Bermans Iskandar MD

Dr. Bermans Iskandar is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Neurosurgery program at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. His areas of clinical expertise include Chiari malformation and syringomyelia, spina bifida occulta, brachial plexus reconstruction, and endoscopic surgery for tumors and congenital brain anomalies. His contributions to research include the introduction of novel imaging techniques aimed at minimizing the radiation exposure of children with hydrocephalus and the analysis of craniocervical CSF flow in children with Chiari malformation and syringomyelia.

Dr. Iskandar has committed a large portion of his time to running a translational research laboratory, in which he studies ways to repair the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) after injury. This has a significant impact on patients with Chiari and syringomyelia, who suffer from motor and sensory dysfunction as well as pain. In his studies, Dr. Iskandar’s group has uncovered a crucial link between the folate pathway, epigenetics, and CNS repair. At ASAP 2017, he will be presenting a review of epigenetics and its role in nervous system diseases.