Tracy Flanders, MD, MSCE
Independent provider

About me

  • Co-Director of Prenatal and Neonatal Neurosurgery
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Flanders is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Flanders TM, Hwang M, Julian NW, Sarris CE, Flibotte JJ, DeMauro SB, Munson DA, Heimall LM, Collins CC, Bamberski JM, Sturak MA, Storm PB, Lang SS, Heuer GG Neuroendoscopic lavage for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: Preliminary results at a single institution in the United States , J Neurosurg Pediatr: 2025,1-8


Punchak MA, Salwi SR, Land SD, Hamimi S, Reynolds TA, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Paidas Teefey C, Gebb JS, Khalek N, Soni S, Moldenhauer JS, Adzick NS, Heuer GG, Flanders TM In utero progression of cephaloceles: Prenatal to postnatal analysis , J Neurosurg Pediatr: 2025,1-7


Sewell EK, Cohen S, Zaniletti I, Couture D, Dereddy N, Coghill CH, Flanders TM, Foy A, Heuer GG, Jano E, Kemble N, Lee S, Ling C, Malaeb S, Mietzsch U, Ocal E, Padula MA, Welch C, White B, Wilson D, Flibotte J, Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Neurosurgery Focus Group Surgical interventions and short-term outcomes for preterm infants with post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus: A multicentre cohort study , Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 110(1): 2024,10-16


Flanders TM, Hwang M, Julian NW, Sarris CE, Flibotte JJ, DeMauro SB, Munson DA, Heimall LM, Collins CC, Bamberski JM, Sturak MA, Trueblood EV, Heuer GG. Technique and protocol for bedside neuroendoscopic lavage for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus: technical note , Child’s Nerv Syst, 41(11): 2024,39


Joerger TA, Wang CX, Kumar NK, Flanders TM, Lang SS The epidemiology and management of spontaneous spinal epidural abscesses in children: A single center experience , J Neurosurg Pediatr: 2024,1-6


Punchak MA, Miranda S, Agbodza E, Chauhan D, Houtrow A, Smith K, Foy A, Leonar J, Castillo H, Castillo J, Cady R, Bowman R, Freeman K, Rocque B, Flanders TM, Heuer GG. Association between social determinants of health and select neurosurgical procedures in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry , J Neurosurg Pediatr, 34(6): 2024,601-609


Flanders TM, Punchak MA, Oliver ER, Land SD, Flohr SJ, Reynolds TA, Schmidt KM, Ertz DD, Moldenhauer JS, Adzick NS, Heuer GG The clinical significance of lack of hindbrain herniation in fetal myelomeningocele/myeloschisis patients , J Neurosurg Pediatr, 35(1): 2024,4-9


Bruzek AK, Koller GM, Karuparti S, Varagur K, Dunbar A, Flanders TM, Mingo M, Sudanagunta K, Bligard KH, Odibo A, Vrecenak J, Mian A, Strahle JM MRI analysis of neurodevelopmental anatomy in myelomeningocele: Prenatal vs postnatal repair , Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 64(3): 2024,362-373


Flanders TM, Kumar NK, Zhao C, Torsten JA, Huh JW, Rizzi MD, Settoon C, Storm PB, Heuer GG, Kennedy BC, Tucker AM, Madsen PJ, Lang SS Intracranial complications secondary to acute bacterial sinusitis requiring neurosurgical intervention before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic , J Neurosurg Pediatr, 34(5): 2024,479-488


Flanders TM, Schreiber JE, Punchak MA, Land SD, Reynolds T, Soni S, Adzick NS, Heuer GG Periventricular nodular heterotopia in patients with a prenatal diagnosis of myelomeningocele/myeloschisis: Associations with seizures and neurodevelopmental outcomes during early childhood , Child’s Nerv Syst, 40(8): 2024,2521-2526