Meet Our Medical Staff

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Dr. Wohns is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College in Biochemistry, and a graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Washington. Dr. Wohns also received his Executive MBA from The University of Washington where he serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosurgical Surgery. He is presently in his second year at The Seattle University School of Law.

His other areas of expertise in the field of neurosurgery include brain tumor and skull base surgery, numerous complex minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques, teleradiology, computer-based neuronavigation and stereotaxis. He is one of the first US neurosurgeons qualified to perform the revolutionary XLIF technique for minimally invasive lumbar fusions.

Dr. Wohns is Past-President of the Washington State Association of Neurological Surgeons, and Past-Chairman of the Northwest Quadrant of the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies. He is also Chairman of the Board of NeoSpine, LLC.

In his "off-duty" time, Dr. Wohns is a leader in the field of mountain medicine and served as Medical Director to the Ultima Thule Expedition to Mount Everest (the world's highest mountain at 29,029'). He is also widely known in the climbing community for having performed an emergency appendectomy on a fellow climber on the Baltoro Glacier on K2 (the world's second highest mountain at 28,251').

A highly disciplined martial arts devotee, Dr. Wohns' holds a 4th degree black belt* in Tae Kwon Do (*Master Level). He is also an avid bicyclist, skier and tennis player.

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Dr. Shin received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, and a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University before graduating from medical school at Northeast University. He was awarded a National Institute of Health sponsored scientist training grant and research fellowship in artificial intelligence programming to simulate brain development. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at Rush University Medical Center.

Dr. Shin then became Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Louisiana State University Health Science Center specializing in functional neurosurgery, epilepsy, brain tumor aneurysms, spine surgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. He also served as Chief of Neurosurgery at Overbrook VA hospital in Shreveport.

Dr. Shin's rare dual credentials in both neurosurgery and biomedical engineering have made him a leader in the fields of computer-guided imaging, micro-surgical navigation and biomechanics, helping South Sound Neurosurgery become recognized as one of the most technologically advanced outpatient microsurgery centers in the world.

Dr. Shin and his wife live in the Tacoma area. He holds a 5th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is a bicycling enthusiast.

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Dr. Kathy Wang received her BS in Biochemistry from The University of California at Long Beach, Cum Laude, and went on to the Kirksville College of Osteophathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri where she received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. She served as Chief Resident in Anesthesiology at Saint Louis University hospital, and then to the Harvard Medical School on a Pain Fellowship. She also received Acupuncture training at Harvard.