Toba Niazi, MD - Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Los profesionales de salud identificados con el logotipo de Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists son afiliados de Nicklaus Children's Health System. Todos los demás en este sitio web tienen prácticas médicas independientes.

 

Dr. Toba Niazi is a pediatric neurosurgeon and serves as chief of the Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists (NCPS) Section of Neurosurgery, director of the Division of Neurosurgery, co-medical director of the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Brain Institute and medical director of Neuro-Oncology Surgical Services at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Her clinical interests include the surgical treatment of children with brain and spinal cord tumors, and children with cerebral palsy, spasticity and movement disorders. She also possesses specialized training in the use of rigid and flexible endoscopies for neurosurgical treatment.  

Dr. Niazi has made a difference in the lives of countless children with complex health needs. See some of her recent successes online: They include Michael who has resumed a rich life after Dr. Niazi performed a dorsal rhizotomy to decrease his spasticity and Cameron, who is thriving after she performed a life-saving craniotomy.

Prior to joining the team in 2013, Dr. Niazi was on staff at Inova Fairfax Children’s Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, where she served as a pediatric neurosurgeon. Dr. Niazi received her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.

She completed her internship and residency at the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and a fellowship in neurosurgery at the University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Medical Center. She is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. During her time in training, Dr. Niazi focused on translational research in a transgenic mouse model with medulloblastoma. This work led her to earn the prestigious Kenneth Shulman Award through the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

Dr. Niazi is employed by Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists, the multispecialty medical group practice of Nicklaus Children’s Health System.


Alligood, D.M., Gilna, G.P., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2025). Assessing Safety and Timing of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt and Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Newborns. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 60(4), 162196. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Niazi, T. (2025). Clinical Trials of Focused Ultrasound for Brain Tumors. Cancers, 17(3), 513. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Niazi, T. (2025). Characterizing the Natural History of Pediatric Brain Tumors Presenting with Metastasis. Cancers, 17(5), 775. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Vazquez, S., ..., Niazi, T. (2025). The epidemiologic associations of food availability with national incidence and disability rates of idiopathic pediatric epilepsy. Child's nervous system, 131(), 110955. View in Pubmed

Vazquez, S., Lu, V.M., ..., Niazi, T. (2024). Myelomeningocele repair in Latin America: a systematic review. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 35(3), 222-228. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Brun, J.D., Niazi, T., et al (2024). Pediatric shunt failure in a resource limited lower-middle income country (LMIC) institution in La Paz, Bolivia. Child's nervous system, 40(11), 3581-3587. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Vazquez, S., Niazi, T. (2024). Postoperative pain management strategies following selective dorsal rhizotomy in pediatric cerebral palsy patients: a systematic review of published regimens. Child's nervous system, 40(12), 4095-4105. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Maddy, K., Niazi, T. (2024). Awake craniotomy in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis of operative outcomes. World neurosurgery, 181(), 154-160.e2. View in Pubmed

Prince, E.W., Apps, J.R., …, Niazi, T., et al (2024). Unraveling the complexity of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype in adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma using multimodal machine learning analysis. World neurosurgery, 26(6), 1109-1123. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Shimony, N., …, Niazi, T.N. (2024). Infant Hydrocephalus. Pediatrics in Review, 45(8), 450-460. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Bruno, J.D., Niazi, T., et al (2024). Pediatric neurosurgical medulloblastoma outcomes in La Paz, Bolivia: How a Lower Middle-Income Country (LMIC) institution in South America compares to the United States. Journal of neuro-oncology, 168(2), 275-282. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Bruno, J.D., Niazi, T., et al (2024). Assessing pediatric neurosurgery capacity in La Paz, Bolivia: an illustrative institutional experience of lower-middle-income country in South America. Pediatrics, 34(2), 190-198. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Niazi, T. (2024). The epidemiologic associations of food availability with national incidence and mortality rates of pediatric central nervous system tumors. Child's nervous system, 40(2), 445-451. View in Pubmed

Wang, S., Hauptman, J., Niazi, T.N. (2023). Chapter 220 - Eloquent Cortex Surgery for Epilepsy. Philadelphia. Wolters Kluwer. Epilepsy - a Comprehensive Textbook.

