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
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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
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Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological Surgery
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Pediatric NeurosurgeryAmerican Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Clinical Profile
Clinical specialties include pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors; epilepsy; brachial plexus birth palsy; hydrocephalus; craniosynostosis and spasticity.
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.
Publications
Academic Articles
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
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St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Neurological Surgery Residency
2005-2011
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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
2004-2005
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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Doctor of Medicine
2000-2004
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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , PA
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (904) 633-0780
Emails:
- Business:
- nathan.ranalli@jax.ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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836 PRUDENTIAL DR STE 1205
JACKSONVILLE FL 32207