Tina Carita Loven, DO, a Pediatric Neurosurgeon with Global Neurosciences Institute
Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Tina Carita Loven, who serves patients in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A highly trained pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Loven currently serves as a Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery for Global Neurosciences Institute at St Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Her clinical interests, specialized training and research interests include hydrocephalus, Chiari I malformation, congenital conditions and pediatric CNS tumors. She is trained in specialized techniques for treatment of tumors and epilepsy including endoscopic surgery and laser interstitial thermal therapy.
Global Neurosciences Institute is an extraordinarily innovative team of the most highly trained and skilled neurosurgeons, neurologists and researchers. They are 100% committed to eliminating barriers between narrowly focused medical specialties to enable holistic, collaborative, patient-centered care.
Throughout her academic career, Dr. Loven earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from St. John’s University in 1996, and her Master of Arts degree in Psychology from New School University in 2000. She began her career in medicine after graduating with her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2009.
Subsequently, she went on to complete her residency in neurosurgery at the Hofstra Northshore/LIJ School of Medicine in 2015, and her fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in California in 2016.
Passionate about her profession, the doctor is board-certified in neurological surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, which is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the use of surgery to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
As for her academic appointments, Dr. Loven is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Neurologists are licensed medical specialists who diagnose and treat disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles of patients. Pediatric neurosurgeons diagnose, treat, and manage children’s nervous system problems and head and spinal deformities including the following: head deformities, spine deformities, as well as problems and injuries of the brain, spine, or nerves.
Learn More about Dr. Tina Carita Loven:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/795077-Tina-Loven-Neurosurgeon or through Global Neurosciences Institute, https://www.gnineuro.org/physicians-finder/tina-c-loven-do
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