Lu, V.M., Maddy, K., Niazi, T.N. (2023). Awake Craniotomy in Pediatric Patients: A Meta-analysis of Operative Outcomes. World neurosurgery, 181(), 154-160.e3. View in Pubmed

Maddy, K., Eliahu, K., ..., Niazi, T.N. (2023). Healthcare disparities in pediatric neurosurgery: a scoping review. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 32(2), 242-253. View in Pubmed

Lilly, J.V., Rokita, J.L., Niazi, T., et al (2023 ). The children's brain tumor network (CBTN) - Accelerating research in pediatric central nervous system tumors through collaboration and open science. Neoplasia, 35(), 100846. View in Pubmed

Clarke, J.E., Reyes, J.M., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2023). Chiari I malformation management in patients with heritable connective tissue disorders. World neurosurgery: X, 18(), 100173. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Elarjani, T., Niazi, T.N. (2023). Global, Regional, and National Incidence and Mortality Trends in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors over the Past 2 Decades. World neurosurgery, 179(), e568-e574. View in Pubmed

Bauer, D.F., Niazi, T., Qaiser, R., et al (2023). Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Patients With Chiari Malformation: Diagnosis. Neurosurgery, 93(4), 723-726. View in Pubmed

Pattisapu, J.V., Ackerman, L.L., Niazi, T., et al (2023). Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Patients With Chiari Malformation: Surgical Interventions. Neurosurgery, 93(4), 731-735. View in Pubmed

Jackson, E,M., Jernigan, S., Niazi, T., et al (2023). Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Patients With Chiari Malformation: Symptoms. Neurosurgery, 93(4), 727-730. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Niazi, T.N. (2023). Letter: Neurosurgical Outcomes for Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors in the United States. Neurosurgery, 93(1), e12. View in Pubmed

Bauer, D.F., Pattisapu, J.V., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2023). In Reply: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Patients With Chiari Malformation: Surgical Interventions. Neurosurgery, 94(2), e35-e36. View in Pubmed

Tamber, M.S., Jensen, H., Clawson, J., et al (2023). Shunt infection prevention practices in Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network-Quality: a new quality improvement network for hydrocephalus management. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 33(2), 157-164. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Niazi, T.N. (2023). Epidemiology of pediatric sports-related concussions presenting to the emergency room over the last decade in the United States. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 235(), 108023. View in Pubmed

Maddy, K., Michel, M., ..., Niazi, T.N. (2023). Tiny Brains, Mighty Futures: Addressing Global Health Disparities in Pediatric Neurosurgery. World neurosurgery, 177(), 190-191. View in Pubmed

Dammann, C.E.L., Kieran, K., Fromme, H.B., et al (2023). Female Excellence and Leadership in Pediatrics Subspecialties (FLEXPeds): Creating a Network for Women Across Academic Pediatrics. The Journal of pediatrics, 263(), 113512. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Kreuger, E., ..., Niazi, T.N., et al (2022). Clinical complications of surviving gunshot wounds to the head in children and adolescents: the Miami experience. Child's nervous system, 38(9), 1735-1742. View in Pubmed

Steinbok, P., Cheong, A., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2022). Nonoperative Management of Childhood Calvarial Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis. The New England journal of medicine, 386(26), 2532-2534. View in Pubmed

Hernandez, N.E., Lu, V.M., ..., Niazi, T.N., et al (2022). Incidence, follow-up, and postnatal clinical progress of children with central nervous system anomalies on fetal MRI. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 10(), 1-9. View in Pubmed

Hernandez, N.E., Bryant., J.P., Niazi, T.N. (2022). Myelomeningocele Including Fetal Prescription. Pediatrics in review, 43(7), 384-393. View in Pubmed

