Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Ali K. Ozturk, MD
4.8
(476)
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurosurgery Pennsylvania Hospital
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About me

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

476 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

June 2025
5.0
5.0
he is very easy to talk to
June 2025
5.0
5.0
exceeded expectations
June 2025
5.0
5.0
great experience.
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he is the best.

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Ozturk is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Mert Marcel Dagli, Connor Wathen, Joshua L. Golubovsky, Yohannes Ghenbot, John D Arena, Jonathan Heintz, Dominick Macaluso, Gabrielle Santangelo, Zarina S Ali, Neil R Malhotra, Jang W Yoon, William C Welch, Vincet Arlet, Ali K. Ozturk Intravenous tranexamic acid reduces blood loss and perioperative transfusion requirements in adult spinal deformity: a multicenter propensity-scored observational study , Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine: 2025

Yohannes Ghenbot, John D Arena, Mert Marcel Dagli, Dominick Macaluso, Sennay Ghenbot, Connor Wathen, Harmon S. Khela, Hasan S Ahmad, Gabrielle Santangelo, Joshua L. Golubovsky, Johnny Wright, Jonathan Heintz, Zarina S Ali, Neil R Malhotra, William C Welch, Jang W Yoon, Vincet Arlet, Ali K. Ozturk Magnitude of sagittal correction is associated with proximal junctional kyphosis while local junctional factors influence proximal junctional failure following correction of adult spinal deformity: an inverse probability weighted analysis , Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine: 2025

Tudor T, Agarwal AK, Delgado MK, Lee DJ, Nguyen JT, Xiong R, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW, Welch WC, Ali ZS. Opioid prescribing guidelines for spine surgery patients: a multisite analysis of guideline implementation and monitoring with an automated text messaging platform. , J Neurosurg Spine: 2024

Arena JD, Ghenbot Y, Wathen CA, Santangelo G, Dagli MM, Golubovsky JL, Gu BJ, Macaluso D, Malhotra NR, Ali ZS, Yoon JW, Welch WC, Arlet V, Ozturk AK. Upper instrumented vertebra pedicle screw loosening following adult spinal deformity surgery: incidence and outcome analysis. , Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine: 2024

Dagli MM, Wathen CA, Golubovsky JL, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Santangelo G, Heintz J, Ali ZS, Welch WC, Yoon JW, Arlet V, Ozturk AK. Preoperative anemia is associated with increased length of stay in adult spinal deformity surgery: evaluation of a large single-center patient cohort and future suggestions for patient optimization. , Spine Deformity: 2024

Dagli MM, Ghenbot Y, Ahmad HS, Chauhan D, Turlip R, Wang P, Welch WC, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW. Development and validation of a novel AI framework using NLP with LLM integration for relevant clinical data extraction through automated chart review. , Sci Rep: 2024

Alqazzaz A, Zhuang T, Dehghani B, Barchick SR, Ozturk AK, Khalsa AS, Casper DS. Geographical and Specialty-specific Variation in the Utilization of Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy. , Clin Spine Surg.: 2024

Wathen C, Dagli MM, Santangelo G, Ghenbot Y, Spadola M, Macaluso D, Welch WC, Arlet V, Ozturk AK. Blood loss during three column osteotomies: influence on outcomes and mitigation strategies. , J Spine Surg: 2024

Karsalia R, Xu E, Hejazi-Garcia C, Na J, McClintock SD, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Schuster JM, Marcotte PJ, Malhotra NR. The effect of chronic kidney disease on short-term single-level lumbar fusion outcomes. , Clin Neurol Neurosurg.: 2024

Wathen C, Santangelo G, Muhammad N, Ellens N, Catanzaro S, Singh A, Dagli MM, Petrov D, Ozturk AK, Bender M, Stone JJ, Schuster J. Management and outcomes of cerebrovascular injuries after gunshot wounds to the cervical spine. , Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 7(243): 2024