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Aaron M. Yengo-Kahn, MD

Accepting New Patients
505 South Main Street, Suite 300
Orange, CA 92868
7804.7 miles away
Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph
Speaks: English
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CHOC Children's Specialists - Neurological Surgery

505 South Main Street, Suite 300, Orange, CA 92868

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About Aaron M. Yengo-Kahn

Dr. Aaron Yengo-Kahn is a board-eligible pediatric neurosurgeon at CHOC in Orange County, California. As an expert in pediatric neurosurgery, Dr. Yengo-Kahn cares for babies, children and teens with a variety of neurologic conditions. He offers care for a full range of neurosurgical conditions including tumors, congenital malformations and traumatic injuries of the brain and spine, craniosynostosis as well as hydrocephalus including neuro-endoscopic procedures as appropriate. He has a particular interest in Chiari malformation and craniocervical disorders of the spine, as well as pediatric spinal deformity. Dr. Yengo-Kahn is focused on clinical research, having published more than 100 journal articles with the majority focused on pediatric head trauma and neurosurgery. He has received several awards for his work including The Molly Hubbard Award in 2023 from the Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery for his work to improve the counseling of children with hydrocephalus. His main research focus is on pediatric sport-related injuries including concussion. His work aims to streamline care and education around sport-related concussion and pediatric neurosurgery from diagnosis through treatment to improve the patient and family experience. “Pediatric neurosurgery is a special field where we have the opportunity to change the trajectory of a child’s life for the better and support them and their family during the hardest moments,” Dr. Yengo-Kahn says. “The chance to return a child to sports or the activities they enjoy is the greatest motivator to innovate and strive for perfection.”

CHOC Children's Specialists - Neurological Surgery
505 South Main Street, Suite 300
Orange, CA 92868

CHOC Children's Specialists - 1201 La Veta Ave.
1201 West La Veta Avenue
Orange, CA 92868

Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph

Affiliated Locations
Providence St. Joseph Hospital - Orange

Clinical Interests

  • Ablation Of Migraine Trigger Points
  • Abnormal Vertebrae
  • Accessory Nerve Disease
  • Accessory Nerve Injury
  • Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Acoustic Neuroma Removal
  • Acromegaly
  • Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
  • Adolescent Disc Herniation
  • Adolescent Spine Deformity
  • Amniotic Band Syndrome
  • Anaplastic Mixed Glioma
  • Aneurysm
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Anterior Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
  • Anterior Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Arachnoid Cyst
  • Arm Weakness
  • Arnold Chiari Malformation
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm)
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Thoracic Spine
  • Astrocytic Cancer
  • Astrocytoma Tumors
  • Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (Atrt) Of The Central Nervous System
  • Awake Brain Surgery
  • Awake Brain Tumor Surgery
  • Awake Craniotomy
  • Awake Spine Fusion
  • Back Hair Tufts
  • Back Pain
  • Back Surgery
  • Basilar Skull Fracture
  • Benign Neoplasm Of Brain
  • Berry Aneurysm
  • Bertolotti's Deformity
  • Biopsy Of Brain
  • Biopsy Of Skull
  • Bone Cyst
  • Botox For Hemifacial Spasm
  • Brachial Nerve Tumors
  • Brachial Plexus Injury
  • Brachial Plexus Surgery
  • Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Brain Cancer
  • Brain Cancer Surgery
  • Brain Laceration
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Brain Surgery
  • Bulging Disc
  • Burr Hole
  • Burst Fracture
  • Butterfly Vertebrae
  • Carotid Angioplasty And Stenting
  • Carotid Cavernous Fistula
  • Carotid Cavernous Fistula Repair
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Cavernous Hemangioma
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
  • Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors
  • Central Nervous System Infection
  • Central Nervous System Malignancy
  • Central Nervous System Tumors
  • Central Venous Stenosis
  • Cerebellar Anomalies
  • Cerebellar Tumor
  • Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery
  • Cerebral Cyst
  • Cerebral Decompression
  • Cerebral Edema
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage
  • Cerebral Hernia
  • Cerebral Revascularization
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
  • Cerebrovascular Bypass Surgery
  • Cervical Deformity
  • Cervical Herniated Disc
  • Cervical Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Cervical Laminoplasty
  • Cervical Spinal Stenosis
  • Cervical Spine Deformities
  • Cervical Spine Fracture
  • Cervical Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Cervical Spine Injury
  • Cervical Spine Mass
  • Cervical Spine Stress Fracture
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Cervical Spine Tumor
  • Chiari Decompression
  • Chordoma
  • Choroid Plexus Tumor
  • Cingulotomy
  • Clipping Of Brain Aneurysm
  • Clivus Chondroma
  • Cloverleaf Deformity
  • Cns Lymphoma
  • Colloid Cyst
  • Complex Spine Deformities
  • Complex Spine Surgery
  • Compression Fracture
  • Compression Fracture Surgery
  • Congenital Anomalies Of The Central Nervous System
  • Congenital Anomalies Of The Head And Neck
  • Congenital Brain And Spine Malformations
  • Congenital Cerebral Hernia
  • Congenital Deformity Of Nervous System
  • Congenital Hydrocephalus
  • Congenital Neck Masses
  • Congenital Scoliosis
  • Cordotomy
  • Corpus Callosotomy
  • Cortical Mapping
  • Cortical Tuber
  • Cranial Helmet Therapy
  • Cranial Nerve Disorders
  • Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Cranial Nerve Palsy
  • Cranial Nerve Repair
  • Cranial Puncture
  • Cranial Vault Malformations
  • Craniectomy
  • Craniocele
  • Craniocervical Junction Surgery
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Craniorachischisis
  • Craniosynostosis
  • Craniosynostosis Surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Cranium Bifidum
  • Csf Shunt Removal
  • Decompression Laminectomy
  • Decompression Median Nerve At Elbow
  • Decompression Neck Surgery
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (Asleep)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (Awake)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation For Dystonia
  • Degenerative Spine Conditions
  • Depressed Mood
  • Diastematomyelia
  • Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (Dipg)
  • Diplomyelia
  • Disc Replacement
  • Disc Surgery
  • Diskectomy
  • Dorsal Column Stimulator
  • Dorsal Root Entry Zone (Drez) Lesioning Procedure
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
  • Dural Sinus Thrombosis
  • Dural Tear
  • Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
  • Ear, Nose And Throat Surgery
  • Electrical Sacral Stimulation
  • Electrocorticography
  • Elevated Growth Hormone
  • Embryonal Cell Tumors Of The Brain
  • Encephalocele
  • Encephalocele Repair
  • Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis (Edas)
  • Encephalomegaly
  • Endoscopic Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach
  • Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Neurosurgery
  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
  • Endoscopic Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Endplate Fracture
  • Ependymoma
  • Epidermoid Cysts
  • Epidural Hematoma
  • Epidural Hemorrhage
  • Epidural Injection
