Professor Jason John Labuschagne
Paediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon
Johannesburg and Pretoria
Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of the Witwatersrand and Head of Paediatric Neurosurgery at Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, caring for children and adults with conditions of the brain, skull and spine. Rooms at Netcare Unitas Hospital, Centurion, and Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, Parktown, Johannesburg.
Approach
Each consultation sets aside time to explain the condition, the options (including when surgery is not needed) and what recovery involves, so that patients and parents can make decisions with confidence.
Care is planned carefully, using the least invasive approach that will treat the condition safely, and with a multidisciplinary team for complex cases.
Children & families
- Hydrocephalus and shunts
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV)
- Craniosynostosis
- Positional plagiocephaly (flat head)
- Spina bifida
- Tethered spinal cord
- Chiari malformation
- Epilepsy and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)
- Brain tumours in children: an overview
- Posterior fossa tumours
- Brainstem tumours, including DIPG and DMG
- Craniopharyngioma
- Pineal region tumours
- Spinal cord tumours
Wits
Professor of Neurosurgery
Teaching and training the next generation of South African neurosurgeons.
NMCH
Head of Paediatric Neurosurgery
Leads the unit he established in 2018, a quaternary referral centre for six provinces.
Private rooms
Centurion & Johannesburg
Consultations and surgery at Netcare Unitas Hospital, Centurion, and Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, Parktown.
Patient information
Room 403, Netcare Unitas Hospital, 866 Clifton Avenue, Lyttelton Manor, Centurion
Private Suites, First Floor, Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, 6 Jubilee Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
Tel: 012 664 6026 (both rooms)
Contact the rooms Directions: Unitas Directions: Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital