Pediatric Neurosurgery - Expert, compassionate care for your most precious loved ones at Florida Hospital for Children

Your children are your most precious loved ones and their health is your top priority. We feel the same way. As one of the foremost pediatric neurosurgeons in the country, Dr. Trumble and his team are completely devoted to providing your children with the most advanced medical care available. Period. From prenatal consultations to follow-up appointments with young adult patients, we focus on expert, compassionate care and straight-forward, easy to understand communication.

We provide comprehensive services to infants, toddlers, school-age children, adolescents and young adults. Our reputation for surgical excellence combined with the attention to your children’s special needs ranks us as one of the finest pediatric hospitals in the country. Your children deserve the best. We can help.

Excellence in Pediatric Neurosurgery

The Florida Hospital for Children has an international reputation for excellence and care. Our commitment and devotion to your child’s healthy recovery is the driving force to the pediatric neurosurgical program’s clinical mission and translates into continual improvements in the treatment of disease and care of patients.

Excellence in pediatric neurosurgery at The Florida Hospital for Children is made possible by the experienced, refined surgical skills and the critical resources available to one of the largest children's hospital and a dedicated pediatric critical care, specialized age appropriate nursing units, a wide array of pediatric consultants, operating facilities designed for children, and the commitment and experience on the part of the surgeons and their colleagues to provide the most effective care possible for all pediatric neurosurgery patients.

Our Pediatric Neurosurgery Program is known for:

• Being the first hospital in the nation to have a director of congenital neurosurgery.
• An experienced surgical team, performing more than 200 neurosurgeries and neuromedical procedures.
• Being innovators and early adopters of advanced treatments, utilizing leading-edge equipment, techniques and care.
• Being the only children’s hospital in Central Florida to use the Leksell Gamma Knife® 4C treatment for pediatric patients with complex neurological disorders.
• Having advanced neuroscience technologies such as the Stealth Surgical Navigation System, 3-Tesla MRI and image-guided radiation therapy. 

Congenital Neurosurgery Director

Eric R. Trumble, MD, is a board-certified pediatric neurosurgeon and is the director of congenital neurosurgery at Florida Hospital for Children. He is committed to providing his young patients with the most advanced diagnostics and treatments of congenital neurosurgical diseases by using the latest technology available.

Conditions We Treat

Neurosurgeons for Kids performs hundreds of neurosurgical procedures annually and provides treatment for all pediatric neurological disorders and diseases. Here are just a few of our specialties:

Taking the First Step

When you’re ready, call us at 407-236-0006 or send us an email and a skilled Children’s Care Coordinator will work with you and your physician’s office to coordinate your child’s care, answer your questions and explain the next steps. Their services are complimentary.