Locations

Specialty

Neurosurgery

Organization

Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego

Medical Group / IPA

CPMG/RCHN/RCSSD

Medical School

Rush University

Residency

UC San Diego

Fellowship

Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University

Bio

Dr. Jillian Plonsker is a fellowship trained pediatric neurosurgeon with expertise in pediatric brain tumors, skull base surgery, craniofacial disorders, chiari malformation, vascular disease, and congenital malformations. She completed her neurosurgery residency at UC San Diego and her pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Ann & Robert Lurie's Children's Hospital in Chicago. She is committed to providing compassionate, family-centered care through the highest levels of surgical expertise so that every child has the best chance to heal and live to their fullest potential.

Publications

Treatment of pediatric intracranial aneurysms: institutional case series and systematic literature review.
Brandel MG, Plonsker JH, Rennert RC, Produturi G, Saripella M, Wali AR, McCann C, Ravindra VM, Santiago-Dieppa DR, Pannell JS, Steinberg JA, Khalessi AA, Levy ML

De novo cerebral pseudoaneurysm formation: a rare delayed complication of stereotactic electroencephalography in children.
Daniel M, Stone LE, Plonsker JH, Sattar S, Ravindra V, Gonda D

Surgical management of Rathke cleft cysts in pediatric patients: a single institution experience.
Brandel MG, Lin C, Rennert RC, Plonsker JH, Khan UA, Crawford JR, Nation J, Levy ML

Going the distance in acoustic neuroma resection: microsurgical outcomes at high-volume centers of excellence.
Brandel MG, Plonsker JH, Khan UA, Rennert RC, Friedman RA, Schwartz MS

Gender Equality in Neurosurgery and Strategic Goals Toward a More Balanced Workforce.
Plonsker JH, Benzil D, Air EL, Woodrow S, Stippler M, Ben-Haim S

Shunt freedom in slit ventricle syndrome: using paradoxical ventriculomegaly following lumbar shunting to our advantage. Illustrative cases.
Gilbert K, Plonsker JH, Barnett J, Al Jammal O, Wali AR, Gupta M, Gonda D

Combined translabyrinthine, anterior petrosal approach for resection of collision vestibular schwannoma and petrous apex meningioma in neurofibromatosis type 2, with auditory brainstem implant placement.
Khan UA, Plonsker JH, Friedman RA, Schwartz MS

Orbital Cellulitis with Pansinusitis and Subdural Empyema.
Byrne N, Plonsker JH, Tan LA, Byrne RW, Munoz LF

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