Department of Neurosurgery Faculty

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  Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS, FAANS

  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Vice Chair, Clinical Operations and Quality Improvement
  • Co-Director, Penn Nerve Center
  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia

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  Nduka M. Amankulor, MD

  • Division Head, Neurosurgical Oncology
  • Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center
  • Presidential Associate Professor in Neurosurgery

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  Linda Bagley, MD

  • Associate Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Stephen Bagley, MD, MSCE

  • Section Chief, Neuro-Oncology, Hematology-Oncology
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine in Neurosurgery
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Michael Stephen Beauchamp, PhD

  • Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Zev Binder, MD, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Steven Brem, MD

  • Course Director, Annual Penn Brain Tumor CME
  • Site Director, Perelman School of Medicine Surgery Rotation - Neurosurgery at HUP
  • Director, Neurosurgery Medical Student Education
  • Professor CE of Neurosurgery

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  Jan-Karl Burkhardt, MD

  • Division Head, Cerebrovascular Surgery
  • The James and Agnes Kim Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Radiology
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Iahn Cajigas Gonzalez, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Joshua Stephen Catapano, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  H. Isaac Chen, MD

  • Residency Program Director, Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

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  Shih-Shan L. Chen, MD

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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  D. Kacy Cullen, PhD

  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Arati Desai, MD

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

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  Brett L. Foster, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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  M. Sean Grady, MD

  • Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Casey H. Halpern, MD

  • Division Head, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Gregory G. Heuer, MD, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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  Robert W. Hurst, MD

  • Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Christina Jackson, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Dennis Jgamadze, MSc, MD, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Brendan Judy, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery

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  Sandeep Kandregula, MD

  • Instructor A of Neurosurgery

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  Katalin Kariko, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Benjamin Cullen Kennedy, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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  John Y. K. Lee, MD, MSCE

  • Medical Director, Gamma Knife Center
  • Clinical Director, Center for Precision Surgery
  • Director, Skull Base Surgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

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  Brian Litt, MD

  • Professor of Neurology in Neurosurgery
  • Perelman Professor of Neurology

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  Laurie A. Loevner, MD

  • Division Chief, Neuroradiology
  • Professor of Radiology in Ophthalmology
  • Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  John Magnotti, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Neil R. Malhotra, MD

  • Vice Chairman for Operations, Department of Neurosurgery
  • Director, EpiLog Quality Improvement Initiative
  • Co-Director, Restorative Spinal Research (ReST) Lab
  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Paul J. Marcotte, MD

  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery in Orthopaedic Surgery

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  Suyash Mohan, MD

  • Director, Neuroradiology Clinical Research Division
  • Co-Chair, Mentorship Committee, Anna T. Meadows Society, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery

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  Kyle Mueller, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery

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  John Charles O'Donnell, BA, MS, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Ibrahim Omeis, MD

  • Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, Lancaster General Hospital
  • Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Donald M. O'Rourke, MD

  • Director, Human Brain Tumor Tissue Bank
  • Director, Glioblastoma Translational Center of Excellence
  • John Templeton, Jr., M.D. Professor in Neurosurgery

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  Ali K. Ozturk, MD

  • Co-Director, Neurosurgery Complex Spine Fellowship
  • Director, Adult Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

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  James Nathan Palmer, MD

  • Director, Division of Rhinology
  • Co-Director, Cranial Base Center
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery in Neurosurgery
  • David W. Kennedy, MD Professor

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  Jose L. Pascual, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS(C). FCCM

  • Clinical Associate, Penn School of Nursing
  • Section Chief, Penn Surgical Critical Care
  • Professor of Surgery in Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia

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  Bijan Pesaran, PhD

  • Robert A. Groff, M.D. Professor of Teaching and Research in Neurosurgery II
  • Professor of Neurosurgery in Neuroscience

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  Bryan A. Pukenas, MD

  • Associate Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Liming Qiu, MD

  • Instructor A of Neurosurgery

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  Adam C. Resnick, PhD

  • Research Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Andrew Richardson, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Amer F Samdani, MD

  • Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Katherine Wilson Scangos, MD, PhD

  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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  James M. Schuster, MD, PhD

  • Director, Neurotrauma
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Berje H. Shammassian, MD, MPH, FAANS

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology

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  John H. Shin, MD, MBA

  • Director, Penn Spine Center
  • Division Head, Spine and Peripheral Nerve
  • Guggenheim Family Thomas W. Langfitt, M.D. Professor

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  Lachlan J. Smith, PhD

  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in Neurosurgery

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  Harvey E. Smith, MD

  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

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  Douglas H. Smith, MD

  • Robert A. Groff Professor of Teaching and Research in Neurosurgery

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  Michael Spadola, MD

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Visish Mani Srinivasan, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  William Stewart, PhD, MBCHB

  • Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Phillip B. Storm, MD

  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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  Alexandra Ulyanova, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  William C. Welch, MD, FACS, FICS

  • Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
  • Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Professor of Neurosurgery in Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Frederick A. Simeone Professor in Neurosurgery

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  Beth A. Winkelstein, PhD

  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Kathryn Wofford, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  John A. Wolf, PhD

  • Research Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Ronald L. Wolf, MD, PhD

  • Chief, MRI Modality
  • Associate Professor of Radiology in Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Jang W. Yoon, MD, MSc

  • Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Co-Director, Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Daniel Yoshor, MD

  • Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
  • Vice President, Clinical Integration and Innovation
  • Charles Harrison Frazier Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Eric L. Zager, MD

  • Neurosurgical Professor in Academic Excellence

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