Hoon Choi, MD, MS

Assistant Professor; Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of Spine Surgery, Green Bay

Locations

Neurosurgery
Green Bay

Education

MD, The University of Auckland, Medical and Health Sciences, New Zealand
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Residency, Neurosurgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Residency, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Fellowship, Spine Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Biography

Dr. Choi is the Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of Spine Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin Green Bay. Dr. Choi specializes in complex and minimally invasive spinal surgery, in addition to image-guided and minimally invasive cranial surgery. Being a neurosurgeon-engineer, he has a special interest in combining engineering and neurosurgery to perform translational research in spine biomechanics, computational simulations, virtual reality, biomaterials, artificial disc technology, and robotic surgery.

“As a neurosurgeon, I have a passion for what I do. I find it fascinating that I am able to use the latest technology to make a big impact in quantity and quality of life. It is my goal to review the condition and have a conversation with each patient to understand how it is impacting their life. Then as a team, we can personalize the approach for treating the condition to best meet their individual needs.”

Board Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgery – Board Eligible

Surgical Services

Spinal surgery
Minimally invasive spine surgery
Complex spinal instrumentation
Artificial disc & motion preservation
Robotic surgery
Revision surgery
Brain tumors:
Stereotactic surgery
Microsurgery
Laser ablation
Neurotrauma
Brain
Spine

Conditions Treated

Brain Tumors
Spinal Compression Fracture
Spinal Tumors
Spinal Deformity
Degenerative Spinal Disorders
Spinal Instability
Spine and Brain Trauma
Adjacent segment degeneration
Failed Spinal Instrumentation
Chiari Malformation
Tethered Cord Syndrome
Peripheral Nerve Tumors and Disorders
Stroke

Locations

HSHS St. Vincent’s Hospital
Prevea Allouez Health Center
Froedtert Hospital
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Honors and Awards

2004 – Senior Prize in Human Biology
2008 – Graduation from Medical School with Distinction
2015 – New York State Neurosurgical Society (NYSNS) Annual Meeting Award for Best Resident Research

Long-term outcomes of lumbar microdiscectomy in the pediatric population: a large single-institution case series.

(McAvoy M, McCrea HJ, Chavakula V, Choi H, Bi WL, Mekary RA, Stone S, Proctor MR.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Aug 30:1-9 PMID: 31470400 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074470996 08/31/2019
A Comparative in vivo Study of Semi-constrained and Unconstrained Cervical Artificial Disc Prostheses.

(Choi H, Baisden JL, Yoganandan N.) Mil Med. 2019 03 01;184(Suppl 1):637-643 PMID: 30901460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063695268 03/23/2019
Initial Clinical Experience with AView-A Clinical Computational Platform for Intracranial Aneurysm Morphology, Hemodynamics, and Treatment Management.

(Xiang J, Varble N, Davies JM, Rai AT, Kono K, Sugiyama SI, Binning MJ, Tawk RG, Choi H, Ringer AJ, Snyder KV, Levy EI, Hopkins LN, Siddiqui AH, Meng H.) World Neurosurg. 2017 Dec;108:534-542 PMID: 28919570 PMCID: PMC5705258 09/19/2017
Delayed Retroclival and Cervical Spinal Subdural Hematoma Complicated by Preexisting Chiari Malformation in Adult Trauma Patient.

(Nguyen HS, Choi H, Kurpad S, Soliman H.) World Neurosurg. 2017 Sep;105:1039.e1-1039.e5 PMID: 28647656 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85025134828 06/26/2017
MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of low-grade gliomas in children: a case-series review, description of the current technologies and perspectives.

(Tovar-Spinoza Z, Choi H.) Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Oct;32(10):1947-56 PMID: 27659837 09/24/2016
Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy: report of a series of pediatric brain tumors.

(Tovar-Spinoza Z, Choi H.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Jun;17(6):723-33 PMID: 26849811 02/06/2016
Rupture Resemblance Score (RRS): toward risk stratification of unruptured intracranial aneurysms using hemodynamic-morphological discriminants.

(Xiang J, Yu J, Choi H, Dolan Fox JM, Snyder KV, Levy EI, Siddiqui AH, Meng H.) J Neurointerv Surg. 2015 Jul;7(7):490-5 PMID: 24811740 PMCID: PMC6383516 05/09/2014
Enhanced aneurysmal flow diversion using a dynamic push-pull technique: an experimental and modeling study.

(Ma D, Xiang J, Choi H, Dumont TM, Natarajan SK, Siddiqui AH, Meng H.) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2014 Sep;35(9):1779-85 PMID: 24763414 04/26/2014
Unique biomechanical signatures of Bryan, Prodisc C, and Prestige LP cervical disc replacements: a finite element modelling study.

(Choi H, Purushothaman Y, Baisden J, Yoganandan N.) Eur Spine J. 2019 Oct 12 PMID: 31606816 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074595499 10/14/2019
The Cervical Artificial Disc Paradox: Do We Need Less Motion to Preserve Motion?

(Choi H, Baisden JL, Yoganandan N.) The Spine Journal. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.08.081 10/25/2017
Intracranial Arachnoid Cysts and Hemorrhage

(Choi H, Madsen JR, Scott RM, Warf BC, Cohen AR, Proctor MR, Huebenthal E, Jernigan SC, Goumnerova L.) Neurosurgery. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000452457.65796.ce 08/01/2014
MRI-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy of Intracranial Tumors and Epilepsy: State-of-the-art Review and a Case Study

(Choi H, Tovar-Spinoza Z.) Photon Lasers Med. doi:10.1515/plm-2014-0002 03/07/2014

Hoon Choi, MD, MS

Hoon Choi, MD, MS

Assistant Professor; Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of Spine Surgery, Green Bay

Locations

Education

Biography

Honors and Awards

Publications

Robotic and Navigation Assisted Spine Surgery