Mark Krieger

Mark D. Krieger, MD joined the Children’s Neurosurgery Center in 2002 and is currently the Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief at CHLA and the Billy and Audrey Wilder Neurosurgery Chair.

He joined CHLA two decades ago as a fellow in pediatric neurosurgery. He became Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery in 2012 and Associate Chief of the Department of Surgery in 2017 and served as interim Surgeon-in-Chief for the Department since June 2018. He served as CHLA’s Chief of Staff for six years with oversight for more than 750 physicians for their medical staff responsibilities, credentialing and recredentialing processes. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees for eight years and is also a current member of the Board for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group.

Dr. Krieger completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and holds a degree in medicine from Columbia University. Nationally, he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Director of the American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Chair of the Pediatric Joint section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the largest organization of pediatric neurosurgeons in the world. He has authored more than 110 peer review publications and made 250 national and international presentations.

He has advanced neurosurgery research and treatment for children. One of his recent efforts garnered nationwide coverage as he used an innovative surgery to place implants directly on the brainstem to help children born without auditory nerves detect sound.