Falk Brain Tumor Center

When Gabby (pictured with social worker, Gina Baldacci) was diagnosed with a brain tumor, her family found world-class care close to home. Read more.

Established in 1986, the Falk Brain Tumor Center at Children's Memorial was one of the nation’s first comprehensive, multidisciplinary programs for children. Today, the team provides compassionate, coordinated care with experts in pediatric specialties including neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neurology and radiation oncology and more.

As the region’s leading hospital treating children with neuro-oncology problems, the center is also:

One of eight members, and the only member in the Midwest, of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC), a national group helping diagnose and providing cutting-edge care for rare pediatric brain tumors.
A member of the Children's Oncology Group (COG), participating in several clinical trials.
One of five pediatric sites in the Collaborative Ependymoma Research Network (CERN) .

The center also chaired and hosted the 2008 International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), and offers fellowships in pediatric neurosurgery and neuro-oncology.