Neurosurgery

Kerry R. Crone, MD

Title

Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Appointment

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 a 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