Jeffrey W. Campbell, MD

Neurosurgery

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Get to Know Me

In the fourth grade, my daughter decided she wanted to be a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon (I was surprised she could even pronounce it!). My mom, her grandmother, said almost the same thing happened with me. Today, I lead the pediatric neurosurgery division at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and I can report my instincts were right on target.

Why I Treat Children

In medical school, I realized that surgery was in line with my personality, because it provides a chance to intervene actively. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I get to interact with a wide variety of kids and families, which I really enjoy.

What I'm Passionate About

I’m passionate about the power of collaboration and improving the way we approach our work with patients and families. Keeping the patient at the center, we take the best knowledge from all relevant specialties to provide the most complete care.

How I Try to Make A Difference

To me, neurosurgery is a job I’m trained – and proud and humbled – to do every day. To a child and family, it’s a life-altering intervention. I keep that simple fact in mind whenever I participate in a procedure. I’m always aware that we are having a dramatic impact on a child’s life and the lives of family members.

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery - Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard University, 1999

Internship

  • General Surgery - UPMC Presbyterian, 1992

Residency

  • Neurosurgery - UPMC Presbyterian, 1998

Medical/Dental School

  • M.D. - Thomas Jefferson University - Medical College, 1991

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery
  • American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Awards & Recognition

  • 2016 Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors
  • 2015 Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors
  • 2015 SJ Magazine's Top Docs for Kids
  • 2015 South Jersey Magazine's Top Children's Doctors
  • 2014 Best Doctors in America
  • 2014 Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors
  • 2014 SJ Magazine Top Doctors
  • 2014 South Jersey Magazine's Top Children's Physicians
  • 2013 Best Doctors in America
  • 2011 Best Doctors in America

  • Brachial Plexus Birth Injury
  • Chiari Malformation
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Skeletal Dysplasia
  • Spina Bifida
  • Syringomyelia

Research Activities

I have a Master’s degree in clinical research, and most of my research activities have been in the areas of quality of life and medical modeling. We compare outcomes from different interventions to help us develop evidence-based guidelines on which procedures work best under various conditions.

Medical Interests

  • Brain tumors
  • Chiari malformation
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Oncology
  • Spinal tumors
  • Tethered spinal cord

  • Tracheal Narrowing and Its Impact on Anesthesia Care in Patients With Morquio A (Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA): An Observational Study; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (2023).

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  • Clinical factors associated with need for neurosurgical care in young children with imaging for macrocephaly: a case control study; BMC Pediatrics; (2023).

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  • Achondroplasia Natural History Study (CLARITY): 60-year experience with hydrocephalus in achondroplasia from four skeletal dysplasia centers; Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics; (2023).

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  • Tangential cranial gunshot wound in an infant in historical context: illustrative case.; Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons; (2022).

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  • Anesthetic Concerns of Children With Skeletal Dysplasia.; Neurosurgery clinics of North America; (2022).

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  • Dysplasias in the Child's Spine.; Neurosurgery clinics of North America; (2022).

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  • Achondroplasia Natural History Study (CLARITY): 60-year experience in cervicomedullary decompression in achondroplasia from four skeletal dysplasia centers.; Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics; (2021).

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  • International Consensus Statement on the diagnosis, multidisciplinary management and lifelong care of individuals with achondroplasia.; Nature reviews. Endocrinology; (2021).

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  • Hydrocephalus in the Child with Cerebral Palsy; Cerebral Palsy: Second Edition; (2020).

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  • Basilar impression in osteogenesis imperfecta treated with staged halo traction and posterior decompression with short-segment fusion; Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine; (2018).

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  • Upper cervical fusion in children with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2017).

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  • Response: "Best practices in the evaluation and treatment of foramen magnum stenosis in achondroplasia during infancy" and "is there a correlation between sleep disordered breathing and foramen magnum stenosis in children with achondroplasia?"; American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A; (2016).

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  • Best practices in the evaluation and treatment of foramen magnum stenosis in achondroplasia during infancy; American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A; (2016).

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  • Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality and the chiari malformation: Controlled observations; Pediatric Neurosurgery; (2015).

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  • Occipitocervical fusion in skeletal dysplasia: A new surgical technique; Spine; (2014).

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  • Flexion-extension cervical spine MRI in children with skeletal dysplasia: Is it safe and effective?; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2013).

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  • Quality measures for the management of hydrocephalus: Concepts, simulations, and preliminary field-testing: Clinical article; Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics; (2013).

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  • Comprehensive vestibular and balance testing in the dizzy pediatric population; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery; (2011).

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  • Initial experience with combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: The importance of prepontine cistern status and the predictive value of FIESTA MRI imaging; Child's Nervous System; (2011).

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  • Level of the conus in pediatric patients with skeletal dysplasia; Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics; (2010).

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  • Factor X umuahia: A severe bleeding diathesis associated with a novel mutation; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2010).

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  • The Dandy-Walker variant: A case series of 24 pediatric patients and evaluation of associated anomalies, incidence of hydrocephalus, and developmental outcomes; Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics; (2008).

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  • Combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization as primary treatment of hydrocephalus for infants with myelomeningocele: Long-term results of a prospective intent-to-treat study in 115 East African infants; Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics; (2008).

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  • Moyamoya disease in a four-month-old: A case study; Clinical Pediatrics; (2003).

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  • Growth factors in gliomas: Antisense and dominant negative mutant strategies; Journal of Neuro-Oncology; (1997).

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  • Proliferation index as a predictor of prognosis in malignant gliomas of childhood; Cancer; (1997).

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  • The relationship between TP53 mutations and overexpression of p53 and prognosis in malignant gliomas of childhood; Cancer Research; (1997).

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  • Basic fibroblast growth factor expression as a predictor of prognosis in pediatric high-grade gliomas; Clinical Cancer Research; (1997).

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  • High-grade astrocytomas in children: Radiologically complete resection is associated with an excellent long-term prognosis; Neurosurgery; (1996).

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  • Cerebellar astrocytomas in children; Journal of Neuro-Oncology; (1996).

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  • Simultaneous quantitation of facial movements: The maximal static response assay of facial nerve function; Annals of Plastic Surgery; (1994).

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  • Spontaneous electromyographic potentials in chronic spinal cord injured patients: Relation to spasticity and length of nerve; Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; (1991).

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