Silva, M.A., Chang, H., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2022). Surgical management of quadrigeminal cistern arachnoid cysts: case series and literature review. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 29(4), 427-434. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Pinilla Escobar, V.A., ..., Niazi, T.N., et. al (2022). Clinical course of pediatric gunshot wounds involving the spine and spinal cord: the Miami experience. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 31(1), 24-31. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Wang, S., Niazi, T.N., et al (2022). Impact of intraventricular hemorrhage symmetry on endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus: an institutional experience of 50 cases. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 31(3), 245-251. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Niazi, T.N. (2022). Racial disparities in pediatric malignant glioma management: current state of affairs in the United States. Journal of neuro-oncology, 160(1), 171-178. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Eichberg, D.G. ..., Niazi, T. (2022). Distinct survival and clinical profile of infantile glioblastoma: insights from a national database. Child's nervous system, 38(1), 85-94. View in Pubmed

Clarke, J.E., Luther, E. ..., Niazi, T., et al (2022). Intracranial aneurysms in the infant population: an institutional case series and individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 15(), 1-11. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Leuchter, J.D. ..., Niazi, T. (2022). The utility of congenital cardiac status to predict endoscopic third ventriculostomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure in hydrocephalic infants. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 29(5), 528-535. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Di, L. ..., Niazi, T. (2022). Contemporary outcomes of diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor in pediatric patients: A case series and literature review. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 218(), 107265. View in Pubmed

Palacio-Uribe, L., Perez-Roman, R.J., ..., Niazi, T. (2022). Cervical intramedullary teratoma: a case report and systematic review of the literature. Child's nervous system, 38(5), 997-1004. View in Pubmed

Silva, M.A., Mirchia, K., ..., Niazi, T. (2022). Disseminated diffuse midline glioma associated with poorly differentiated orbital lesion and metastases in an 8-year-old girl: case report and literature review. Child's nervous system, 38(10), 2005-2010. View in Pubmed

Smith, J.D., Mandel, G., Niazi, T., et al (2022). Multifocal and Multiphasic Demyelinating Lesions After Radiation for Ependymoma in a Pediatric Population. Journal of Child Neurology, 37(7), 609-616. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Wang S., ..., Niazi, T.N. (2021). The clinical course and role of surgery in pediatric malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: a database study. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 29(1), 92-99. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Niazi, T. (2021). Pediatric Spinal Cord Diseases. Pediatrics in review, 42(9), 486-499. View in Pubmed

Shah, S., Gates, K., ..., Niazi, T.N., et al (2021). Effect of Postoperative Radiation Therapy Timing on Survival in Pediatric and Young Adult Ependymoma. Advances in radiology oncology, 26(4), 100691. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., Di, L., ..., Niazi, T.N. (2021). Age of diagnosis clinically differentiates atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors diagnosed below age of 3 years: a database study. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 37(4), 1077-1085. View in Pubmed

Akbari, S.H.A., Rizvi, A.A., ..., Niazi, T.N., et al (2021). Socioeconomic and demographic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 29(3), 288-297. View in Pubmed

Bryant, J.P., Hernandez, N.E., Niazi, T.N. (2021). Macrocephaly in the Primary Care Provider's Office. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 68(4), 759-773. View in Pubmed

Sheinberg, D.L., Bryant, J.P., Perez-Roman, R.J., Niazi, T.N. (2021). Indeterminate Cell Histiocytosis of the Spine: A Case Report. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 56(5), 465-470. View in Pubmed

Bryant, J.P., Wang, S., Niazi, T.N. (2021). Carotid body tumor microenvironment. Philadelphia. Wolters Kluwer. Tumor Microenvironment – Novel Concepts..

Prince, E.W., Whelan, R., ..., Niazi, T.N., et al (2020). Robust deep learning classification of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma from limited preoperative radiographic images. Advances in radiology oncology, 10(1), 16885. View in Pubmed

Prince, E., Whelan, R., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2020). Transcriptional analyses of adult and pediatric adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma reveals similar expression signatures regarding potential therapeutic targets. Acta neuropathologica communications, 8(1), 68. View in Pubmed

Weil, A.G., Fallah, A, ..., Niazi, T.N., et al (2020). Functional hemispherectomy: can preoperative imaging predict outcome?. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 25(6), 567-573. View in Pubmed

Weil, A.G., Fallah, A, Wang, S., et al (2020). Functional hemispherectomy: can preoperative imaging predict outcome?. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 25(6), 567-573. View in Pubmed

Lu, V.M., O'Connor, K.P., ..., Niazi, T.N., et al (2020). Effect of surgery and chemotherapy on long-term survival in infants with congenital glioblastoma: an integrated survival analysis. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 26(5), 563-571. View in Pubmed

Hall, M.D., Odia, Y., Allen, J.E., Tarapore, R., Khatib, Z., Niazi, T.N., et al (2019). First clinical experience with DRD2/3 antagonist ONC201 in H3 K27M-mutant pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: a case report. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, View in Pubmed

Chi, A.S., Tarapore, R.S., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2019). Pediatric and adult H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma treated with the selective DRD2 antagonist ONC201. Journal of Neuro-oncology, 145(1), 97-105. View in Pubmed

Totapally, B.R, Shah, A.H., Niazi, T. (2018). Epidemiology and short-term surgical outcomes of children presenting with cerebellar tumors.. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 168(), 97-101. View in Pubmed

Yan, H., Abel, T.J., Alotaibi, N.M., Anderson, M., Niazi, T.N., et al (2018). A systematic review and meta-analysis of endoscopic versus open treatment of craniosynostosis. Part 1: the sagittal suture. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 22(4), 352-360. View in Pubmed

Yan, H., Abel, T.J., Alotaibi, N.M., Anderson, M., Niazi, T.N., et al (2018). A systematic review of endoscopic versus open treatment of craniosynostosis. Part 2: the nonsagittal single sutures.. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 22(4), 361-368. View in Pubmed

Shah, A.H., Ibrahim, G.M., Sasaki, J., Ragheb, J., Bhatia, S., Niazi, T.N. (2018). Multiple echocardiography abnormalities associated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy failure. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 21(1), 25-30. View in Pubmed

Goyal, A., Cajigas, I., Ibrahim, G.M., Brathwaite, C.D., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2018). Surgical Treatment of Intramedullary Spinal Metastasis in Medulloblastoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature. World neurosurgery, 118(), 42-46. View in Pubmed

Shah, A.H., Khatib, Z., Niazi, T. (2018). Extracranial extra-CNS spread of embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes (ETMR): case series and systematic review. Child's nervous system, 34(4), 649-654. View in Pubmed

Jermakowicz, W.J., Weil, A.G., Vlasenko, A., Bhatia, S., Niazi, T.N. (2017). Cognard Type V intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula presenting in a pediatric patient with rapid, progressive myelopathy. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 20(2), 158-163. View in Pubmed

Donson, A.M., Apps, J., Griesinger, A.M., Amani, V., Witt, D.A., ..., Niazi, T., et al (2017). Molecular Analyses Reveal Inflammatory Mediators in the Solid Component and Cyst Fluid of Human Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 76(9), 779-788. View in Pubmed

Lo Presti, A., Weil, A.G., Fallah, A., Peterson, E.C., Niazi, T.N., Bhatia, S. (2015). Treatment of a cerebral pial arteriovenous fistula in a patient with sickle cell disease-related moyamoya syndrome: case report. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 16(2), 207-211. View in Pubmed

Lo Presti, A., Weil, A.G., Niazi, T.N., Bhatia, S. (2015). Herpes simplex reactivation or postinfectious inflammatory response after epilepsy surgery: Case report and review of the literature. . 6(), 47. View in Pubmed

