Jang Won Yoon, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Co-director of Complex Spine Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator, Surgical Predictive Insights & Neuro-Data Engineering (SPINE) Lab
Department: Neurosurgery
Contact information
Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery
801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Education:
BSc
University of Maryland Baltimore County - Baltimore, MD, 2006.
MSc
Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Washington DC, MD, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
Georgetown University School of Medicine - Washington DC, MD, 2012.
Permanent linkBSc
University of Maryland Baltimore County - Baltimore, MD, 2006.
MSc
Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Washington DC, MD, 2008.
MD (Medicine)
Georgetown University School of Medicine - Washington DC, MD, 2012.
Selected Publications
Yohannes Ghenbot, John D Arena, Mert Marcel Dagli, Dominick Macaluso, Sennay Ghenbot, Connor Wathen, Harmon S. Khela, Hasan S Ahmad, Gabrielle Santangelo, Joshua L. Golubovsky, Johnny Wright, Jonathan Heintz, Zarina S Ali, Neil R Malhotra, William C Welch, Jang W Yoon, Vincet Arlet, Ali K. Ozturk: The influence of the magnitude of sagittal correction and local junctional factors on proximal junctional kyphosis and failure following correction of adult spinal deformity: an inverse probability weighted analysis. JNS:Spine March 2025.Ghenbot Y, Golubovsky J, Ahmad H, Arena JD, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot R, Dagli MM, Chauhan D, Ling-Lin EP, Yoon JW: Technical feasibility and safety of transpedicular thoracic partial corpectomy using biportal endoscopic technique: a novel approach for separation surgery in spinal metastatic disease. World Neurosurg 194(Suppl 1), Feb 2025 Notes: 194(Suppl 1):123582.
Chauhan D, Ahmad H, Park K, Ghenbot Y, Subtirelu R, Turlip R, Bryan K, Wang PT, Bashti M, Dmitriy P, Zarina A, Ozturk A, Malhotra N, Basil GW, Yoon JW: Smartphone accelerometers as tools to study the effect of socioeconomic disparities in neurosurgical outcomes: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine Page: 1-10, Jan 2025.
Dagli MM, Turlip RW, Oettl FC, Emara M, Gujral J, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Golubovsky JL, Gu BJ, Shin JH, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Welch WC: Comparison of Outcomes Between Staged and Same-Day Circumferential Spinal Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JMIR Jan 2025 Notes: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67290.
Chung RJ, Turlip RW, Dagli MM, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Masood Z, Gu B, Ghenbot Y, Yoon JW: Direct Percutaneous Repair of Multisegmental Pars Defect Using Biportal Endoscopic Approach: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Op Neurosurg 2025.
Chung R, Turlip R, Chauhan D, Dagli M, Ahmad H, Ghenbot Y, Yoon JW: Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic (UBE) Technique for Multi-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Op Neurosurg 2025.
Turlip R, Miranda S, Ahmad H, Chauhan D, Ghenbot Y, Dagli M, Yoon JW: Synovial Cyst Resection Using Bi-Portal Endoscopic Technique: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Op Neurosurg 2025.
Gujral J, Gandhi O, Ozturk A, Yoon JW, Welch W, Dagli MM: Geographic Trends and Disparities in Meningioma Mortality: A National Observational Study From 1999-2020 Utilizing the CDC Wonder Database. JNLS-B, Skull Base 2025.
Ritesh Karsalia, BS, Emily Xu, BS, Rainer D. Malhotra, Aidan Gor, John Arena, MD, Jason Kost, BS, Scott D. McClintock, PhD, Jang Yoon, MD, Ali Ozturk, MD, Brendan Judy, MD, Paul Marcotte, MD, John Shin, MD, James Schuster, MD, PhD, and Neil R. Malhotra, MD: Markers of preoperative depression and anxiety as predictors of increased short-term healthcare utilization after lumbar fusion surgery. JNS:Spine 2025.
Lee D, Kim HY, Møller BL, Lee J, Yoon JW, Kim CH, Han AK: Non-Invasive Tissue Identification and Thickness Estimation Using Gap-Changing Capacitive Sensor with Machine Learning Integration IEEE Sensor Journal 2025.