Dr. Liliana Christova Goumnerova M.D., F.R.C.S.C.
Neurosurgeon
300 Longwood Ave Bader 3 Boston MA, 02115Rating
4/5
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Dr. Liliana Goumnerova is a neurosurgeon in Boston, Massachusetts and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Goumnerova ...
Education and Training
Univ of Toronto, Fac of Med, Toronto, Ont, Canada 1980
University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- In vivo intracranial pressure dynamics in patients with hydrocephalus treated by shunt placement.
- Self-mutilation in young children following brachial plexus birth injury.
- Endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy for brainstem tumors.
- Traumatic pericallosal artery aneurysm: a rare complication of transcallosal surgery. Case report.
- Wound complications associated with the use of bovine serum albumin-glutaraldehyde surgical adhesive in pediatric patients.
- Primary pediatric intraspinal sarcomas. Report of 3 cases.
- Germinoma with malignant transformation to nongerminomatous germ cell tumor.
- Meningoencephalocele: a late complication of Le Fort III midfacial advancement in a patient with Crouzon syndrome.
- Diffuse central neurocytoma with craniospinal dissemination.
- Recurrence after gross-total resection of low-grade pediatric brain tumors: the frequency and timing of postoperative imaging.
- Incidence, risk factors, and longitudinal outcome of seizures in long-term survivors of pediatric brain tumors.
- Biopsy for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: a reappraisal.
- Long-term visual outcomes of optic pathway gliomas in pediatric patients without neurofibromatosis type 1.
- Pineal region tumors: a simplified management scheme.
- Direct heart shunt placement for CSF diversion: technical note.
Awards
- Young Investigator Award
Fellowships
- David Mahoney Institute of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Neuroscience Research 1988
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Pediatric Neurosurgery 1987
- Pediatric Neurosurgery - Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto, Canada 1987
- Neuroscience Research - David Mahoney Institute of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA 1988
- Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto 1987
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