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Edward Ahn

Associate Professor
Neurosurgery - Pediatric Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine
United States of America

Doctor Neurology
Biography

Dr. Edward Ahn focuses on the surgical treatment of neurological disorders in children. He has particular interests in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery for the treatment of hydrocephalus, brain tumors, and craniosynostosis. He also specializes in the treatment of patients with moyamoya syndrome. Dr. Edward Ahn's research focuses on improving outcomes in premature infants with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus. He is the site principal investigator for the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN), a multi-center network of investigators in North America whose aim is to improve the lives of children with hydrocephalus. Dr. Ahn also investigates novel surgical techniques in the treatment of infants with craniosynostosis.

Research Intrest

hydrocephalus in premature infants; germinal matrix hemorrhage

List of Publications
Yang W, Anderson-Keightly H, Westbroek EM, Caplan JM, Rong X, Hung AL, Colby GP, Coon AL, Tamargo RJ, Huang J, Ahn ES. Long-term hemorrhagic risk in pediatric patients with arteriovenous malformations. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Sep;18(3):329-38.
Wang JY, Dorafshar AH, Liu A, Groves ML, Ahn ES. The metopic index: an anthropometric index for the quantitative assessment of trigonocephaly from metopic synostosis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Sep;18(3):275-80.
Wang JY, Amin AG, Jallo GI, Ahn ES. Ventricular reservoir versus ventriculosubgaleal shunt for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in preterm infants: infection risks and ventriculoperitoneal shunt rate. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Aug 22:1-8.
Ahn ES, Goumnerova L. Endoscopic biopsy of brain tumors in children: diagnostic success and utility in guiding treatment strategies. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Mar;5(3):255-62
Iyer RR, Uribe-Cardenas R, Ahn ES. Single incision endoscope-assisted surgery for sagittal craniosynostosis. Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Oct 11.
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