Bryan A. Pukenas, MD
Interventional Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology, Neurosurgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurosurgery
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Pukenas is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Karandish A, Essibayi MA, Jabal MS, Salim HA, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Dibas M, Simonato D, Li YL, Grist J, Zaccagna F, Algin O, Ghozy S, Lay SV, Guenego A, Renieri L, Carnevale J, Saliou G, Mastorakos P, El Naamani K, Shotar E, Möhlenbruch M, Kral M, Chung C, Salem MM, Lylyk I, Foreman PM, Shaikh H, Župančić V, Hafeez MU, Catapano J, Waqas M, Kazanci A, Ayberk G, Rabinov JD, Maingard J, Schirmer CM, Piano M, Kühn AL, Michelozzi C, Starke RM, Hassan A, Ogilvie M, Nguyen A, Jones J, Brinjikji W, Nawka MT, Psychogios M, Ulfert C, Pukenas B, Burkhardt JK, Huynh T, Martinez-Gutierrez JC, Sheth SA, Slawski D, Tawk R, Pulli B, Lubicz B, Panni P, Puri AS, Pero G, Raz E, Griessenauer CJ, Asadi H, Siddiqui A, Levy EI, Haranhalli N, Ducruet AF, Albuquerque FC, Regenhardt RW, Stapleton CJ, Kan P, Kalousek V, Lylyk P, Boddu S, Knopman J, Tjoumakaris SI, Cuellar-Saenz HH, Jabbour PM, Clarençon F, Limbucci N, Patel AB, Fuschi M, Altschul D, Dmytriw AA; WorldWideWEB Investigators. Predictive modeling of long-term improvement in occlusion outcomes following Woven EndoBridge treatment of cerebral aneurysms: A machine learning approach , Interv Neuroradiol: 2025


Lerner DK, Patel S, Phung C, Eshaghi K, Workman AD, Pennington G, Stetson R, Pukenas BA, Atkins JH, Douglas JE, Kohanski MA, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. Moving Lumbar Drain Placement to IR From the Operating Room Creates Time and Cost Savings , Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg: 2025


Musmar B, Abdalrazeq H, Adeeb N, Salim HA, Roy JM, Aslan A, Tjoumakaris SI, Ogilvy CS, Baskaya MK, Kondziolka D, Sheehan J, Riina H, Kandregula S, Dmytriw AA, Abushehab A, El Naamani K, Abdelsalam A, Ironside N, Kumbhare D, Gummadi S, Ataoglu C, Essibayi MA, Keles A, Muram S, Sconzo D, Rezai A, Alwakaa O, Tos SM, Mantziaris G, Park MS, Hanalioglu S, Erginoglu U, Pöppe J, Sen RD, Griessenauer CJ, Burkhardt JK, Starke RM, Sekhar LN, Levitt MR, Altschul DJ, Haranhalli N, McAvoy M, Zeineddine HA, Abla AA, Atallah E, Gooch MR, Rosenwasser RH, Stapleton C, Koch M, Srinivasan VM, Chen PR, Blackburn S, Bulsara K, Kim LJ, Choudhri O, Pukenas B, Smith E, Mosimann PJ, Alaraj A, Aziz-Sultan MA, Patel AB, Savardekar A, Notarianni C, Cuellar HH, Lawton M, Guthikonda B, Morcos J, Jabbour P. Standalone Endovascular Embolization versus Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations in Eloquent Brain , Radiology: 2025


Musmar B, Adeeb N, Abdalrazeq H, Salim HA, Roy J, Tjoumakaris SI, Kandregula S, Ogilvy CS, Kondziolka D, Sheehan JP, Dmytriw AA, Aslan A, Patel P, Lan M, Baldassari MP, Koduri S, Atallah E, Zeineddine H, Pontarelli MK, Abou-Al-Shaar H, El Naamani K, Abdelsalam A, Ironside N, Kumbhare D, Gummadi S, Baskaya M, Ataoglu C, Mccarthy F, Sanchez-Forteza A, Essibayi MA, Keles A, Muram S, Sconzo D, Riina H, Rezai A, Alwakaa O, Tos SM, Mantziaris G, Park MS, Hanalioglu S, Erginoglu U, Pöppe J, Sen RD, Griessenauer CJ, Ocampo-Navia MI, Devia DA, Perez-Mendez W, Puentes JC, Abo Kasem R, Spiotta AM, Puri AS, Singh J, Kuhn AL, Burkhardt JK, Starke RM, Sekhar LN, Levitt M, Altschul D, Haranhalli N, McAvoy M, Eltiti M, Abushehab A, Foreman P, Shakir HJ, Zaidat OO, AlMajali M, Ruppert-Gomez M, See AP, Abla AA, Stapleton CJ, Patel A, Nguyen A, Koch MJ, Srinivasan VM, Chen PR, Blackburn S, Alshahrani R, Gooch MR, Rosenwasser RH, Bulsara KR, Kan P, Kim LJ, Choudhri O, Pukenas B, Simonato D, Li YL, Alaraj A, Fuschi M, Patel AB, Savardekar A, Notarianni C, Cuellar HH, Lawton MT, Guthikonda B, Morcos J, Jabbour P. Safety and efficacy of preoperative embolization in the treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations with perinidal aneurysms and single draining vein: a multicenter study with propensity score-weighting , J Neurointerv Surg: 2025


