Lissa Baird | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
- Brain Injury Center
- Brain Tumor Center
- Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions Center
- Complex Cervical Spine Program
- Hydrocephalus Program
- Neurosurgery
- Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center
- Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC)
Languages
- English
Lissa Baird | Education
Undergraduate School
Brigham Young University
1999, Provo, UT
Medical School
Columbia University
2004, New York, NY
Internship
University of California San Diego Medical Center
2005, San Diego, CA
Residency
University of California San Diego Medical Center
2011, San Diego, CA
Fellowship
Skull Based Neurosurgery
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
2010, Shreveport, LA
Fellowship
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Boston Children's Hospital
2012, Boston, MA
Lissa Baird | Certifications
- American Board of Neurological Surgery
Lissa Baird | Professional History
Dr. Lissa Baird is the Director of Neurosurgical Oncology in the Department of Neurosurgery. She specializes in the care of children with neurological disorders of the brain and spine, with specific expertise in brain and spinal cord tumors, cerebrovascular malformations, and skull base neurosurgery. Dr. Baird has expertise utilizing neuro-endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques to treat brain tumors, hydrocephalus, and cerebral cysts. She also cares for children with complex spine disorders. She was previously Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Director of Pediatric Surgical Neuro-Oncology at Oregon Health & Science University/Doernbecher Children's Hospital before returning to Boston to join the Department of Neurosurgery and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Baird received her medical degree from Columbia University, followed by residency and chief residency at UC San Diego Medical Center. She completed fellowship training in skull base and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at LSU Health Science Center and pediatric neurosurgery at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Baird is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. Her scientific research has focused on neuro-oncology and clinical outcomes of children with brain tumors. She is an author for several national clinical guidelines for the practice of pediatric neurosurgery, is actively involved in national scientific and leadership committees, and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.