Harold Rekate, MD
Chairman, Pediatric Neurosciences
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery
Director, Hypothalamic Hamartoma Program
Dr. Harold Rekate specializes in the neurosurgery of infants and children, including surgery for hydrocephalus, spina bifida, craniofacial disorders, brain tumors, Chiari malformations, and congenital anomalies that affect the central nervous system.
He is involved in clinical and basic research on the management of complicated problems of intracranial pressure in adults and children, including normal pressure hydrocephalus, shunt-related headaches, the slit-ventricle syndrome, pseudotumor cerebri, and congenital arachnoid cysts of the brain. Recent experience using neuro-endoscopy has redefined the definition of shunt dependency and resulted in many patients with long-standing hydrocephalus becoming independent of their shunt.
Dr. Rekate is actively involved in the multidisciplinary care of adults and children with various craniofacial abnormalities in conjunction with the craniofacial surgeons at the Southwest Institute for Craniofacial Surgery.
Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Dr. Rekate received his residency training at Case Western Reserve University.
He has held several academic positions including Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He was also an adjunct Professor of Systems Engineering at Case Institute, as well as chief of the Pediatric Neurosurgical Service at the Barrow Neurological Institute.
He is also Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Arizona School of Medicine in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Rekate is the 1992 recipient of the prestigious Pudenz Award for Excellence in Research in Cerebrospinal Fluid Physiology.
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