Peggy Vollstad is the Pediatric Neurosurgery Physician Assistant within the Inova Health System. She joined Inova in 2016 and has been practicing with Dr. Leon Moores since 2004.

Peggy attended the UW Eau Claire for undergrad, Colorado State University for an MS in Cardiovascular Physiology, and subsequently the Yale School of Medicine for her medical training She has been involved in neurosurgery since 2004. Prior to joining Inova, Peggy practiced both adult and pediatric neurosurgery in Texas. She then moved to Norway for several years where she coordinated neurosurgical research initiatives at the Oslo University Hospital and the Vilhelm Magnus Laboratory for Neurosurgical Research. She also travelled throughout Scandinavia and Europe assisting in minimally invasive surgical techniques and helped begin a neurosurgery program in Malawi.

Having a family with special medical needs herself, Peggy’s passion is caring for neurosurgical families as a whole unit, with continuity of care from diagnosis through to surgical recovery. Peggy is on Faculty at the University of Virginia and served as interim Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery during the pandemic. Her current goal is working with maternal fetal medicine, NICU and the multiple specialties required for the complex care of patients and families with Spina Bifida.