Bradley Edward Weprin MD

Bradley Weprin, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurological Surgery at UT Southwestern. At Children’s Health, he serves as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Director of Neuro-oncology. He is responsible for the growth of these programs and acts as a liaison between the two institutions and all of the services that are involved with pediatric neurosurgery. Dr. Weprin is the only pediatric neurosurgeon in the region trained in stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of brain tumors in children.

After receiving his medical degree from UT Southwestern, Dr. Weprin completed a residency in neurological surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics. He then performed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama.

His current research projects include long-term follow-along care for children with acquired brain injuries, radiographic features following Gamma Knife radiosurgery for AVMs in children, treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas, radiographic findings of spinal cord injury in inflicted head injury of infants, neurobehavioral and social outcomes of head injuries in adolescents, and determination of infection rates for a particular type of catheter when used in shunt systems for the treatment of hydrocephalus.