Medical School
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Residency
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Ashwini Sharan, MD
Professor, Neurological Surgery & Neurology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations Neurosurgery
Contact Information
909 Walnut Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-7000
215-503-9170 fax
Professor, Neurological Surgery & Neurology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations Neurosurgery
Education
Publications
- There is no “Value Penalty” for revision spine surgery: an application of the operative value index for primary versus revision lumbar fusions
- Is Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion More Expensive at Quaternary Care Centers? An Application of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing
- Should Proximal Fixation be at C2 or C3-C4? An Application of the Operative Value Index for Elective Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion
- Are Mildly Disabled Patients Appropriate for Spine Bundles? An Application of the Operative Value Index
- Does body mass index influence intraoperative costs and operative times for open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion? A time-driven activity-based costing analysis
Board Certification
Neurological Surgery
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Methodist Hospital Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Expertise & Research Interests
Dr. Sharan is a Professor of Neurological Surgery, whose practice focuses on surgery for epilepsy, neuromoduatory surgery, and spinal neurosurgery. Dr. Sharan provides unique expertise in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. He also leads the surgical epilepsy program at Jefferson, performing both ablative and resective treatments for patients with medically-intractable seizures. Dr Sharan is the past president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS 2017-8), past president of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS 2015-8), past president of American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons (AASAN – 2009-12).