Nathan J Ranalli

Nathan J Ranalli, MD, FAANS, FAAP

Associate Professor; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Craniofacial Fellowship

Department: Neurosurgery – Jacksonville
Business Phone: (904) 633-0780
Business Email: nathan.ranalli@jax.ufl.edu

About Nathan J Ranalli

Additional Positions:
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
2019 – Current · University of Florida
Associate Program Director
2013 – Current · Pediatric Craniofacial Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
2012 – 2019 · University of Florida

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2016-2018
MDT7650 Elect Top/Neurol Surg

Board Certifications

  • Neurological Surgery
    American Board of Neurological Surgery
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
    American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Neurosurgery
Subspecialties
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
Areas of Interest
  • Brachial plexus injury in newborns
  • Brain tumor – children
  • Chiari malformations
  • Craniosynostosis
  • Epilepsy in children
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Spasticity

Research Profile

Research interests include post-traumatic epilepsy, peripheral nerve injuries, Chiari malformations and brain tumors.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-5354-7304

Publications

2023
Tandem pediatric neurosurgery: treatment of synostosis and intractable epilepsy. Illustrative case.
Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons. 6(20) [DOI] 10.3171/CASE23379. [PMID] 37956426.
2022
Combined Neuroendoscopic Techniques in the Management of Pediatric Brain and Skull Base Tumors: A Single-Institutional Case Series.
World neurosurgery. 164:e134-e142 [DOI] 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.04.045. [PMID] 35439619.
2022
Historical Perspectives on the Management of Craniosynostosis.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America. 34(3):333-340 [DOI] 10.1016/j.coms.2022.01.004. [PMID] 35787828.
2022
Modern Therapy for Spinal and Paraspinal Ewing Sarcoma: An Update of the University of Florida Experience.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 113(1):161-165 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.01.007. [PMID] 35033584.
2021
Parietal Encephalocele With Fenestrated Superior Sagittal Sinus and Persistent Falcine Sinus.
Cureus. 13(6) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.16019. [PMID] 34336509.
2020
Prioritizing Pediatricians’ Neurosurgical Education: Results From a National Survey of Primary Care Pediatricians.
Clinical pediatrics. 59(9-10):902-909 [DOI] 10.1177/0009922820928060. [PMID] 32475161.
2019
Outcomes Following Proton Therapy for Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 104(1):149-156 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.01.078. [PMID] 30684665.
2018
Outcomes following proton therapy for pediatric ependymoma.
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden). 57(5):644-648 [DOI] 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1413248. [PMID] 29239262.
2016
Primary delayed onset craniosynostosis in a child demonstrated by serial computed tomography imaging.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 45(11):1347-1350 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijom.2016.05.014. [PMID] 27267708.
2015
Baclofen pump catheter leakage after migration of the abdominal catheter in a pediatric patient with spasticity.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 16(3):335-9 [DOI] 10.3171/2015.2.PEDS14501. [PMID] 26046690.
2015
Flow diversion for complex intracranial aneurysms in young children.
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 15(3):276-81 [DOI] 10.3171/2014.9.PEDS14333. [PMID] 25555114.
2014
Delayed synostoses of uninvolved sutures after surgical treatment of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery. 25(1):119-23 [DOI] 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a75102. [PMID] 24406563.
2012
Direct cardiac ventriculoatrial shunt: technical note.
Pediatric neurosurgery. 48(2):118-21 [DOI] 10.1159/000343482. [PMID] 23128513.
2009
Hemangiomas of the brachial plexus: a case series.
Neurosurgery. 65(4 Suppl):A181-8 [DOI] 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335643.41581.1D. [PMID] 19927066.
2009
Thalamic deep brain stimulation for midbrain tremor secondary to cystic degeneration of the brainstem.
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. 87(2):128-33 [DOI] 10.1159/000207201. [PMID] 19270473.
2008
A novel neuroprosthetic interface with the peripheral nervous system using artificially engineered axonal tracts.
Neurological research. 30(10):1063-7 [DOI] 10.1179/174313208X362541. [PMID] 19079981.
2008
Clinical problem-solving: brachial plexus closed injury and reconstruction.
Neurosurgery. 62(6):1330-8; discussion 1338 [DOI] 10.1227/01.neu.0000333305.57060.00. [PMID] 18825000.

Grants

Sep 2020 ACTIVE
Endoscopic vs Shunt Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Infants
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF UTAH via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Dec 2015 – Sep 2022
Posterior Fossa Decompression with or without Duraplasty for Chiari type I Malformation with Syringomyelia
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: WASHINGTON UNIV SAINT LOUIS via PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST

Education

Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship
2011-2012 · St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Neurological Surgery Residency
2005-2011 · University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
2004-2005 · University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Doctor of Medicine
2000-2004 · University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , PA

Contact Details

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836 PRUDENTIAL DR STE 1205
JACKSONVILLE FL 32207