Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Michigan Head & Spine Institute
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Ascension St. John Hospital
Chair, Michigan Board of Medicine
Office Locations
Southfield Office
Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak Office
Dr. Gilmer graduated cum laude from Harvard University, and received her medical degree from the University of Michigan. She then completed residency in neurosurgery at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, followed by fellowships in peripheral nerve surgery at Louisiana State University Medical Center and pediatric neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Michigan/Detroit Medical Center. She is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. Dr. Gilmer currently serves as Chair of the Michigan Board of Medicine.
Dr. Gilmer’s research and clinical specialties include Chiari malformations, dysraphism, hydrocephalus, neuro-oncology, peripheral nerve surgery, and craniofacial reconstruction. She has given over 80 lectures nationally and internationally, and is a regular reviewer for Neurosurgery, Operative Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, and the Journal of the National Medical Association.
Dr. Gilmer is a past Director of the Board of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. She is currently President of the Peripheral Nerve Task Force, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine and Peripheral Nerve. She has served on the Executive Committees of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, and has been Vice-Chair of the CNS Education Committee. She is past President of Women in Neurosurgery and the Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Education
MD: University of Michigan Medical School
Fellowships: Peripheral Nerve Surgery at the Louisiana State University Medical Center, in New Orleans, LA
Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Michigan
Residency: Neurological Surgery at the University of California, Davis Medical Center
Internship: General Surgery at University of California, Davis Medical Center
AB: Arts Bachelor's in English, cum laude, Harvard University
Prior Appointment
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Certifications
Neurological Surgery and in Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Membership
American Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Peripheral Nerve Task Force (AANS/CNS)
American Medical Association
Michigan State Medical Society
Wayne State Medical Society
National Medical Association
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Society for Neuro-Oncology
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Women in Neurosurgery
Detroit Medical Society
Hydrocephalus Association
Honors
HOUR Detroit Top Docs: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003
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