Dr. Kerry R. Crone, M.D.

Expert Publications

• Achondroplasia and cervicomedullary compression: prospective evaluation and surgical treatment.
• Children with macrocrania: clinical and imaging predictors of disorders requiring surgery.
• Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation: diagnosis and treatment of 13 children with extended clinical follow-up.
• Intraoperative uses of ultrasound in the pediatric neurosurgical patient.
• Minimally invasive management of a traumatic artery aneurysm resulting from shaken baby syndrome.
• Rapamycin causes regression of astrocytomas in tuberous sclerosis complex.
• Intraoperative ultrasonography used to determine the extent of surgery necessary during posterior fossa decompression in children with Chiari malformation type I.
• Gradual formation of an operative corridor by balloon dilation for resection of subependymal giant cell astrocytomas in children with tuberous sclerosis: specialized minimal access technique of balloon dilation.
• Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome in children with tethered spinal cord.
• Spontaneous extracranial decompression of epidural hematoma.
• Magnetic resonance imaging of fourth ventricular choroid plexus neoplasms in childhood. A report of two cases.
• Endoscopic resection of colloid cysts: indications, technique, and results during a 13-year period.
• Congenital scalp defects: Adams-Oliver syndrome. A case report and review of the literature.
• Postlaminectomy kyphosis in an achondroplastic adolescent treated for spinal stenosis.
• Cystic degeneration of the cerebellar tonsils in pediatric patients with Chiari Type I malformation.

Media Releases

Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Kerry R. Crone, who serves patients in Cincinnati, Ohio.

A seasoned neurosurgeon, Dr. Crone is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Residency Associate Program Director at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and is an attending physician at the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, and the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center. He has specialized in minimal access surgery, including endoscopic surgery, chiari malformations, brain tumors, design and implementation of patient safety initiatives, and clinical outcomes studies.

UC Health brings together the region’s top clinicians and researchers to provide world-class care to the Cincinnati community and beyond. From their flagship University of Cincinnati Medical Center to their state-of-the-art West Chester Hospital, it delivers the absolute best in treatment and care. They are committed to advancing medicine and improving the health of all people – regardless of race, ethnicity, geography or ability to pay – by fostering groundbreaking medical research and education, delivering outstanding primary and specialty care services and building a diverse workforce.

Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Crone completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He then went on to complete his internship and residency in neurosurgery at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

As a testament of his continued education, the doctor is board-certified in neurosurgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, whose broad aim is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the science of neurological surgery and thereby serve the cause of public health.

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons are doctors who diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system, often by performing surgery on the brain or spine. They treat strokes, tumors, certain types of birth defects, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.

Among his various accolades, Dr. Crone has been the recipient of the On-Time Doctor Award (2009), and Patients’ Choice Award (2008).

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