Tracy Ma Flanders, MD, MSCE
Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director of Prenatal and Neonatal Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Neurosurgery
3500 Civic Center Boulevard
Hub for Clinical Collaboration, 10th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Neurosurgery
3500 Civic Center Boulevard
Hub for Clinical Collaboration, 10th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA
Princeton University, 2010.
MD
New York University, 2014.
MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Permanent linkBA
Princeton University, 2010.
MD
New York University, 2014.
MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, 2021.
Selected Publications
Flanders TM, Hwang M, Julian NW, Sarris CE, Flibotte JJ, DeMauro SB, Munson DA, Heimall LM, Collins CC, Bamberski JM, Sturak MA, Storm PB, Lang SS, Heuer GG: Neuroendoscopic lavage for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: Preliminary results at a single institution in the United States J Neurosurg Pediatr Page: 1-8, Jan 2025 Notes: [Epub Ahead of Print]; doi: 10.3171/2024.10.PEDS24119.Punchak MA, Salwi SR, Land SD, Hamimi S, Reynolds TA, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Paidas Teefey C, Gebb JS, Khalek N, Soni S, Moldenhauer JS, Adzick NS, Heuer GG, Flanders TM: In utero progression of cephaloceles: Prenatal to postnatal analysis. J Neurosurg Pediatr Page: 1-7, Jan 2025 Notes: [Epub ahead of print]; doi: 10.3171/2024.10.PEDS24177
Sewell EK, Cohen S, Zaniletti I, Couture D, Dereddy N, Coghill CH, Flanders TM, Foy A, Heuer GG, Jano E, Kemble N, Lee S, Ling C, Malaeb S, Mietzsch U, Ocal E, Padula MA, Welch C, White B, Wilson D, Flibotte J, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Neurosurgery Focus Group: Surgical interventions and short-term outcomes for preterm infants with post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus: A multicentre cohort study Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 110(1): 10-16, Dec 2024.
Flanders TM, Hwang M, Julian NW, Sarris CE, Flibotte JJ, DeMauro SB, Munson DA, Heimall LM, Collins CC, Bamberski JM, Sturak MA, Trueblood EV, Heuer GG. : Technique and protocol for bedside neuroendoscopic lavage for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus: technical note Child’s Nerv Syst 41(11): 39, Dec 2024.
Joerger TA, Wang CX, Kumar NK, Flanders TM, Lang SS: The epidemiology and management of spontaneous spinal epidural abscesses in children: A single center experience J Neurosurg Pediatr Page: 1-6, Dec 2024 Notes: [Epub ahead of print]; doi: 10.3171/2024.9.PEDS24396.
Punchak MA, Miranda S, Agbodza E, Chauhan D, Houtrow A, Smith K, Foy A, Leonar J, Castillo H, Castillo J, Cady R, Bowman R, Freeman K, Rocque B, Flanders TM, Heuer GG. : Association between social determinants of health and select neurosurgical procedures in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. J Neurosurg Pediatr 34(6): 601-609, Oct 2024.
Flanders TM, Punchak MA, Oliver ER, Land SD, Flohr SJ, Reynolds TA, Schmidt KM, Ertz DD, Moldenhauer JS, Adzick NS, Heuer GG : The clinical significance of lack of hindbrain herniation in fetal myelomeningocele/myeloschisis patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr 35(1): 4-9, Oct 2024.
Bruzek AK, Koller GM, Karuparti S, Varagur K, Dunbar A, Flanders TM, Mingo M, Sudanagunta K, Bligard KH, Odibo A, Vrecenak J, Mian A, Strahle JM: MRI analysis of neurodevelopmental anatomy in myelomeningocele: Prenatal vs postnatal repair. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 64(3): 362-373, Sep 2024.
Flanders TM, Kumar NK, Zhao C, Torsten JA, Huh JW, Rizzi MD, Settoon C, Storm PB, Heuer GG, Kennedy BC, Tucker AM, Madsen PJ, Lang SS: Intracranial complications secondary to acute bacterial sinusitis requiring neurosurgical intervention before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Neurosurg Pediatr 34(5): 479-488, Aug 2024.
Flanders TM, Schreiber JE, Punchak MA, Land SD, Reynolds T, Soni S, Adzick NS, Heuer GG: Periventricular nodular heterotopia in patients with a prenatal diagnosis of myelomeningocele/myeloschisis: Associations with seizures and neurodevelopmental outcomes during early childhood. Child’s Nerv Syst 40(8): 2521-2526, Aug 2024.