Laura Prolo

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Clinical Focus

Brain and spinal cord tumors
Craniosynostosis
Chiari malformation
Moya-moya disease
Spasticity
Spinal dysraphism
Myelomeningocele
Neuro-endoscopy
Epilepsy
Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
Neurosurgery

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor - University Medical Line, Neurosurgery
Member, Bio-X
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Professional Education

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery (2023)
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery (2023)
Board Certification, American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery (2023)
Fellowship: Seattle Children's Hospital Neurosurgery Fellowship (2020) WA
Residency: Stanford University Dept of Neurosurgery (2019) CA
Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine (2012) CA
PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Neuroscience (2012)

Contact

Academic lmprolo@stanford.edu

Clinical (Primary)

This is the primary clinic for this clinical provider. For additional clinical locations and information, please visit the link(s) listed below in the 'Additional Clinical Info' section.

Pediatric Neurosurgery 730 Welch Rd Palo Alto CA 94304 Tel: (650) 723-0991 Fax: (650) 725-5086

Additional Clinical Info

2023-24 Courses

Fundamentals of Clinical Reasoning in Neurosurgery
NSUR 232 (Win)
Narratives in Neurosurgery
NSUR 200 (Aut)

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Neurosurgery
  NSUR 299 (Spr)
- Graduate Research
  CBIO 399 (Aut, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  NSUR 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Prior Year Courses

2022-23 Courses

Narratives in Neurosurgery
NSUR 200 (Aut)

Stanford Advisees

Med Scholar Project Advisor
Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, Cesar Garcia, Gabriela (Gaby) Ruiz Colon
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (NonAC)
Cesar Garcia

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