Weil, A.G., Middleton, A.L., Niazi, T.N., Ragheb, J., Bhatia, S. (2015). The supracerebellar-transtentorial approach to posteromedial temporal lesions in children with refractory epilepsy. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 15(1), 45-54. View in Pubmed

Weil, A.G., Ragheb, J., Niazi, T.N., Bhatia, S. (2014). Avoiding routine postoperative head CT in children. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 13(5), 585-587. View in Pubmed

Ojemann, J.G., Partridge, S.C., Poliakov, A.V., Niazi, T.N., Shaw, D.W., Ishak, G.E., Lee, A., Browd, S.R., Geyer, J.R., Ellenbogen, R.G. (2013). Diffusion tensor imaging of the superior cerebellar peduncle identifies patients with posterior fossa syndrome. Child's nervous system, 29(11), 2071-2077. View in Pubmed

Bisson, E.F., Sauri-Barraza, J.C., Niazi,T., Schmidt, M.H. (2013). Synovial cysts of the cervicothoracic junction causing myelopathy: report of 3 cases and review of the literature. Neurosurgical Focus, 35(1), E3. View in Pubmed

Niazi, T.N., Bowers, C.A., Schmidt, M.H. (2012). Role of adjuvant radiosurgery after thoracoscopic microsurgical resection of a spinal schwannoma. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, View in Pubmed

Levitt, M.R., Niazi, T.N., Hopper, R.A., Ellenbogen, R.G., Ojemann, J.G. (2012). Resolution of syndromic craniosynostosis-associated Chiari malformation Type I without suboccipital decompression after posterior cranial vault release. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 9(2), 111-115. View in Pubmed

Niazi, T.N., Shah, L.M., Chin, S.S., Schmidt, M.H. (2011). Isolated intradural lumbosacral tailgut cyst with carcinoid features. Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine, 14(3), 382-387. View in Pubmed

Krisht, K.M., Whitehead, K.J., Niazi, T., Couldwell, W.T. (2010). The pathogenetic features of cerebral cavernous malformations: a comprehensive review with therapeutic implications. Neurosurgical Focus, 29(3), E2. View in Pubmed

Niazi, T.N., Klimo, P. Jr, Anderson, R.C., Raffel, C. (2010). Diagnosis and management of arteriovenous malformations in children. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 21(3), 443-456. View in Pubmed

Niazi, T.N., Cannon-Albright, L.A., Couldwell, W.T. (2010). Utah Population Database: a tool to study the hereditary element of nonsyndromic neurosurgical diseases. Neurosurgical Focus, 28(1), E1. View in Pubmed

Niazi, T.N., Forester, C., Afify, Z., Riva-Cambrin, J. (2009). Osteosarcoma presenting as hemorrhagic cerebellar metastasis. Child's nervous system, 25(12), 1643-1647. View in Pubmed

Niazi, T.N., Jensen, E.M., Jensen, R.L. (2009). WHO Grade II and III supratentorial hemispheric ependymomas in adults: case series and review of treatment options. Journal of Neuro-oncology, 91(3), 323-328. View in Pubmed

Niazi, T., Quinoñes-Hinojosa, A., Schmidt, M. (2008). Management of brain abscesses associated with halo fixation. Neurosurgical Focus, 24(8), E14. View in Pubmed

Binning, M.J., Niazi, T., Pedone, C.A., Lal, B., Eberhart, C.G., Kim, K.J., Laterra, J., Fults, D.W. (2008). Hepatocyte growth factor and sonic Hedgehog expression in cerebellar neural progenitor cells costimulate medulloblastoma initiation and growth. Cancer Research, 68(19), 7838-7845. View in Pubmed

Oficina Principal

Dirección:
Nicklaus Children's Neurosurgery
3100 SW 62 Avenue, ACB #3109
Miami, FL 33155
Número de Teléfono:
305-662-8386

Educación

Fellowship - University of Washington
Residency - University of Utah
Medical School - University of Maryland

Certificaciones

American Board of Neurological Surgery - Certified
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery - Certified