Ashwini Sharan, MD
Professor, Neurological Surgery & Neurology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations Neurosurgery
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, Clinical Operations Neurosurgery
Education
Medical School
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Residency
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic
Publications
- Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Asleep Single-Stage Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: Operative Technique and Systematic Review
- Does Body Mass Index Influence Intraoperative Costs and Operative Times for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion? A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis
- Exploring Functional Connectivity in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Patients With Neuropathic Pain Versus Without Neuropathic Pain
- Microstructural alterations of major thalamic nuclei in the chronic pediatric spinal cord injured population
- What is the Marginal Intraoperative Cost of Using an Exoscope or Operative Microscope for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion? A Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost 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).