The care of youngsters with abnormalities of the brain or spinal cord is often very complicated. It requires the best minds from at least two major disciplines — neurology and neurosurgery — and is best coordinated in specific centers geared to specific problems.

At Children's Memorial Hospital, these disciplines join their efforts — along with those of other pediatric subspecialists, such as those in oncology (cancer treatment), radiology, neuropsychology and others — in the Falk Brain Tumor Center and in Children's Epilepsy Center.