Dr. John H. Shin is a neurosurgeon specializing in spinal reconstruction surgery for scoliosis deformities and spinal tumors such as chordoma, sarcoma, schwannoma, meningioma, and metastatic cancer. He has a particular interest in cervical kyphosis and complex cervical spine surgery. Throughout his career, he has advocated for patient-centered multidisciplinary clinical collaborations. He is passionate about providing personalized and empathic surgical spine care.
Prior to Penn Medicine, he was chief of spine neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School, where he also served as director of spine oncology and spinal deformity surgery and was founder of the Mass General Brigham Neurosurgery Complex Spine Fellowship training program. In 2022, he was honored as the inaugural Kingdon-Saylor Family Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery for exemplary contributions to Massachusetts General Hospital. He also earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
In addition to performing complex spine surgery, he has leadership positions with many spine organizations. He is currently co-chair of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine Editorial Board and is often invited to lecture internationally at meetings and universities. He has directed surgeon education courses for the North American Spine Society, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, AO Spine, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the AANS/CNS Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerves. He currently serves on the Executive and Scientific Planning Committees for the AANS/CNS Spine Section and is the 2025 Scientific Program Co-Chair for the upcoming North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.
Location
Penn Spine Center Pennsylvania Hospital
801 Spruce St., 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA
Penn Neuroscience Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
South Pavilion, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA