Francis Kralick, DO, FACOS

"Dr. Kralick was kind, listened to me, and was compassionate. He sent me to get X-Rays of my back. He recommended pain management and we both agreed that hopefully, I did not need surgery. I was astounded that he did not push having some kind of minor surgery. He told me out right, he thought I would be fine with time and pain management. He is an outstanding doctor and I am so impressed with his truthfulness."

To say I am extremely pleased with my experience with is an understatement. Dr. Kralick is obviously a very skilled surgeon who has a wonderful way of making you feel safe and secure. Just knowing his knowledge and his success rate left me feeling confident that I was in good hands. He has a wonderful personality and is a snazzy dresser. The entire staff is positive and caring. Thank you for helping me start my new pain free life. You are the best."

"Dr. Kralick took his time with me, explained everything that was going to happen post-op as well as pre-op. He answered any and all of my questions."

Watch the heartwarming story of how Dr. Francis Kralick, DO, FACOS, treated one of his patients who was suffering from severe back pain. Dr. Kralick's compassionate patient-centered care allowed her to go from walking with extreme difficulty to vacationing in Morocco.

Additional Information

Dr. Kralick is a Penn Affiliated Surgeon and joined Shore Physicians Group in 2016. He board certified in Neurological Surgery since 2005, with subspecialty in complex spinal surgery under the tutelage of Dr. Fred Simeone, previous chairman of Jefferson University of Dept of Neurosurgery. He also carries the special distinction of FACOS which designates additional contribution in academics, teaching and innovation to the field of Neurosurgery. He has been recognized with many awards while a resident and was magna cum laude of his medical school class. This after earning a BS in Engineering Physics at The Ohio State University. He trained and practiced in Philadelphia for 25 years where he has authored many scientific papers and holds numerous patents for devices in Neurosurgery. He has trained many surgical residents as well as medical and engineering at Rowan University. It is with humility and respect that he brings that expertise to Shore Physicians Group. His primary focus is utilizing the best practice strategies in obtaining the best possible outcomes for his patients and most importantly not recommending surgery if success is unlikely. While being a talented surgeon and thoughtful clinician he provides his patients a variety of options to return to an active healthy lifestyle. His mantra is “Back to Life”.

Francis Kralick, DO was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Kralick received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics/Biomedical Engineering from Ohio State University. His interest in Biomedical Engineering prompted him to pursue a degree in Neuroscience from Ohio State University, and his Doctor of Osteopathy from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Kralick was fellowship trained under Dr. Simeone. Dr. Kralick specializes in Complex Spine procedures with his end goal of return people back to their life.

Awards

• Nova-Southeastern graduation with highest honors
  1996
• ACOS Surgical Residency Scholarship Excellence in Medicine
  1998
• ACOS Resident Achievement Award
  2001
• 2nd Place Poster Presentation ACA Image guided Neurosurgery for Spinal Instability
  2001
  Palm Desert, CA
• National Sofamor Danek Resident Achievement Award Correction of Cephalocranial Disproportion by Expansion Craniectomy and Shunt Revision for Pansyostosis
  2002
  Technical Note
• Robert Irwin Literary Award
  2002
• ACOS Fellowship designation (F.A.C.O.S.)
  2008

Research and Publications

PUBLISHED PAPERS *-denotes peer reviewed journals

• *Stechison, M.T. and F.J. Kralick, The trigeminal evoked potential: Part I. Long-latency responses in awake or anesthetized subjects. Neurosurgery, 1993. 33(4): p. 633-8.
• *Kralick, F., Neurosurgical Treatment of Hypothalamic Hamartoma Producing Intractable Gelastic Seizures and Precocious Puberty. JAONS, 2001. 1: p. 17-22.
• *Kralick, F. and R. Koenigsberg, Sciatica in a patient with unusual peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Surgical Neurology, 2006. 66(6): p. 634-637.
• *Tofighi, M.-R., Kawoos, U. Kralick, F.A. Rosen, A., Wireless intracranial pressure monitoring through scalp at microwave frequencies; preliminary phantom and animal study. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006: p. 1738-1741.
• *U. Kawoos, R. V. Warty, F. A. Kralick, M. R. Tofighi and A. Rosen. “Issues in Wireless Intracranial Pressure Monitoring at Microwave Frequencies”, PIERS Online Vol. 3 No. 6 2007 pp: 927-931
• *Kawoos, U. Tofighi, M. R. Warty, R. Kralick, F. A. Rosen, A., In-Vitro and In-Vivo Trans-Scalp Evaluation of an Intracranial Pressure Implant at 2.4 GHz. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2008. 56(10): p. 2356-2365.
• *Emam, M. Abashiya, Y. Chareunsack, B. Skordos, J. Oh, J. Choi, Y. Kralick, F. Noh, H., A novel microdevice for the treatment of hydrocephalus: design and fabrication of an array of microvalves and microneedles. Microsystem Technologies-Micro-and Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems, 2008. 14(3): p. 371-378.
• *U. Kawoos, R. V. Warty; M. R. Tofighi, F.A.Kralick, D. Yoo, T. Neal, A. Rosen Embedded microwave system for monitoring of intracranial pressure, Proceedings of 2009 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, p 119-122, 2009
• *Kralick FA, Noh H, Design and Fabrication of a PDMS/Parylene Microvalve for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus,Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 20, No. 4, August 2011, p 811-818
• *Kralick FA, Oh J, Medina T, Noh H. Microfabricated Shunt to Mimic Arachnoid Granulations for the Treatment of Communicating Hydrocephalus. Acta Neurochirurgica accepted Jan 2011
• O. Sheikh, A. Reaves, F. A. Kralick, A. Brooks R. E. Musial,e J. Gasperino, Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Spinal Accessory Nerve: A Unique Presentation of a Rare Tumor, The Journal of Clinical Neurology 2012; 8: 1-4

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Simeone F, Kralick FA. Posterior Cervical Fusion using the Unisom System. Spinal Instrumentation: Surgical Techniques, Eds. Kim, Vaccaro, Fessler. Thieme 2005
• Kralick FA. Oh J, Kim G, Medina T, Noh H Microfabricated Shunt to Mimic the Function and Location of Arachnoid Granulations for the Treatment of Communicating Hydrocephalus, Eds. Schuhmann, Czosnyka. Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring XIV, Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementeum, Vol. 114, Springer-Verlag/Wien, 2012
• Kawoos U, Tofighi M, Rosen A, Kralick FA, Embedded Microwave Sensors for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring, Eds. Mostafeanezhad, Boric-Lubecke and Lin, Medical and Biological Microwave Sensors and Systems, Cambridge Univ Press, In Press

PATENTS

• Kralick FA, Parrish W, Orr G, Willet D. Method for the Stimulation of Cell Growth and the Inhibition of Cell Proliferation by Utilization of Selenodithiols such as Selenodiglutathione. US patent #5,104,854: Issued April 12, 1992.
• Kralick FA, Parrish W. Method for the Inhibition of the Proliferation of Cancer Cells in a Tumor Sensitive to Treatment with a Selenodithiol by Injection into a Tumor. US patent #5,104,854: Issued April 14, 1992.
• Kralick FA, Noh Hongseok, Implantable Micro-System for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus, CIP
• Kralick FA, Noh Hongseok, Implantable Micro-System for the Treatment of Hydrocephalus. US Patent No. US 8206334 B2,
• Kawoos U, Rosen A, Rosen H, Kralick FA. Microwave Intracranial Pressure Implant and CSF Drainage. US Patent No. 12/558,157

In Practice Since:

• • 2002 at Drexel University and Hahnemann University Hospital serving as Chief of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor Neurological Surgery