Specialty: Pediatric Neurosurgery and Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery
Anias & Jadon
Courage beat the odds.
Courage beat the odds.
The story of Anias and Jadon captured the attention of people around the world. They were born cranially conjoined, their brains intertwined.
Their parents, Nicole and Christian McDonald, knew the surgery to separate them was rare and complex.
They were referred to Montefiore Einstein.
As the world rallied, so did the experts.
Through a complex series of surgeries, conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald, craniopagus twins conjoined at the head with brains intertwined, were successfully separated at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM).
Using virtual planning and 3D printing technologies to map their way through the boys’ attached brains, CHAM surgeons prepared for months in advance.
The team, comprising more than 50 specialists across 12 disciplines, performed four surgeries over nine months to separate Anias and Jadon's intertwined brains.
The boys have made a strong recovery and continue to show tremendous progress as a result of the separation.
Emmy-Award-Winning Special Report
In the Emmy-Award-winning CNN film “Separated: Saving the Twins,” Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes viewers through the emotional journey of the twin boys, their family and the heroic staff that worked around the clock on this historic surgical success story.
Anias and Jadon have made a strong recovery and continue to show tremendous progress as a result of the separation. They continue to defy the odds on their road to recovery.
“Dr. Tepper. He was the plastic surgeon. He really cared about the boys…the craniofacial part is huge, too, to be able to reconstruct them and still make them handsome little boys when all is said and done.”
Courage beat the odds.
