Ashwini Sharan, MD
Professor, Neurological Surgery & Neurology
Vice Chair of Clinical Operation Neurosurgery
Program Director for Residency in Neurological Surgery
Division Chief, Epilepsy and Neuromodulatory Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Contact
909 Walnut Street
2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-7000
215-503-9170 fax
Ashwini Sharan, MD
Professor, Neurological Surgery & Neurology
Vice Chair of Clinical Operation Neurosurgery
Program Director for Residency in Neurological Surgery
Division Chief, Epilepsy and Neuromodulatory Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Education
Medical School
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School - 1995
Residency
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Hartford Hospital, CT
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia PA
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Publications
- Are Guidelines Important? Results of a Prospective Quality Improvement Lumbar Fusion Project
- Predictors of 30-day hospital readmission after mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke
- Does SCS Help Reduce Opioid Usage?
- Robot-Assisted Stereotaxy Reduces Target Error: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of 6056 Trajectories
- Operative versus Nonoperative Management of Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation: Effect on Symptomatology and Disease Progression
Board Certification
Neurological Surgery
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Methodist Hospital Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Educational Responsibilites
Program Director - Residency in Neurological Surgery
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), vice chair of operations for the Department of Neurosurgery, and serves as the neurosurgery residency Program Director at Jefferson.
Keywords
neurostimulation; epilepsy; deep brain stimulation; functional neurosurgery; spinal instrumentation; degenerative spinal disease; spinal tumor; spasticity; complex spinal procedures