John Ragheb, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

tel: 305-662-8386
fax: 305-243-4525

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Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery

Practice Locations
Miami Children's Hospital

Languages Spoken
English

Education
New York University Medical Center / Bellvue Hospital
New York, NY 		Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery 1992
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore, MD 		Neurosurgery Residency 1991
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI 		M.D. 1985
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 		B.A. Biology/Genetics 1981
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 		M.A. Biology/Genetics 1981

 

Dr. John Ragheb was promoted to Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery and Pediatrics in June of 2008. He has served as Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital from July 1996 to present, and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Miami Children's Hospital from November 2003 to present.
A well-published author, Dr. Ragheb has written extensively on the subjects of Intramedullary Tumors of the Spinal Cord, Pediatric Brain Injury, and pediatric epilepsy surgery. His areas of clinical interest include these and hydrocephalus, spina bifida, brain tumor, cranial facial anomalies, spasticity, epilepsy.
An extraordinary humanitarian, in 2003, Dr. Ragheb created a program to treat hydrocephalus in children in Haiti under the sponsorship of Project Medishare. An all-volunteer surgical team travels to Haiti twice per year to perform surgeries for children with hydrocephalus, approximately twenty surgeries being performed on each trip. The program's goal has evolved to develop a neurosurgery training program with Haiti's Minister of Health and the Dean of the National School of Medicine in Port-Au-Prince. The efforts have recruited pediatric neurosurgeons as well as other specialists from several U.S. programs.