Allyson Alexander, MD, PhD

Provider's Specialties

Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery - Pediatric

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The Neuroscience Institute

(720)777-6100

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My care philosophy

Providing compassionate surgical care to children with neurosurgical conditions before, during, and after surgery.

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Departments and Programs

Conditions Treated

Neurosurgery

Languages spoken

English

Experience and background

surgical treatment of epilepsy; craniosynostosis; hydrocephalus and shunts; Chiari malformations; tethered cords; general pediatric neurosurgery

Undergraduate 1999

Stanford University (CA)

Graduate 1999

Stanford University

Graduate 2006

University of California, Irvine

Medical Education 2008

University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Internship 2009

Stanford University Program

Residency 2015

Stanford University Program

Fellowship 2017

Phoenix Children's Hospital Program

For Patients:
I study basic mechanisms of how epilepsy develops using human and mouse models.

For Referring Providers:
In my laboratory, we use electrophysiological, optogenetic, and immunohistochemical techniques in order to study mechanisms of epileptogenesis using human tissue obtained during surgery and mouse models of epilepsy. I am particularly interested in studying focal cortical dysplasia. I am also interested in studying how neural stimulation, such as vagus nerve stimulation, works to stop seizures.