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation
  • Evaluation For Deep Brain Stimulation (Dbs)
  • Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass
  • Extradural Abscess
  • Facet Injection
  • Facet Joint Syndrome
  • Facet Surgery
  • Facial Nerve Tumor
  • Facial Pain
  • Filar Cyst
  • Filum Terminale Lipoma
  • Flow Diversion For Cerebral Aneurysms
  • Focal Resection Surgery Brain
  • Foot Drag
  • Foraminotomy
  • Forestier's Disease Surgery
  • Gamma Knife Perfexion
  • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
  • Ganglioglioma
  • Ganglioglioneurocytoma
  • Ganglioma
  • Ganglioneuroblastoma
  • Ganglioneurocytoma
  • Genitofemoral Compression
  • Germ Cell Tumor
  • Germinoma
  • Germinoma Of The Central Nervous System (Cns)
  • Gigantism
  • Glioma
  • Gliomatosis Cerebri
  • Gliosarcoma
  • Glomus Jugulare Tumor
  • Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
  • Gyroscopic Radiosurgery
  • Head Reconstruction
  • Hemangiopericytoma
  • Hemiatrophy
  • Hemispherectomy
  • Hemivertebrae
  • Herniated Disc
  • Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Herniation Syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hydrorhachis
  • Hyperhidrosis
  • Image Guided Biopsy Of The Spine
  • Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (Acdf)
  • Interlaminar Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Interspinous Device Placement
  • Intracranial Abscess
  • Intracranial Arterial Bypass
  • Intracranial Arterial Occlusion
  • Intracranial Hemangioma
  • Intracranial Hemorrhage
  • Intracranial Hypotension
  • Intracranial Mass
  • Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy
  • Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
  • Intraspinal Abscess
  • Intraventricular Tumor
  • Jugular Vein Compression
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Kyphosis
  • Laminectomy
  • Laminoplasty
  • Landau Kleffner Syndrome
  • Laser Spine Surgery
  • Lateral Access Spine Surgery
  • Leg Weakness
  • Lesionectomy
  • Lesions Of Median Nerve
  • Lesions Of Popliteal Nerve
  • Lesions Of Posterior Tibial Nerve
  • Lesions Of Sciatic Nerve
  • Lesions Of Ulnar Nerve
  • Lipomeningocele
  • Lipomyelomeningocele
  • Lobectomy Of Brain
  • Low Back Surgery
  • Lower Back Injury
  • Lower Back Pain
  • Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Lumbar Drain
  • Lumbar Herniated Disc
  • Lumbar Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Lumbar Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Lumbar Spine Fracture
  • Lumbar Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Lumbar Spine Injury
  • Lumbar Spine Mass
  • Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
  • Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Lumbar Spine Tumor
  • Lumboperitoneal Shunt Placement
  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain Stem
  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Cerebellum
  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Frontal Lobe
  • Malignant Neoplasm Of The Spinal Cord
  • Malunion Fracture Of The Spine
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Medulloepithelioma
  • Memory Disorders
  • Meningioma
  • Meningioma Of The Spine
  • Meningocele
  • Metastatic Brain Cancer
  • Microdiscectomy
  • Microneurosurgery
  • Microneurosurgery Of Trigeminal Nerve Repair
  • Microsurgery
  • Microsurgery Of The Cervical Spine
  • Microsurgery Of The Lumbar Spine
  • Microsurgery Of The Thoracic Spine
  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Migraine Surgery
  • Migraine Treatment
  • Minimally Invasive Craniosynostosis Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
  • Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Motion Sparing Spine Surgery
  • Multilevel Cervical Arthroplasty
  • Myelomeningocele
  • Myelopathy
  • Myelopathy Surgery
  • Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
  • Navigation Spine Surgery
  • Neck Arthritis
  • Neck Cancer
  • Neck Pain
  • Needle Biopsy Of Brain
  • Needle Biopsy Of Cerebral Meninges
  • Neoplasm Of Brain Stem
  • Nerve Biopsy
  • Nerve Compression Of The Cervical Spine
  • Nerve Decompression
  • Nerve Laceration
  • Nerve Tumor Resection Surgery
  • Neural Tube Defects
  • Neuroablation
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Neuroectodermal Tumor
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors
  • Neuroendoscopy
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 2
  • Neurofibrosarcoma
  • Neurogenic Claudication
  • Neurointerventional Biplane Angiography System
  • Neuromuscular Scoliosis
  • Neuronal Glial Tumors
  • Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Non Surgical Treatment Of Tarlov Cyst
  • Nonunion Fracture Of The Spine
  • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
  • Occipito Cervical Fusion
  • Odontoid Fractures
  • Olfactory Neuroblastoma
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Open Biopsy Of Brain
  • Optic Chiasm Injury
  • Optic Nerve Decompression
  • Optic Nerve Glioma
  • Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
  • Optic Nerve Surgery
  • Orbital Nerve Decompression
  • Orbital Tumors
  • Os Odontoideum
  • Palmar Hyperhidrosis
  • Paraganglioma
  • Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy
  • Parkinson's Disease (Pd) Surgery
  • Pediatric Spine Deformity
  • Percutaneous Trigeminal Rhizotomy
  • Perimedullary Fistula
  • Peripheral Nerve Injury
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Peripheral Nerve Tumors
  • Peripheral Schwannoma
