Surgical Co-Director, CHLA Epilepsy Center
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, CHLA
Interim Surgeon-in-Chief, CHLA
“The surgical management of epilepsy is a top priority for the neurosciences at CHLA. Over the past years, the administrative and medical leadership at CHLA has engaged in a concerted effort to recruit top-level specialists and invest in the creation of extensive infrastructure to rejuvenate the CHLA Epilepsy Center. CHLA has always embraced its role as the top resource in pediatric diseases regionally, and the same is true for epilepsy. As part of the USC Epilepsy Care Consortium, CHLA is committed to serving all children with epilepsy across the socioeconomic and age spectrum. Furthermore, the other Consortium centers serve an important role in ensuring continuity of care as CHLA patients “graduate” into adulthood”
Surgeon Bio:
Dr. Mark Krieger received his undergraduate education at Harvard University before attending medical school at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then received his neurosurgery training at the USC-Affiliated Hospitals and his pediatric neurosurgery fellowship with Dr. Gordon McComb at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. After a brief tenure at Mt. Sinai, he rejoined the pediatric neurosurgery program at CHLA and became the Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery. He is currently serving as Interim-Surgeon-in-Chief at CHLA. Dr. Krieger has been instrumental in the resurgence of the CHLA Epilepsy Center, leading the recruitment of key experts. He has also been instrumental in coordinating the integration of the pediatric and adult epilepsy programs at USC.