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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.

Related Areas

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