The AHCRN is currently enrolling patients

Registry Eligibility

  • All Transitioning Hydrocephalus Patients
  • All Unrecognized Congenital Hydrocephalus Patients
  • New Acquired Hydrocephalus Patients
  • New Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patients

The AHCRN is composed of 17 clinical sites in the US, Canada, and Europe:

Primary Investigator: Mark Hamilton, MDCM, FRCSC, FAANS and Sarah Edwards, MD, FRCSC

Clinic: Hydrocephalus Clinic at Foothills Medical Centre

Website: www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/Service.aspx?id=1071913&serviceAtFacilityID=1112253

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada

Phone: 403-944-1626

Principal Investigators: Sean Nagel, MD and James Liao, MD, PhD

Clinic: Cleveland Clinic

Website: my.clevelandclinic.org/services/hydrocephalus-treatment

Location: Cleveland, OH

Phone: 216-636-5860

Principal Investigator: Alexa Bramall, MD, PhD

Clinic: Duke University Hospital

Website: https://neurosurgery.duke.edu/patient-care/locations

Location: Durham, NC

Phone: 919-684-8111

Principal Investigators: Abhay Moghekar, MBBS and Mark Luciano, MD, PhD

Clinic: Johns Hopkins Hydrocephalus and Cerebral Fluid Center

Website: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology-neurosurgery/specialty-areas/cerebral-fluid

Location: Baltimore, MD

Phone: 410-955-5000

Principal Investigators: Benjamin Elder, MD, PhD

Clinic: Mayo Clinic

Website: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hydrocephalus/care-at-mayo-clinic/mac-20373615

Location: Rochester, MN

Phone: 507-538-3270

Principal Investigators: Ahmed Toma, MD

Clinic: National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery

Website: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/our-hospitals/national-hospital-neurology-and-neurosurgery

Location: Queen Square, London, England

Phone: 020 3456 7890

Principal Investigator: Guy McKhann II, MD

Clinic: The Adult Hydrocephalus Center at Columbia

Website: www.neurosurgery.columbia.edu/patient-care/specialties/adult-hydrocephalus-and-cerebrospinal-fluid-csf-disorders

Location: New York, NY

Phone: 212-305-7950

Principal Investigators: James Golomb, MD and David Harter, MD

Clinic: NYU Langone Neurosurgery Adult Hydrocephalus Program

Website: nyulangone.org/care-services/brain-spine-care

Location: New York, NY

Phone: 212-263-5709

Principal Investigator: Richard Edwards, MD, FRCS

Clinic: North Bristol NHS Trust

Website: www.nbt.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-services/neurosurgery/neurosurgery-patient-information/what-normal-pressure-hydrocephalus

Location: Bristol, England

Phone: 0117 414 6613

Principal Investigator: Jefferson Chen, MD, PhD

Clinic: UCI Health

Website: https://www.ucihealth.org/medical-services/programs/neurosurgery

Location: Irvine, CA

Phone: 714-456-3656

Principal Investigator: Naomi Abel, MD

Clinic: USF Health

Website: https://health.usf.edu/care/neurosurgery/services-specialties/hydrocephalus

Location: Tampa, FL

Phone: 813-821-8034

Principal Investigator: Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD

Clinic: Krembil Brain Institute

Website: https://www.uhn.ca/Krembil/Clinics/Memory_Clinic

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Phone: 416-603-5232​

Primary Investigator: Ramesh Grandhi, MD

Clinic: Clinical Neurosciences Center

Website: https://healthcare.utah.edu/locations/neurosciences

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Phone: 801-585-7575

Principal Investigator: Michael Williams, MD, FAAN

Clinic: Neurological Surgery Clinic at UW Medical Center

Website: www.uwmedicine.org/locations/neurological-surgery-uwmc

Location: Seattle, WA

Phone: 206-520-5000

Primary Investigator: Thomas Zwimpfer, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Clinic: Hydrocephalus Clinic at Vancouver General Hospital

Website: www.vch.ca/en/service/hydrocephalus-clinic

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Phone: 604-875-4111 ext. 67378

Primary Investigator: David Limbrick, MD, PhD, FAANS, FAAP

Clinic: VCU Health

Website: https://www.vcuhealth.org/services/neurosciences/neurosurgery/our-services/normal-pressure-hydrocephalus/

Location: Richmond, VA

Phone: 804-827-4080

Primary Investigator: Charles Matouk, MD

Clinic: Yale Medicine – Neurosurgery Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Program

Website: https://www.yalemedicine.org/departments/normal-pressure-hydrocephalus-program

Location: New Haven, CT

Phone: 877-925-3637