Department of Neurosurgery Faculty

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  Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS, FAANS

  • Vice Chair of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
  • Co-Director, Penn Nerve Center
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

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  Vincent Arlet, MD

  • Chief of Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
  • Co-Director, Spine Surgery Fellowship
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Linda Bagley, MD

  • Associate Program Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
  • Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Stephen Bagley, MD, MSCE

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

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  Gordon H. Baltuch, MD, PhD

  • Director, Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

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  Michael Stephen Beauchamp, PhD

  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Zev Binder, MD, PhD

  • Instructor A of Neurosurgery

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  William H. Bosking, 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 of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Vivek Buch, MD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Jan-Karl Burkhardt, MD

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

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  John M. Chandler, MD

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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  H. Isaac Chen, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

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  Shih-Shan L. Chen, MD

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

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  Omar A. Choudhri, MD

  • Director, Penn Center for Cerebral Revascularization
  • Co-Director, Cerebrovascular & Endovascular Neurosurgery
  • Assistant Professor of Radiology
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  D. Kacy Cullen, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Arati Desai, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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  M. Sean Grady, MD

  • Physician Director, Neuroscience Service Line
  • Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
  • 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 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Victoria E. Johnson, MBChB, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Atul A. Kalanuria, MD, FACP MHCI

  • Director, Penn Neurocritical Care Fellowship
  • Director, Penn Neurocritical Care Clerkship
  • Director, Penn Neurocritical Care Sub-Internship
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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  Katalin Kariko, PhD

  • Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Brian Joseph Kelley, MD

  • Instructor A 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
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

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  Brian Litt, MD

  • Director, Penn Epilepsy Center
  • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Neurology and Professor of Bioengineering

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  Laurie A. Loevner, MD

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

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

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  Paul J. Marcotte, MD

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

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  Suyash Mohan, MD

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

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  Kyle Brandon Mueller, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical 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

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

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  Jose L. Pascual, MD

  • Clinical Associate, Penn School of Nursing
  • Associate Professor of Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Dmitriy Petrov, MD

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

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  Bryan A. Pukenas, MD

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

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  Preethi Ramchand, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

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  Andrew Richardson, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Danielle Sandsmark, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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  James M. Schuster, MD, PhD

  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Residency Program Director, Director of Neurotrauma
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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  Lachlan J. Smith, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Harvey E. Smith, MD

  • Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery
  • Co-Director, Spine Surgery Fellowship
  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Douglas H. Smith, MD

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

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  William Stewart, PhD, MBCHB

  • Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Phillip B. Storm, MD

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

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  Ragini Verma, PhD

  • Professor of Radiology
  • 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
  • Medical Director, Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Frederick A. Simeone Professor in Neurosurgery

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  Beth A. Winkelstein, PhD

  • Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Ronald L. Wolf, MD, PhD

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

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  John A. Wolf, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

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  Jon J.W. Yoon, MD, MSc

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery

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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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