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
- Graph theoretical measures of fast ripple networks improve the accuracy of post-operative seizure outcome prediction
- A Novel and Simple Method Using Computed Tomography Streak Artifact to Determine the Orientation of Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Leads
- Long-term outcomes of mesial temporal laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy and subsequent surgery for seizure recurrence: A multi-centre cohort study
- The role of the insula in chronic pain following spinal cord injury: A resting-state fMRI study
- Automated subfield volumetric analysis of amygdala, hippocampus, and thalamic nuclei in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
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).