J. Gordon McComb, MD

Dr. McComb is CHLA’s Chief Emeritus for the Division of Neurosurgery and currently serves as an attending physician. During his 36 years at CHLA—in which he has led not only as Chief of Neurosurgery but also as a five-term President of the CHLA Medical Group and a former member of the Board of Trustees for our hospital—Dr. McComb’s thoughtful stewardship of the patients and families in our care is one of the reasons CHLA continues to rank annually among the top U.S. children’s hospitals for neurosurgery. His prolific research has advanced the diagnosis and treatment of infants and children with disorders such as hydrocephalus, neural tube defects and more. Under Dr. McComb’s direction, CHLA also developed renowned pediatric neurosurgery training programs, cultivating generations of neurosurgical fellows, residents and medical students from Keck School of Medicine of USC and many other universities. It is fitting to his legacy, therefore, that the first person to hold the McComb Family Chair was one of his pediatric neurosurgical fellows here at CHLA from 2001 to 2002.