Dr. John Ragheb, Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Chief of the Department of Surgery at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, has been elected President of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN).
Dr. Ragheb obtained his B.A. and M.A. with Honors from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD and then went on to the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, and then completed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at New York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Ragheb is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. He is currently the Chairman of the Neurosurgery Specialty Committee for the American College of Surgeons. He recently completed a 10-year term as a Director on the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, five of which he served as the Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Ragheb has also served on the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neurological Surgery executive committee, including a term as Chair.
