Yoon S. Hahn, M.D., FACS, FAAP

Professor
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Email: yshahn@uic.edu

Experience

Fellowship:
Fellow of Neurosurgery
University Medical Center, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Special Fellow of the French Government Service de Neurochirurgie, Hospital Foch, Suvesnes
For Neurosurgery and Craniofacial Surgery
Paris, France

Fellow of Adult Neurology
Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois

Fellow of Pediatric Neurology
Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois

Residency:
Severance Hospital
Neurosurgery (Chief Resident),
Yonsei University Medical Center
Seoul,Korea

Children's Memorial Hospital
Pediatric Neurosurgery (Chief Resident),
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Neurosurgery (Chief Resident),
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois

Pain Clinic, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois

Education

School of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, M.D. degree

College of Science and Engineering, B.S. in Premedical Course,
6 year program in Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Certifications

Board Certified:
Korean Board of Neurological Surgery
American Board of Neurological Surgery
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Medical Licensure:
Illinois

Appointments

Clinical:

• Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
  Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
  Hope Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL

Hospital:

• University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
• Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois
• Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
• Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois
• Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois

Clinical Interests

• Craniosynostosis
• Craniofacial Surgery
• Congenital anemalies of brain and spinal cord hydrocephalus, neural tube defect, spinabifida neurotrauma tumors of brain and spinal cords

Research Interests

• Cranial vualt remodeling process after cranial surgery for single and/or multiple craniosynostosis
• Shunting device for hydrocephalus
• Treatment modalities for pediatric head injuries