Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Jang W. Yoon, MD, MSc
4.7
(464)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurosurgery Pennsylvania Hospital
Make an appointmentCall 215-829-6700

About me

  • Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Co-Director, Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

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

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.7

464 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
great dr
April 2025
5.0
5.0
humble neurosurgeon, caring, personable and pleasant
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr yoon is very caring, down to earth, listens well and explains things in a way the lay person can understand i was very comfortable with him and trust him completely after just one appointment
March 2025
5.0
5.0
it was a good visit

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Yoon is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Yohannes Ghenbot, John D Arena, Mert Marcel Dagli, Dominick Macaluso, Sennay Ghenbot, Connor Wathen, Harmon S. Khela, Hasan S Ahmad, Gabrielle Santangelo, Joshua L. Golubovsky, Johnny Wright, Jonathan Heintz, Zarina S Ali, Neil R Malhotra, William C Welch, Jang W Yoon, Vincet Arlet, Ali K. Ozturk The influence of the magnitude of sagittal correction and local junctional factors on proximal junctional kyphosis and failure following correction of adult spinal deformity: an inverse probability weighted analysis , JNS:Spine: 2025

Ghenbot Y, Golubovsky J, Ahmad H, Arena JD, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot R, Dagli MM, Chauhan D, Ling-Lin EP, Yoon JW Technical feasibility and safety of transpedicular thoracic partial corpectomy using biportal endoscopic technique: a novel approach for separation surgery in spinal metastatic disease , World Neurosurg, 194(Suppl 1): 2025

Chauhan D, Ahmad H, Park K, Ghenbot Y, Subtirelu R, Turlip R, Bryan K, Wang PT, Bashti M, Dmitriy P, Zarina A, Ozturk A, Malhotra N, Basil GW, Yoon JW Smartphone accelerometers as tools to study the effect of socioeconomic disparities in neurosurgical outcomes: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis , Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine: 2025,1-10

Dagli MM, Turlip RW, Oettl FC, Emara M, Gujral J, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Golubovsky JL, Gu BJ, Shin JH, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Welch WC Comparison of Outcomes Between Staged and Same-Day Circumferential Spinal Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis , JMIR: 2025

Turlip R, Miranda S, Ahmad H, Chauhan D, Ghenbot Y, Dagli M, Yoon JW Synovial Cyst Resection Using Bi-Portal Endoscopic Technique: 2-Dimensional Operative Video , Op Neurosurg: 2025

Chung R, Turlip R, Chauhan D, Dagli M, Ahmad H, Ghenbot Y, Yoon JW Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic (UBE) Technique for Multi-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video , Op Neurosurg: 2025

Karsalia R, Borja AJ, Xu E, Gallagher RS, Na J, McClintock SD, Marcotte PJ, Ozturk AK, Schuster JM, Yoon JW, Malhotra NR The "July Effect" Scrutinized: A Coarsened-Exact Match Analysis of Lumbar Fusion Outcomes During Resident Transition , Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 108686(0303-8467): 2024

Chung RJ, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Turlip R, Bryan K, Wang P, Dagli MM, Ghenbot Y, Masood Z, Yoon JW Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic (UBE) Technique for Multi-Level Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2-Dimensional Operative Video , Op Neurosurg: 2024

Golubovsky J, Dagli MM, Gu B, Ghenbot Y, Arena J, Welch W, Yoon J, Casper D, Arlet V, Ozturk A Durotomy in adult spinal deformity surgery increases short term morbidity but does not portend poor long-term outcomes in a large single-institution patient cohort: a multi-center propensity-scored observational study , JNS:Spine: 2024

Chung RJ, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Turlip R, Bryan K, Wang P, Dagli MM, Ghenbot Y, Masood Z, Yoon JW. Single-Level Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Fluoroscopy-Based Instrument Tracking: A 2-Dimensional Operative Video , Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown): 2024