Todd Hankinson MD

Dr. Todd Hankinson is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. 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 Master 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 Craniopharyngioma. He collaborates closely with colleagues in Europe and throughout North America.