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Carrie R. Muh, M.D. is chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and surgical director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Westchester Medical Center. In 2020, Dr. Muh co-founded the Epilepsy Center at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, which has achieved the highest level of accreditation from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) every year since 2021. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in pediatric epilepsy surgery and treats a broad spectrum of neurosurgical conditions, including brain and spinal cord tumors, moya moya disease, craniosynostosis, Chiari malformation, spina bifida, and hydrocephalus.
Under her leadership, the Pediatric Neurosurgery Division at Westchester Medical Center has grown to include multiple ABPNS board-certified pediatric neurosurgeons and developed specialized programs, including the Level 4 NAEC-accredited Epilepsy Center, an ACPA-approved craniofacial program, a pediatric peripheral nerve program, and expanded pediatric neuro-oncology and cerebrovascular services. She introduced laser ablation surgery to WMC in 2020, now regularly used for epilepsy and tumor treatment in both children and adults.
Dr. Muh grew up in California and began scientific research in high school through NASA’s Student Space Biology initiative. While studying for her master's degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she conducted DNA repair research and interned at the White House. She spent eight months conducting liver cancer research at the Shanghai Cancer Institute before earning her medical degree at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. While at Columbia, she worked in the Gabriel Bartoli Brain Tumor Laboratory under Dr. Jeffrey Bruce and taught the neuroanatomy review course for fellow medical students.
In 2011, Dr. Muh joined Duke University as an assistant professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics, where she directed medical student education and rotations in neurosurgery. She has maintained an adjunct faculty role at Duke after moving to New York in 2019.
Dr. Muh’s clinical and research expertise centers on pediatric epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation, cortical brain mapping, and novel techniques for hydrocephalus management with noninvasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. She co-developed and patented a SmartShunt, a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt capable of noninvasive ICP measurement, largely funded by the Coulter Foundation. She has also co-led national multicenter projects investigating oculomotor testing for sports-related traumatic brain injury and studies on thalamic neurostimulation in pediatric epilepsy. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, reviews, and book chapters.
Nationally and internationally, Dr. Muh is a sought-after speaker and active leader in neurosurgical and epilepsy organizations. She serves on the Executive Committee of the AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery, the Board of Directors of the New York Society of Neurosurgery, and International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) committees, including the Epilepsy Surgery Education Committee and the Commission on Surgical Therapies, where she has helped develop the first global standardized epilepsy surgery training curriculum. She also served on the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) Guidelines Panel for Specialized Epilepsy Centers and is contributing to national tethered cord surgery guidelines.
Dr. Muh is deeply committed to education and global outreach. At NYMC, she co-leads weekly multidisciplinary epilepsy conferences, mentors numerous medical students and residents in research, and contributes to the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium. Internationally, she has trained neurosurgeons in epilepsy surgery, including performing the first pediatric StereoEEG cases in Ukraine in 2024 and providing intensive hands-on training across multiple cities. At Duke, she significantly expanded the medical student neurosurgery program; mentored students and residents, many of whom went on to present at major conferences and publish in leading journals; and developed sub-internship and student rotation curricula that received top ratings from the institution’s Graduate Medical Education office.
Recognized for her clinical excellence, innovation, and service, Dr. Muh received the Physician Exemplar Award from Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in 2023, was named to Crain’s New York Business Health Care Leaders 2022 and Becker’s Spine Exceptional Women in Medicine in 2023, and was invited to join the Sigma Xi National Scientific Research Honor Society. Dr. Muh is truly dedicated to her patients, and focusing her career on advancing pediatric neurosurgery through innovation, research, guideline development, mentorship, and advocacy, working to expand access to advanced care for children with epilepsy and other complex neurological conditions.
Education
- Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
- Residency, Neurosurgery, Emory University
- M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- M.H.Sc., Political Science & Health Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.S., Biology and Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Areas of Expertise
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Brain Tumors
- Moya Moya
- Vagal Nerve Simulators
- Neuromodulation
- Chiari Malformations
Honors and Awards
- Physician Exemplar Award, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and Westchester Medical Center, 2023
- Vanguard Leadership Institute Fellowship, 2023
- Becker’s Spine Exceptional Women in Medicine, 2023
- Notable Health Care Leader, Crain’s New York Business, 2022
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Publications
Memberships and Affiliations
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- International League Against Epilepsy
- ILAE Neurotechnology in Epilepsy Section
- American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
- American Epilepsy Society
- International Epilepsy Surgery Society
- New York Society of Neurosurgery
- AANS/CNS Joint Section for Pediatric Neurological Surgery
- Women in Neurological Surgery
- Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society