  • Periventricular Mass
  • Peroneal Nerve Injury
  • Petrous Apex Tumor
  • Pial Synangiosis
  • Pilocytic Astrocytoma
  • Pinched Nerve
  • Pineal Gland Parenchymal Tumor
  • Pineal Tumor
  • Pineoblastoma
  • Pituitary Adenoma
  • Pituitary Cancer
  • Pituitary Surgery
  • Pituitary Tumor
  • Plantar Hyperhidrosis
  • Post Laminectomy Kyphosis
  • Post Laminectomy Syndrome
  • Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
  • Posterior Cervical Laminotomy
  • Posterior Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Fossa Cranioplasty
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation And Fusion
  • Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
  • Post-Operative Nerve Pain
  • Preoperative Embolization
  • Primary Brain Tumor
  • Prolactinoma
  • Prone Transpsoas (Ptp) Technique
  • Radiculopathy
  • Radiofrequency Ablation Of Benign Spine Tumors
  • Radiofrequency Ablation Of Nerve Tumor
  • Radiosurgery Of The Brain
  • Rathke Cleft Cysts
  • Repair Of Brain
  • Resection Of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm)
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Rhizotomy
  • Rhizotomy Surgery Of Trigeminal Nerve Pain
  • Robotic Assisted Neurosurgery
  • Robotic Spine Surgery
  • Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
  • Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
  • Sacral Dimples
  • Sacral Fracture Surgery
  • Sacroiliac Joint Block
  • Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
  • Sacroiliac Joint Pain
  • Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
  • Sacroiliitis
  • Scheuermann's Disease
  • Schwannomatosis
  • Sciatica
  • Scoliosis
  • Scoliosis Surgery
  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
  • Severe Kyphotic Deformities
  • Severe Lordotic Deformities
  • Shevel Procedure
  • Shunt Dysfunction
  • Shunt Revision
  • Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
  • Sinus Stenting
  • Skull Base Tumor
  • Skull Fracture
  • Skull Fracture Surgery
  • Skull Osteoma
  • Spasticity Management
  • Spina Bifida
  • Spina Bifida Surgery
  • Spinal Abscess
  • Spinal Abscess Surgery
  • Spinal Compression Fusion
  • Spinal Cord Anomalies
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Cord Diseases
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator Removal
  • Spinal Cord Surgery
  • Spinal Cord Tumors
  • Spinal Disorders
  • Spinal Fixation
  • Spinal Schwannoma
  • Spinal Schwannoma Surgery
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spinal Stenosis Surgery
  • Spinal Tumor
  • Spine Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm)
  • Spine Arthritis
  • Spine Decompression Surgery
  • Spine Deformity
  • Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
  • Spine Embolization
  • Spine Fracture
  • Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Spine Fusion
  • Spine Ganglion Cyst
  • Spine Hardware Removal
  • Spine Injury
  • Spine Instrumentation
  • Spine Mass
  • Spine Microsurgery
  • Spine Osteotomy
  • Spine Pain
  • Spine Revision
  • Spine Stapling
  • Spine Stress Fracture
  • Spine Surgery
  • Spine Tumor
  • Spondylectomy
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylosis
  • Spondylosis Surgery
  • Spondylosis With Myelopathy
  • Spondylosyndesis
  • Spongioblastoma
  • Sports Related Spinal Cord Injury
  • Sports Related Spine Injury
  • Sports Related Thoracic Spine Injury
  • Standard Transsphenoidal Approach
  • Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy
  • Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • Stereotactic Spine Radiosurgery
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Subcaudate Tractotomy
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • Subdural Hemorrhage
  • Subdural Hygroma
  • Subpial Transection
  • Surgery For Sciatica
  • Surgery For Spasticity
  • Surgical Ligation Of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
  • Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
  • Sympathectomy
  • Synovial Cyst
  • Syringobulbia
  • Syringomyelia
  • Tarlov Cyst
  • Tarlov Cyst Surgery
  • Temporal Tumor
  • Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
  • Thoracic Herniated Disc
  • Thoracic Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
  • Thoracic Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Thoracic Spine Fracture
  • Thoracic Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Thoracic Spine Injury
  • Thoracic Spine Mass
  • Thoracic Spine Stress Fracture
  • Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Thoracic Spine Tumor
  • Topectomy
  • Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty In Neurosurgery
  • Transnasal Repair Csf Leak
  • Transpetrosal Approaches
  • Tuberous Sclerosis
  • Ulnar Nerve Decompression
  • Ulnar Nerve Instability
  • Ulnar Nerve Neuritis
  • Ulnar Nerve Surgery
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulator
  • Vagal Stimulation
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Vascular Brain Tumors
  • Vascular Malformation Of The Head And Neck
  • Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
  • Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
  • Vein Of Galen Malformation
  • Ventricular Shunt
  • Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt
  • Ventriculocisternostomy
  • Ventriculostomy
  • Vertebrae Surgery
  • Vertebral Epiphysitis
  • Vertebral Hemangioma
  • Vertebral Transposition
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Visual Cortex Injury
  • Visualase Thermal Laser Ablation