John A. Jane Jr MD

John A. Jane, Jr. is a professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics. He attended college at the University of Chicago where he graduated with honors. He then returned to Virginia and attended medical school at the University of Virginia where he also completed his general surgery internship and began a neurosurgical residency in 1997. After spending a year as a fellow in neurosurgery at Auckland Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, he returned to UVA to finish his chief year in neurosurgery. He then completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship acting as the chief fellow of pediatric neurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He became the director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia in 2004.

Dr. Jane, Jr. specializes in the treatment of pediatric neurosurgery conditions including hydrocephalus, brain tumors, trauma, and congenital spinal disorders. He also provides care for both adults and children with neuroendocrine tumors, including craniopharyngiomas and pituitary adenomas. He is a specialist in the neuro-endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus, intraventricular brain tumors, pituitary adenomas, and parasellar skull base tumors, including chordomas, chondrosarcomas, and meningiomas.