A photo of Francesco Mangano.

Francesco T. Mangano, DO, FACS, FAAP, FACOS

  • Mary Jane and Bob Tritsch Chair, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Division Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery 
  • Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
  • Board Certified

About

Biography

Dr. Francesco Mangano is currently the Mary Jane and Bob Tritsch Chair and professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics. He joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's in July 2005, with an appointment as assistant professor of neurosurgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati.

A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Mangano completed his neurosurgical residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 2004 followed by a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Since joining the faculty of the division of pediatric neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, he has been instrumental in developing our nationally renowned Pediatric Epilepsy Program and is Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program.

In addition, he has been a co-principal investigator for an NIH-funded multi-institutional research study investigating advanced MRI imaging techniques in children with congenital hydrocephalus. This study established DTI as a non-invasive biomarker for white matter injury in this condition. Additionally, he currently heads a basic science lab primarily focused on studying new models of hydrocephalus in combination to advanced MR imaging.

His academic endeavors have accounted for 111 publications as well as numerous book chapters. He has presented his work nationally and internationally and continues to teach locally as the site PI for pediatric neurosurgery residencies of the University of Cincinnati and the Henry Ford Medical Center.

He is also fellowship director for the Cincinnati Children’s pediatric neurosurgery fellowship program which has graduated 15 fellows and continues to recruit nationally every year. Dr. Mangano is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, the AANS/CNS Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery. He was board certified in 2008 in Neurological Surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.

DO: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Residency: Neurosurgery, NYCOM-Long Island Jewish Medical Center/North Shore University Hospital Health System, New Hyde Park, NY.

Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine-St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.

Board Certification: Neurological Surgery, American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, 2008.

Interests

Pediatric Epilepsy Program; Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program; imaging and monitoring of seizures; surgical intervention; vagal nerve stimulator implantation; brain resection; brain and spinal cord tumors; chiari malformations; tethered cord syndromes in patients with anorectal malformations.

Services and Specialties

Colorectal Disorders, Neurosurgery, Epilepsy, Brain Tumor

Interests

Advanced MRI imaging techniques in children with congenital hydrocephalus.

Research Areas

Neurosurgery

Additional Languages

Italian

Location

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Publications

Socioeconomic and demographic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia. Akbari, SH A; Rizvi, AA; CreveCoeur, TS; Han, RH; Greenberg, JK; Torner, J; Brockmeyer, DL; Wellons, JC; Leonard, JR; Mangano, FT; et al. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2021; 1-10.

A distributed network supports spatiotemporal cerebral dynamics of visual naming. Ervin, B; Buroker, J; Byars, AW; Rozhkov, L; Leach, JL; Horn, PS; Scholle, C; Mangano, FT; Greiner, HM; Holland, KD; et al. Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 2021; 132:2948-2958.

Categorizing cortical dysplasia lesions for surgical outcome using network functional connectivity. Bdaiwi, AS; Greiner, HM; Leach, J; Mangano, FT; DiFrancesco, MW. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2021; 28:600-608.

Fast Automated Stereo-EEG Electrode Contact Identification and Labeling Ensemble. Ervin, B; Rozhkov, L; Buroker, J; Leach, JL; Mangano, FT; Greiner, HM; Holland, KD; Arya, R. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2021; 99:393-404.

Subtraction ictal SPECT co-registered to MRI (SISCOM) patterns in children with temporal lobe epilepsy. Aungaroon, G; Trout, AT; Radhakrishnan, R; Horn, PS; Arya, R; Tenney, JR; Holland, KD; Mangano, FT; Leach, JL; Rozhkov, L; et al. Epilepsy and Behavior. 2021; 121.

Epilepsy surgery in infants up to 3 months of age: Safety, feasibility, and outcomes: A multicenter, multinational study. Roth, J; Constantini, S; Ekstein, M; Weiner, HL; Tripathi, M; Chandra, PS; Cossu, M; Rizzi, M; Bollo, RJ; Machado, HR; et al. Epilepsia. 2021; 62:1897-1906.

Extradural decompression versus duraplasty in Chiari malformation type I with syrinx: outcomes on scoliosis from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. Sadler, B; Skidmore, A; Gewirtz, J; Anderson, RC E; Haller, G; Ackerman, LL; Adelson, PD; Ahmed, R; Albert, GW; Aldana, PR; et al. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2021; 1-9.

Pediatric Hydrocephalus and the Primary Care Provider. Patel, SK; Tari, R; Mangano, FT. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2021; 68:793-809.

Early identification of epilepsy surgery candidates: A multicenter, machine learning study. Wissel, BD; Greiner, HM; Glauser, TA; Pestian, JP; Kemme, AJ; Santel, D; Ficker, DM; Mangano, FT; Szczesniak, RD; Dexheimer, JW. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 2021; 144:41-50.

Neuromagnetic high frequency spikes are a new and noninvasive biomarker for localization of epileptogenic zones. Xiang, J; Maue, E; Tong, H; Mangano, FT; Greiner, H; Tenney, J. Seizure : the journal of the British Epilepsy Association. 2021; 89:30-37.

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