Boston Children's Hospital is home to the nation's first comprehensive, multidisciplinary Neurocritical Care Program for pediatric patients. Located within the Boston Children's Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU), the program brings together highly skilled and extensively trained experts from key specialties, including:
The program was established and is directed by Robert C. Tasker, MB, BS, MD, regarded as the world's foremost expert on pediatric neurocritical care.
Our Neurocritical Care Program treats children of all ages who are hospitalized in the ICU. Among the conditions we treat are:
In addition, our program is equipped to care for all children who are on ventilators or undergoing major surgical procedures.
