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    Catherine A. Mazzola, MD, FAANS

    Senior Pediatric Neurosurgeon
    New Jersey Pediatric Neuroscience Institute

    Dr. Catherine Mazzola is a board-certified Pediatric Neurosurgeon and CEO of New Jersey Pediatric Neuroscience Institute (NJPNI). She completed her Pediatric Neurosurgical Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in 2002 and did her residency at New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Mazzola’s special interests include cerebral palsy, the management of movement disorders such as dystonia and spasticity, hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury and concussion, pediatric brain tumors and spine tumors, brain cysts, craniofacial surgery, plagiocephaly, torticollis, Chiari malformation, spina bifida, spine deformity, and epilepsy. Dr. Mazzola is the founder of the Craniofacial Center and Spasticity and Gait Disorder Center at Goryeb Children’s Hospital, and the Pediatric Brain and Spine Tumor Center. She is involved in mentorships for pre-medical undergraduates, medical school students, and residents. Dr. Mazzola published several peer reviewed articles, presented at national neuroscience meetings, and received grants from the Children’s Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and The New Jersey State Cancer Commission. Dr. Mazzola is repeatedly listed in Inside New Jersey “Top Docs” Magazines and voted by parents to be a featured in NJ Family’s “NJ’s Favorite Kids Docs.” Dr. Mazzola started law school in August 2022 and is currently a 3LE at Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ.

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