Biography

Dr. David Sandberg, professor and director in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and holder of the Dr. Marnie Rose Professorship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at UTHealth. He is also the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. Dr. Sandberg comes from Miami Children’s Hospital and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he was a voluntary associate professor of clinical neurological surgery and pediatrics. His major clinical interests include pediatric brain tumors, minimally invasive endoscopic approaches to brain tumors and hydrocephalus, congenital spinal anomalies, vascular malformations, spasticity, and craniofacial disorders in children. Dr. Sandberg is fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and completed neurosurgery residency training at Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Sandberg was awarded the Resident Traveling Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and he completed this fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. After residency, he completed fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which is affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Dr. Sandberg is editor of the ISPN Guide to Pediatric Neurosurgery, Tumor Section, and is an ad hoc reviewer for a number of neurosurgery and neuroscience journals. He has co-authored textbook chapters and numerous manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals including Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Journal of Child Neurology and Pediatric Neurosurgery.  He is am on the Executive Board of Directors of FIENS (Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery), an organization with the mission of training neurosurgeons in developing countries 

David Sandberg chose to become a pediatric neurosurgeon because he is passionate about helping children with debilitating conditions.  He  learned Spanish as an adult during his neurosurgery residency training because of his desire to volunteer on neurosurgical mission trips to developing countries.  He has been various times to Honduras, Peru, and Guatemala (and non-Spanish speaking places such as Haiti and Uganda).  He spends his spare time playing with his children children.