Department of Neurosurgery

Konstantina Svokos, DO,MS  is a neurosurgeon at Rhode Island Hospital who specializes in pediatric neurosurgery. Her areas of interest are brain tumors, epilepsy, vascular lesions and spinal disorders. She has a particular interest in academics and loves teaching residents and medical students. Dr. Svokos has done both clinical and molecular research throughout her training and her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Her research focuses on improving treatments and ultimately survival in the uniformly fatal pediatric brain tumor of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.  She is originally from Greece, is multilingual and loves to travel. In her free time, she spends time with her family and her beloved french bulldog puppy.

Degrees
2010
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master’s of Science
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residencies
2010 – 2016
Neurological Surgery
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowships
2019 – 2020
Complex Spine Surgery
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

2016 – 2017
Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO

Board Certifications
American Board of Osteopathic Surgeons

Google Scholar
Pubmed