the endoscopic endonasal approach in children: a radiological anatomical study.J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Apr;17(4):510-5. doi: 10.3171/2015.6.PEDS14695. Epub 2015 Nov 27.
Aguilera AM, Wood DL, Keeley C, James HE, Aldana PR.Young adults with spina bifida transitioned to a medical home: a survey of medical care in Jacksonville, Florida.J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Oct 23:1-5.
