Dr. Carolyn Quinsey MD

Dr. Carolyn Quinsey MD Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Carolyn Quinsey is a board certified pediatric and adult neurosurgeon who specializes in minimally invasive and shuntless surgery.

Dr. Quinsey is fellowship trained in pediatric neurosurgery and operates on children and adults using innovative techniques which include endoscopic, endonasal, eyebrow craniotomy, and microscopic approaches. She is one of very few specialists using flexible neuroendoscopy, the newest technology and techniques to effectively remove tumors and treat hydrocephalus without a shunt. Dr. Quinsey is also devoted to training the next generation of neurosurgeons both in the United States and abroad. Dr. Quinsey is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and the Pediatric Section of the AANS/CNS. Titles
Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Program Director

Conditions Treated
Hydrocephalus, cerebral cysts, arachnoid cysts, pineal cysts, brain tumors, pituitary tumors, vascular malformations (AVM, sinus pericranii, cavernous malformation), Moyamoya, pediatric epilepsy, chiari malformation, myelomeningocele, lipomyelomeningocele, cranialsynostosis, tethered cord, skull lesions - dermoid cysts, craniocervical instability, pediatric spine surgery

Specialties
Flexible endoscopy for treatment of cerebral/arachnoid cysts and hydrocephalus
Endonasal endoscopic treatment of pituitary and sellar region tumors
Pediatric tumors
Pediatric vascular disorders
Pediatric congenital disorders
Academic Interests
Sellar and parasellar lesions
Skull base surgery
Minimally invasive surgery
International and Global Neurosurgery
Graduate Medical Education

Education and Training
Fellowship – Pediatric Neurosurgery – Oregon Health Science University
Residency – Neurological Surgery – University of North Carolina
M.D. Medicine – Medical College of Wisconsin
B.S. Mathematics – University of Wisconsin Madison

Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery - Board Certified
Pediatric Neurosurgery- Board Certified

Just when I thought my OR team at MU couldn’t be any more awesome at helping take care of my patients, they took it up a...
06/15/2024

Just when I thought my OR team at MU couldn’t be any more awesome at helping take care of my patients, they took it up a level with matching scrub hats 🙌

Wow, it is hard to leave my patients and families that I love so much. I feel honored to have been in their lives. I wa...
04/11/2024

Wow, it is hard to leave my patients and families that I love so much.
I feel honored to have been in their lives. I wanted to be a part of all of your life journeys literally forever! I don’t know how I got so lucky to take care of the kindest, toughest, genuinely best humans on the planet.

I took an amazing opportunity at the University of Missouri.

Please let me know if you need anything, I’m in this with you always. ❤️

Beginning the new year excited to take amazing care of patients ❤️
01/03/2024

Beginning the new year excited to take amazing care of patients ❤️

A very generous donation from for the neurosurgery team in Nouakchott Mauritania, whose ORs and neuro ICU will open in ...
12/13/2023

A very generous donation from for the neurosurgery team in Nouakchott Mauritania, whose ORs and neuro ICU will open in early 2024 under direction of Dr Soumare. Couldn’t have been more appreciated by this team striving to bring excellence in neurosurgical care!

We are the Peds specialists of You can donate to our Pedatric Fund for Excellence, which allows us to supp...
10/28/2022

We are the Peds specialists of

You can donate to our Pedatric Fund for Excellence, which allows us to support students and residents interested in pediatric neurosurgery! https://unchf.org/pnfe

Our OR nurse made a halo crown for baby doll. ❤️ I love how invested the OR staff is in making our kids feel safe and ca...
04/14/2022

Our OR nurse made a halo crown for baby doll. ❤️ I love how invested the OR staff is in making our kids feel safe and cared for!
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Very excited to add these superstars to our team!
03/19/2022

Very excited to add these superstars to our team!

Congratulations to our two new neurosurgery residents, Drs Allie Harbert and Olivia Gilbert! Welcome to the UNC Neurosurgery team.

Honored to work with the neuroscience team here in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The talent and dedication of the team here is...
12/19/2021

Honored to work with the neuroscience team here in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The talent and dedication of the team here is humbling! Three female neurosurgery residents, expanding women in neurosurgery!

Enjoyed an early morning hike here in SLC this week at the peds section meeting presenting research
12/08/2021

Enjoyed an early morning hike here in SLC this week at the peds section meeting presenting research

It may feel like the world is on fire sometimes, but team will walk through flames to care for our kiddos!!
10/30/2021

It may feel like the world is on fire sometimes, but team will walk through flames to care for our kiddos!!

08/21/2021

Simulated fetal surgery, a great way to end the day!

Another experiment in virtual learning, mostly successful!
08/12/2021

Another experiment in virtual learning, mostly successful!

Are you an undergraduate student interested in a career in medicine?

Read about our first virtual internship for undergraduate students led by Dr. Carolyn Quinsey: unc.live/2XhTdch

Check back with us in April for our summer 2022 virtual internship.

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Columbia, MO
27519

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