Kerry R. Crone, MD
Title
Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Appointment
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
kerry.crone@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4726
Fax
513-636-2808
Bio
Dr. Kerry Crone is an associate professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Dr. Crone received his internship in general surgery and his residency in neurosurgery at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, in Winston-Salem, NC.
Dr. Crone was also a clinical fellow in pediatric neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto, and a clinical scholar in neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Crone's specialty interests include endoscopic surgery, skull base surgery, epilepsy surgery, craniosynostosis, and neuro-oncology.
Credentials
MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1978.
Residency: Neurosurgery, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1986.
Clinical Scholar in Neurosurgery: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1986.
Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1990; American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, 1996.
Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors in America, 2008
- Awarded "2006 Best Doctors"
- Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
- Awarded "2004 Best Doctors"
- First place, State of North Carolina, Resident Essay Competition, American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma: "Coagulation Studies in Severe Head Injury: Correlation with Intracranial Hypertension and Outcome, Exemplified by Respiratory Failure", 1985
Professional Organization Memberships
Special Interests
- Endoscopic surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Epilepsy surgery
- Craniosynostosis
- Neuro-oncology
Presentations, Most Recent
Crone K. Outcome Assessment of Endoscopic Shunt Placement in Children Under Two Years of Age. The 2001 Meeting of The American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons; 2001 Jan. 28 to Feb. 2, 2001, Maui, Hawaii.
Neurosurgery
