Dr. Einhaus was born in Des Plaines, Illinois, but spent most of her childhood in Florida. She attended Florida State University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, and then attended medical school at the University of Florida and graduated in 1989. She moved to Memphis that same year and began an internship and residency in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee, finishing in 1995. She then did a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee for one year with completion in 1996. She has been with Semmes-Murphey Clinic ever since.
She is double Board Certified in General Neurological Surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee and is also Chief of Neurosurgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis.
She is married and has been blessed with two children. Rebecca Ann was born on 04/01/96 and Elizabeth Grace on 04/16/02.
Professional Societies
American Association of Neurologic Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons
American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
American Epilepsy Society, the Christian Medical and Dental Society
Hydrocephalus Association
American Medical Association
Special Areas of Interest
She takes care of both children and adults.
Her special areas of expertise are in cranial endoscopy (which is usually related to the treatment of complex hydrocephalus).
Surgery for medically refractory epilepsy in children