For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
David D Limbrick, MD, PhD
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

Suite 4S20
St. Louis, MO 63110
314.454.2810
Education
Internship: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Fellowship: St. Louis County Hospital
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna Elect Choice EPO |
Aetna HealthFund |
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Open Access Elect Choice EPO |
Aetna POS/PPO/Choice |
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Aetna PPO |
Aetna Quality Point of Service |
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Aetna USAccess |
Baxter Regional PHO |
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BCBS of IL PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
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Best Doctors Inc |
Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
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Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
Cigna PPO |
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CMR (Care Management Resources) |
Community Care Network PPO |
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Community Partners Health Plan/PPO |
CorVel PPO |
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Coventry Advantra HMO (formerlyGHP |
Coventry HMO/POS (formerly GHP) |
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Coventry PPO (formerly GHP) |
Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
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First Health |
Great-West HMO/POS |
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Great-West Open Access |
Great-West PPO |
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Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
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Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
Healthlink PPO |
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HFN Inc. PPO |
Home State-MC+ |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect |
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IPA Secondary to Medicare |
Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
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Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
Medicare |
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Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
Mercy Health Plan PPO |
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MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
MultiPlan PPO |
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Personal Care Health Mgmt HMO |
Personal Care Health Mgmt PPO/POS |
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PPO Next/HealthStar |
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
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Private Health Care Systems PPO |
Providers Network of America |
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Quincy Health Care Management |
St. John's Health System Tertiary |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
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United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
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USA Managed Care Org |
Wellborn HMO |
Kasasbeh AS, Yarbrough CK, Limbrick DD, Steger-May K, Leach JL, Mangano FT, Smyth MD.
Neurosurgery. 2011 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 22067422
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Oligodendrogliomas in children.
Creach KM, Rubin JB, Leonard JR, Limbrick DD, Smyth MD, Dacey R, Rich KM, Dowling JL, Grubb RL Jr, Linette GP, King AA, Michalski JM, Park TS, Perry A, Simpson JR, Mansur DB.
J Neurooncol. 2012 Jan;106(2):377-82. Epub 2011 Aug 13.
- PMID:
- 21842314
- [PubMed - in process]
Resting-state activity in development and maintenance of normal brain function.
Pizoli CE, Shah MN, Snyder AZ, Shimony JS, Limbrick DD, Raichle ME, Schlaggar BL, Smyth MD.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 12;108(28):11638-43. Epub 2011 Jun 27.
- PMID:
- 21709227
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Breshears JD, Gaona CM, Roland JL, Sharma M, Anderson NR, Bundy DT, Freudenburg ZV, Smyth MD, Zempel J, Limbrick DD, Smart WD, Leuthardt EC.
Pediatrics. 2011 Jul;128(1):e160-8. Epub 2011 Jun 20.
- PMID:
- 21690116
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Patients with Chiari malformation Type I presenting with acute neurological deficits: case series.
Yarbrough CK, Powers AK, Park TS, Leonard JR, Limbrick DD, Smyth MD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Mar;7(3):244-7.
- PMID:
- 21361761
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Extratemporal, nonlesional epilepsy in children: postsurgical clinical and neurocognitive outcomes.
Dorward IG, Titus JB, Limbrick DD, Johnston JM, Bertrand ME, Smyth MD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Feb;7(2):179-88.
- PMID:
- 21284465
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Chicoine MR, Lim CC, Evans JA, Singla A, Zipfel GJ, Rich KM, Dowling JL, Leonard JR, Smyth MD, Santiago P, Leuthardt EC, Limbrick DD, Dacey RG.
Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2011;109:97-102.
- PMID:
- 20960327
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Complete versus anterior two-thirds corpus callosotomy in children: analysis of outcome.
Jalilian L, Limbrick DD, Steger-May K, Johnston J, Powers AK, Smyth MD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Sep;6(3):257-66.
- PMID:
- 20809710
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Limbrick DD Jr, Mathur A, Johnston JM, Munro R, Sagar J, Inder T, Park TS, Leonard JL, Smyth MD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Sep;6(3):224-30.
- PMID:
- 20809705
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Radiation therapy for pilocytic astrocytomas of childhood.
Mansur DB, Rubin JB, Kidd EA, King AA, Hollander AS, Smyth MD, Limbrick DD, Park TS, Leonard JR.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Mar 1;79(3):829-34. Epub 2010 Apr 24.
- PMID:
- 20421157
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence.
Limbrick DD, Narayan P, Powers AK, Ojemann JG, Park TS, Bertrand M, Smyth MD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Oct;4(4):323-32.
- PMID:
- 19795963
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Isolated cerebellar Rosai-Dorfman granuloma mimicking Lhermitte-Duclos disease. Case report.
Johnston JM, Limbrick DD, Ray WZ, Brown S, Shimony J, Park TS.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Aug;4(2):118-20.
- PMID:
- 19645543
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Limbrick DD Jr, Behdad A, Derdeyn CP, Custer PL, Zipfel GJ, Santiago P.
J Neurosurg. 2009 Oct;111(4):653-7.
- PMID:
- 19374504
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Epilepsy surgery in children with seizures arising from the rolandic cortex.
Behdad A, Limbrick DD Jr, Bertrand ME, Smyth MD.
Epilepsia. 2009 Jun;50(6):1450-61. Epub 2008 Nov 19.
- PMID:
- 19054401
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Targeted inhibition of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase-4 promotes brain tumor regression.
Goldhoff P, Warrington NM, Limbrick DD Jr, Hope A, Woerner BM, Jackson E, Perry A, Piwnica-Worms D, Rubin JB.
Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Dec 1;14(23):7717-25.
- PMID:
- 19047098
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Spontaneous resolution of Chiari malformation Type I in monozygotic twins.
Miller JH, Limbrick DD, Callen M, Smyth MD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Nov;2(5):317-9.
- PMID:
- 18976100
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Combined surgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of cerebral metastases.
Limbrick DD Jr, Lusis EA, Chicoine MR, Rich KM, Dacey RG, Dowling JL, Grubb RL, Filiput EA, Drzymala RE, Mansur DB, Simpson JR.
Surg Neurol. 2009 Mar;71(3):280-8, discussion 288-9. Epub 2008 Apr 18.
- PMID:
- 18423536
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Deshpande LS, Limbrick DD Jr, Sombati S, DeLorenzo RJ.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007 Aug;322(2):443-52. Epub 2007 May 4.
- PMID:
- 17483292
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Smyth MD, Limbrick DD Jr, Ojemann JG, Zempel J, Robinson S, O'Brien DF, Saneto RP, Goyal M, Appleton RE, Mangano FT, Park TS.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Mar;106(3 Suppl):205-10.
- PMID:
- 17465386
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Mangano FT, Limbrick DD Jr, Leonard JR, Park TS, Smyth MD.
Neurosurgery. 2006 Apr;58(4 Suppl 2):ONS-E377; discussion ONS-E377.
- PMID:
- 16575292
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]












