Colleen M Grandowski, APRN in Elk Grove Village, IL

Colleen Grandowski, APRN, is a nurse practitioner specializing in neurosurgery at Ascension Illinois in Elk Grove Village near Chicago, Illinois. She is board certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center and American Board of Neuroscience Nursing. Colleen practices with a philosophy grounded in clinical excellence, compassionate patient-centered care, and collaborative innovation. She is committed to delivering evidence-based, high-quality care to patients with complex cerebrovascular and neurological conditions, emphasizing early intervention, patient safety, and optimal outcomes.

Her approach integrates advanced clinical expertise with education, advocacy, and shared decision-making, empowering patients and families throughout acute treatment, recovery, and long-term management. Colleen believes in working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to advance excellence in stroke, neurovascular, and neurosurgical care while continually striving to improve systems, outcomes, and access to specialized care.

Colleen's clinical interests include complex spine and neurosurgical disorders, neurocritical care and perioperative neurosurgical management, neurocritical care and cerebrovascular disease, stroke prevention, and outcomes, and quality improvement.