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
- What is the True Cost of Motion Preservation? A Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Analysis of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion versus Disc Replacement
- Do Busier Surgeons Have Lower Intraoperative Costs? An Analysis of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing
- Periaqueductal gray connectivity in spinal cord injury-induced neuropathic pain
- Thoracic canal morphology on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in spinal cord stimulation patients
- What Is the Value Proposition of Evidence-Based Guidelines? An Application of the Operative Value Index for Lumbar Fusions
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).