Philipp Aldana, MD

Neurosurgery

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Health, Prudential Drive II Nemours Children's Health, Prudential Drive II 836 Prudential Drive Suite 1205 Jacksonville, FL 32207 Appointment: (904) 697-3600

Other Offices

Get to Know Me

Philipp Aldana, MD, is the division chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville and provides expert hospital-based and surgical treatment to kids throughout North Florida and South Georgia at Nemours Children’s Health at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Both care locations are conveniently connected by Kids Walk, a pedestrian walkway. Dr. Aldana is a dual-board-certified neurological surgeon and pediatric neurosurgeon who specializes in pediatric nervous system tumors, pediatric spinal surgery, brain injury, neuro-endoscopy, spasticity, and moyamoya syndrome.

What I'm Passionate About

My special medical interests include:

  • Endoscopic surgery for hydrocephalus
  • Brain and spinal tumors
  • Stroke and moyamoya disease
  • Spine malformations and instability
  • Scalp and skull masses/lesions
  • Brain arteriovenous malformation
  • Cerebral aneurysm
  • Encephalocele
  • Pituitary tumors
  • Craniocervical anomalies/instability
  • Basilar invagination
  • Cerebral cysts
  • Brain abscess

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Neurological Surgery - Univ. of Utah/Primary Children's Hospital, 2002

Internship

  • General Surgery - University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1995

Residency

  • Neurological Surgery - Univ. of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2001

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - St. Louis University Medical School, 1994

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
  • Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
  • AvMed
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
  • Cigna PPO/EPO/HMO/POS/OPEN ACCESS
  • Community Care Plan Medicaid
  • Employers Health Network PPO
  • First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
  • Florida Community Care
  • Florida Medicaid
  • Georgia Medicaid/Georgia Better Health/Peachcare
  • Global Medical Mangement FL
  • HealthSmart Health Plans PPO
  • HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
  • Molina Healthcare Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
  • Provider Network of America (PNOA)
  • Seminole Tribe of Florida
  • Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
  • Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
  • Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
  • UHC Neighborhood Health Partners HMO
  • United Healthcare Commercial Products
  • United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid
  • Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO

  • Brain Tumors
  • Chiari Malformation
  • Concussions
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Neurogenic Bladder
  • Pediatric Brain Injury
  • Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
  • Pediatric Stroke
  • Spina Bifida
  • Syringomyelia

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