Jon J.W. Yoon, MD, MSc

Neurosurgery

4.7 with 292 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Speaks English and Korean

Jon J.W. Yoon, MD, MSc

Neurosurgery

4.7 with 292 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Speaks English and Korean

Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Co-Director, Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Yoon is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Meet Dr. Yoon

Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Cervical Spine
Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Lumbar Spine
Back Spinal Tumor
Back Spine Injury (Lumbar Spine Injury)
Back Surgery
Biological Enhancement of Spinal Fusion
Bone Cyst
Bone Growth Stimulator
Bone Tumors
Broken Coccyx
Bulging Disc
Burr Hole
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak
Cervical Arthritis
Cervical Bone Spur
Cervical Compression Fracture
Cervical Decompression
Cervical Deformity
Cervical Disc Degeneration
Cervical Disc Disease
Cervical Disc Displacement
Cervical Disc Herniation
Cervical Laminoplasty
Cervical Laminotomy
Cervical Radiculopathy
Cervical Revision Surgery
Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Cervical Steroid Injection
Coccyx Injury
Complex Spinal Surgery
Compression Fracture
Congenital Malformation of the Spine
Craniocervical Junction Surgery
Decompression Laminectomy
Degenerative Spine Conditions
Disc Arthroplasty
Disc Replacement
Disc Surgery
Diskectomy
Endoscopic Fusion
Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
Facet Surgery
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)
Flatback Syndrome
Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
Foot Drag
Growing Rods
Herniated Disc
Image Guided Biopsy of the Spine
Intraoperative MRI
Intraspinal Abscess
Intraventricular Endoscopy
Junctional Kyphosis
Kyphoplasty
Kyphosis
Laminectomy
Laminoplasty
Lateral Access Spine Surgery
Low Back Surgery
Lower Back Injuries
Lower Back Pain
Lumbar Drain
Lumbar Scoliosis
Lumbar Spinal Fracture
Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Lumbar Spinal Mass
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar Stress Fracture
Lumboperitoneal Shunt Placement
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Microdiscectomy
Microneurosurgery
Microsurgery
Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Surgery
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Myelopathy
Myelopathy Surgery
Neck Fracture (Cervical Spine Fracture)
Neck Fusion Surgery (Cervical Fusion Surgery)
Neck Injury
Neck Masses and Lumps
Neck Surgery
Neck Tumor
Neuroendoscopy
Neurogenic Claudication
Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Occipito-Cervical Fusion
Osteoarthritis of the Spine
Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
Post-Laminectomy Kyphosis
Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
Radiculopathy
Revision of Spinal Surgery
Robotic Spine Surgery
Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
Sacroiliac Joint Block
Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Spina Bifida
Spinal Abscess
Spinal Abscess Surgery
Spinal Cord Anomaly
Spinal Cord Compression
Spinal Cord Diseases
Spinal Cord Stimulator
Spinal Cord Surgery
Spinal Cord Tumors
Spinal Cyst Removal
Spinal Deformity
Spinal Dural Graft
Spinal Fracture
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Instrumentation
Spinal Mass
Spinal Microsurgery
Spinal Reconstruction
Spinal Stenosis
Spine Deformity
Spine Injury
Spondylectomy
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Spondylosis Surgery
Spondylosis With Myelopathy
Spondylosyndesis
Spongioblastoma
Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy
Tethered Spinal Cord
Thoracic Disc Herniation
Thoracic Laminectomy
Thoracic Spinal Fracture
Thoracic Spinal Fusion
Thoracic Spinal Injury
Thoracic Spinal Mass
Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
Thoracic Spinal Tumor
Vertebral Fracture
Vertebroplasty
X-Stop Surgery

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Yoon is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Neurological Surgery, 2022

Education and Training

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Mayo Clinic
Fellowship: University of Miami Hospital and Clinic

Primary Location

Penn Spine Center Pennsylvania Hospital

Pennsylvania Hospital
Spruce Building, 3rd Floor
801 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

A facility of Pennsylvania Hospital

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Penn Spine Center Radnor

Penn Medicine Radnor
Floor 3, South
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Dagli MM, Oettl FC, Gujral J, Malhotra K, Ghenbot Y, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Welch WC: Clinical Accuracy, Relevance, Clarity, and Emotional Sensitivity of Large Language Models to Surgical Patient Questions: Cross-Sectional Study JMIR Preprints. 08/01/2024:56165 56165 : 2024.

Arena J, Ghenbot Y, Malhotra N, Welch WC, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK: Upper Instrumented Vertebra Pedicle Screw Loosening Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Incidence and Outcome Analysis JNS: Spine : 2024.

Karsalia R, Xu E, Hejazi-Garcia C, Na J, McClintock SD, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Schuster JM, Marcotte PJ, Malhotra NR: The effect of chronic kidney disease on short-term single-level lumbar fusion outcomes Clin Neurol Neurosurg : 15;244:108459,2024.

Chauhan, D, Ahmad, Hasan S. BS*; Hamade, Ali BS*; Yang, Andrew I. MD*; Wathen, Connor MD*; Ghenbot, Yohannes MD*; Mannam, Sai BS*; Subtirelu, Robert MSc*; Bashti, Malek BS‡; Wang, Michael Y. MD‡; Basil, Gregory MD‡; Yoon, Jang W. MD, MSc*: Determining Differences in Perioperative Functional Mobility Patterns in Lumbar Decompression Versus Fusion Patients Using Smartphone Activity Data Neurosurgery 94 (6): p 1144-1154,2024.

Turlip R, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW, Welch WC, Dagli MM: Toward Transparency: Implications and Future Directions of Artificial Intelligence Prediction Model Reporting in Healthcare JMIR Preprints. 26/04/2024:59947 : 59947,2024.

Borja AJ, Karsalia R, Chauhan D, Gallagher RS, Malhotra EG, Punchak MA, Na J, McClintock SD, Marcotte PJ, Yoon JW, Ali ZS, Malhotra NR: Association Between Race and Short-Term Outcomes Across 3988 Consecutive Single-Level Spinal Fusions Neurosurgery : 2024.

Mert Marcel Dagli, John Arena, Yohannes Ghenbot, Felix Conrad Oettl, Ali Ozturk, Gabrielle Santangelo, Connor Wathen, William Welch, Jang W Yoon: Postoperative Complications in Posterior Spinal Fusion can be accurately predicted by Artificial Intelligence based on Preoperative and Intraoperative Characteristics Spine Summit 2024 : 2024.

Ryan Turlip, Yohannes Ghenbot, Caitlyn Chen, Hasan S. Ahmad, Daksh Chauhan, Kyle McCloskey, Jang W. Yoon: In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding “Virtual and Augmented Reality in Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review" World Neurosurgery 181 : 206,2024.

Ghenbot Y, Arena J, Wathen C, Ahmad HS, Chauhan D, Bryan K, Paik C, Yoon JW: Endoscopic-Assisted Evacuation of Lumbar Epidural Abscess: 2-Dimensional Operative Video Operative Neurosurgery : 2024.

Tudor T, Agarwal AK, Delgado MK, Lee D, Nguyen J, Xiong R, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW, Welch W, Ali Z: Opioid prescribing guidelines for spine surgery patients: a multi-site analysis of guideline implementation and monitoring with an automated text messaging platform JNS:Spine : 2024.

Academic Contact Information

Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery
801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), National
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), National
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), National
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, National
Joint AANS/CNS, National
Korean American Spine Society, National
North American Spine Society (NASS), National
Spine Section-AANS/CNS, Local
The Society Of University Neurosurgeons, International