ACCORDS Faculty
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Todd Hankinson MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
- Neurosurgery (SOM)
Email Address:todd.hankinson@cuanschutz.edu
Primary Phone:7207776100
Mailing Address:
- CU Anschutz
TCH Hospital Building A
13123-A East 16th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. Hankinson completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Spanish at Middlebury College in Vermont. He then spent a year working in the oncology department at New York University, conducting clinical trials in malignant melanoma. Dr. Hankinson completed both medical school and neurosurgery residency training at the Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University. He then proceeded to complete subspecialty training in pediatric neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. During medical school, Dr. Hankinson also completed a Masters of Business Administration at the University of Oxford.
Dr. Hankinson’s clinical and research interests include the surgical management of central nervous system tumors and cervical spine disorders in children. He leads Advancing Treatment for Pediatric Craniopharyngioma, a multicenter North American Consortium that shares tissue and clinical data for research into the biology and outcomes of childhood craniopharymgioma. He collaborates closely with colleagues in Europe and throughout North America.
Dr. Hankinson's other research interests include the surgical management of pediatric cervical spine disease, trauma and pediatric hydrocephalus. In this capacity, he is Children's Hospital Colorado's investigator at the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network, a leading group conducting multicenter research regarding the management of hydrocephalus.