Neurosurgeon
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, US
Dr. Andrew Reisner is a board certified pediatric neurosurgeon. He completed a seven-year neurosurgery residency at Emory University in 1993 and subsequently did a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He has been an attending neurosurgeon at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) for 23 years. Dr. Reisner is affiliated with the Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Emory University and is involved in resident training. He established the fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Emory University in 2012.
Dr Reisner established the Neurotrauma and Concussion programs at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) and, as Director, is responsible for the logistics and monitoring of compliance of implemented evidence-based pathways (see attached CHOA Neurotrauma 1 page summary). Dr Reisner championed the implementation of evidence-based pathways in 2022 for severe TBI which has resulted in sustained 40 % improvement in mortality (peer reviewed published data). The concussion program, Pediatric Concussion Care | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (choa.org) established in 2015 has fulfilled the overwhelming need for management of these children and to date, the concussion program has had > 50,000 patient interactions. The CHOA Concussion guidelines (toolkit) have been adopted worldwide concussion-tookit.pdf (choa.org).
Dr. Reisner’s research activity includes a variety of clinical aspects of pediatric neurosurgery with a focus on head injuries. He established the Pediatric Neurotrauma Lab in 2018, a translational lab housed on the Emory campus. Pediatric Neurotrauma Lab | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (choa.org) The laboratory efforts focus on pediatric TBI and concussion biomarkers and has budget of over $3 million, including approx. $500,000 in NIH awards. Most notable findings are a biomarker that correlates with TBI severity and may have utility in identifying victims of child abuse.
He has authored over 95 papers, abstracts and book chapters and given over 200 presentations nationally and internationally.
Dr Reisner was appointed Elaine and John C. Carlos Chair of Neurotrauma at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in 2017.
His awards include the Trubshaw Medal, given to the most distinguished surgical resident, resident teaching awards and multiple community service awards. More recently, in 2020 he was awarded the Children’s Care Network – Award of Merit for significant contributions to Pediatrics.
In 2021, Dr Reisner was nominated to the Chair, Neurotraumatology, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) – 2021-2023. The WFNS represents more than 30,000 neurosurgeons worldwide and works with its member societies to improve neurosurgical care and enhance research worldwide.
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