About Our Doctors

Ashwini D. Sharan, MD

Co-Associate Director for Acute Care,
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Ralph J. Marino, MD John F. Ditunno, Jr., MD Murray J. Cohen, MD Adam E. Flanders, MD Christopher S. Formal, MD Guy W. Fried, MD James S. Harrop, MD Ashwini D. Sharan, MD Patrick J. Shenot, MD Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD

Title: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery/Neurology
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University

Address: 909 Walnut Street Second Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Telephone: (215) 955-7000

Research: Publications

Dr. Ashwini Sharan is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Neurology at Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University. His practice focuses on neurostimulation neurosurgery, surgery for epilepsy, and spinal neurosurgery.

In 1995, he completed his BA-MD degree from Boston University and UMDNJ-Newark, New Jersey in an accelerated medical program. He completed the majority of his training at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since then he has completed a fellowship in Spinal Neurosurgery and Functional Neurosurgery both at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.

At Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Sharan provides unique expertise in deep brain stimulation for parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. His expertise additionally includes intrathecal pump implantation for spasticity, cortical and spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain disorders, and vagal nerve stimulation for epilepsy and depression. Additionally, at Thomas Jefferson University, he leads the Surgical Epilepsy program in which they treat with surgery approximately 100 patients per year achieving cures in a majority of their patients. He performs approximately 200 spinal operations for spinal trauma, spinal cord tumors, metastatic carcinoma, infections, and degenerative disorders.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Sharan is a true academician. He has been awarded the William H. Sweet Young Investigator Award and the William Buchhiet teacher of the year award.

Dr. Sharan is a co-investigator for two National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research projects. In addition to these responsibilities, he is currently the Associate program director of the Jefferson Neurosurgery residency. He is the IT Chair for the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He serves on the board of director of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons. He has authored numerous publications and given countless invited talks. Dr. Sharan has been a faculty member for several review courses throughout the United States and internationally. His topics included mechanisms of deep brain stimulation, advanced stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, pain, and spinal neurosurgery-its aspects and treatment.

Education:

MD: New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ

Postgraduate Training:

Internship: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Board Certification:

Neurosurgery-General
Neurosurgery-Adult Reconstructive Spine
Neurosurgery-Epilepsy