Pediatric Spine Center Care Team

At Stanford Medicine Children's Health, our spine experts from neurosurgery and orthopedics work together to offer your child the most advanced and effective treatment options.

Neurosurgery

Cormac Maher, MD, is the Division Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery. He is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center.

Areas of expertise: brain tumors, chiari malformation, craniosynostosis, hydrocephalus, spasticity, congenital malformations of the brain and spine, spina bifida, spine tumors, tethered cord syndrome

Kelly Mahaney, MD, is the co-director of the Spine Center. She is board certified in neurological surgery.

Areas of expertise: endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus, myelomeningocele, and spinal dysraphism; congenital spinal conditions and craniovertebral junction abnormalities; spasticity; minimally invasive craniosynostosis surgery; brain and spine tumors; and epilepsy surgery

Laura Prolo, MD, PhD, is a pediatric neurosurgeon. She is interested in developing novel approaches to treat children with craniosynostosis, brain tumors, and congenital disorders.

Areas of expertise: brain and spinal cord tumors, craniosynostosis (including minimally invasive techniques), treatment of congenital spinal conditions, spina bifida, Chiari malformation, spasticity, moyamoya disease, endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus, enzyme replacement therapy for congenital disorders

Orthopedic surgery

Meghan Imrie, MD, is a board certified pediatric orthopedic surgeon with additional subspecialty training in pediatric spinal deformity, including adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), early onset scoliosis (EOS), and neuromuscular scoliosis.

Areas of expertise: scoliosis and other spinal deformities, orthopedic trauma, hip dysplasia, clubfoot and other foot and ankle deformities, neuromuscular conditions

James Policy, MD, is a board certified pediatric orthopedic surgeon with additional subspecialty training in pediatric spinal deformity including adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), early onset scoliosis (EOS), and neuromuscular scoliosis.

Areas of expertise: spinal deformities, complex fracture care, sports medicine, pediatric hip reconstruction

Kali Tileston, MD, is a board certified pediatric orthopedic surgeon with additional subspecialty training in pediatric spinal deformity including adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), early onset scoliosis (EOS), and neuromuscular scoliosis.

Areas of expertise: spinal deformities, neuromuscular disorders, complex fracture care

John Vorhies, MD, is co-director of the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Spine Center, and is a board certified pediatric orthopedic surgeon with additional subspecialty training in pediatric spinal deformity including adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), early onset scoliosis (EOS), and neuromuscular scoliosis.

Areas of expertise: infantile, juvenile, and adolescent scoliosis and spinal deformity; congenital scoliosis; spondylolisthesis; disk herniation; cervical spine abnormalities; spinal tumors