Shawn Vuong, MD

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A Neurosurgeon for Children and Adults

Dr. Shawn Vuong is a neurosurgeon who treats children and adults. He specializes in treating Chiari malformation, trigeminal neuralgia, traumatic brain injuries, brain tumors and cancers, scoliosis and pediatric hydrocephalus. Dr. Vuong is one of only two pediatric neurosurgeons serving patients in South Dakota.

He treats these cranial conditions:

  • Adult hydrocephalus

  • Arteriovenous malformations

  • Astrocytoma

  • Brain and brain stem tumors

  • Cavernous malformations (cavernomas)

  • Cerebral abscess

  • Chiari malformation

  • Ependymoma and subependymoma

  • Epidermoid or dermoid tumors

  • Epidural hematoma

  • Glioblastoma multiforme

  • Glioma

  • Hypothalamic gliomas

  • Insular gliomas

  • Intracranial aneurysms

  • Intra-ventricular tumors

  • Low-grade gliomas

  • Meningioma

  • Metastatic lesions

  • Neurocytoma

  • Normal pressure hydrocephalus

  • Oligodendroglioma

  • Optic pathway gliomas

  • Other rare brain tumors

  • Pinal region tumors

  • Pituitary adenoma

  • Pseudotumor cerebri or idiopathic intracranial hypertension

  • Subarachnoid hematoma

  • Subdural empyema

  • Subdural hematoma

  • Traumatic brain injury

  • Trigeminal neuralgia

  • Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)

Dr. Vuong also treats:

  • Burst fractures

  • Carpal tunnel

  • Compression fractures

  • Degenerative spine disease

  • Scoliosis

  • Vertebral spine fractures

He treats these conditions in children:

  • Craniosynostosis

  • Dandy-Walker malformation

  • Encephalocele

  • Hydrocephalus

  • Moyamoya disease

  • Myelomeningocele (a type of spina bifida)

  • Pediatric aneurysms

  • Pediatric arteriovenous malformations

  • Pediatric brain tumors

  • Pediatric Chiari malformation

  • Resistant pediatric epilepsy

  • Scoliosis

  • Spinal cord lipoma

  • Syrinx

  • Tethered cord

  • Vein of Galen malformations

Speaks: English

Specialties

(605) 312-8500

Background Information

Education History

Fellowship:
Pediatric Neurosurgery: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Residency:
Neurosurgery: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Medical School:
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Vermillion, SD

Board Certifications:
American Board of Neurological Surgery

Experience & Research

Professional Memberships:

  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • North American Spine Society
  • Ohio State Neurosurgical Society
  • American Medical Association

Idea of Care

I have had the unique opportunity to work my way up the medical ladder. I started as a hospital cafeteria worker and helped feed the patients. Soon after, I became a certified nursing assistant in long-term care, then a phlebotomist in the hospital, then an EMT with a volunteer ambulance department, all before medical school. All of these positions have helped shape my decisions as a physician by giving me a holistic view of the entire spectrum of care.

Personal Interests

Dr. Vuong enjoys spending time with his wife and his three young boys. He enjoys music, video games and skiing. 

Awards and Distinctions

Frank H. Mayfield Society (2018) Hydrocephalus Association’s Young Investigator 2018 Travel Award 2017 Hydrocephalus Association Award Top Poster Award Winner (2017) Mayfield Education & Research Foundation (MERF) Grant (2016)

Additional Locations

Sanford Brain and Spine Center Sioux Falls

Van Demark Building
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104

(605) 312-8500

Sanford Children's Specialty Clinic

1600 W. 22nd St.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105

(605) 312-1000

Sanford Fetal Care Center Sioux Falls

1500 W. 22nd St.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105

(605) 328-4600

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