Jabarkheel R, Gajjar AA, Muhammad N, Tang OY, Tomlinson SB, Golubovsky J, Corral Tarbay A, Sioutas GS, Mannam S, Vaz A, Ajmera S, Kandregula S, Pukenas B, Choudhri O, Jankowitz BT, Burkhardt JK, Srinivasan VM. The role of Area Deprivation Index in treatment selection for anterior communicating artery aneurysms , J Neurosurg: 2025


Sarraj A, Blackburn S, Abraham MG, Hussain MS, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Chen M, Kasner SE, Churilov L, Sitton CW, Pujara DK, Sundararajan S, Hu YC, Herial NA, Budzik RF, Hicks WJ, Vora N, Arenillas JF, Alfonso ML, Ramos Araque ME, Tsai JP, Abdulrazzak MA, Kozak O, Yan B, Mitchell PJ, Cordato DJ, Manning NW, Cheung A, Hanel RA, Aghaebrahim AN, Wu TY, Portela PC, Merchán AJP, Gandhi CD, Al-Mufti F, Samaniego EA, Maali L, Qureshi A, Lechtenberg CG, Slavin S, Rosterman L, Gibson D, Wallace AN, Sahlein D, Pérez de la Ossa N, Hernández Pérez M, Schaafsma JD, Blasco J, Renú A, Sangha N, Warach S, Kleinig TJ, Mullen M, Elijovich L, Shaker F, Al-Shaibi FK, Johns H, Duncan KR, Opaskar A, Popovic MJ, Altose M, Ray A, Xiong W, Sunshine J, DeGeorgia M, Nguyen TN, Fifi JT, Tjoumakaris S, Jabbour P, Pereira VM, Lansberg MG, Albers GW, Sila C, Bambakidis N, Davis S, Wechsler L, Hill MD, Grotta JC, Ribo M, Hassan AE, Campbell BC; SELECT2 Investigators. General vs Nongeneral Anesthesia for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Patients With Large Core Strokes: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of SELECT2 Trial , Neurology, 105: 2025,e213819


Sconzo D, Ramirez-Velandia F, Muram S, Enriquez-Marulanda A, Riordan CP, Adeeb N, Musmar B, Salim HA, Kandregula S, Dmywtriw AA, Abdelsalam A, Ataoglu C, Erginoglu U, Kondziolka D, Aslan A, Naamani KE, Sheehan J, Park MS, Zeineddine HA, Ironside N, Kumbhare D, Gummadi S, Essibayi MA, Tos SM, Keles A, Rezai A, Pöppe J, Sen RD, Baskaya MK, Griessenauer CJ, Jabbour P, Tjoumakaris SI, Atallah E, Riina H, Abushehab A, Burkhardt JK, Starke RM, Sekhar LN, Levitt MR, Altschul DJ, Haranhalli N, McAvoy M, Abla A, Stapleton C, Koch M, Srinivasan VM, Chen PR, Blackburn S, Kim LJ, Choudhri O, Pukenas B, Mantziaris G, O'Leary S, Kan P, Li YL, Simonato D, Bulsara K, Fuschi M, Alaraj A, Hanalioglu S, Patel A, Savardekar A, Cuellar H, Lawton M, Morcos J, Guthikonda B, Taussky P, Ogilvy CS; MISTA Consortiumn. Impact of smoking on occlusion rates following stereotactic radiosurgery for Spetzler Martin grade I-III brain arteriovenous malformations - A propensity score matched analysis of the MISTA consortium , J Clin Neurosci, 139: 2025,111411


Wu AQ, Scott K, Rahmani R, Kandregula S, Pukenas B, Catapano JS, Srinivasan VM, Burkhardt JK. The 'Slingshot' technique: balloon-guide assisted tracking of distal systems past tortuosity and ledges in thrombectomy , J Neurointerv Surg: 2025


Narsinh KH, Grant PE, Barajas RF Jr, Ivanidze J, Shah BR, Pukenas B, Tanabe J, Hess C, Lindan CE. Introducing the Gene & Cell Therapy Study Group of the ASNR, ASFNR, and ASPNR , AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 46: 2025,646-647


Saliou G, Salim HA, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Aslan A, Swaid C, Cuellar M, Dibas M, Cancelliere NM, Diestro JDB, Algin O, Ghozy S, Lay SV, Guenego A, Renieri L, Carnevale JA, Mastorakos P, ElNaamani K, Shotar E, Möhlenbruch MA, Kral M, Chung C, Salem MM, Lylyk I, Foreman PM, Shaikh H, Župančić V, Hafeez MU, Catapano JS, Waqas M, Arslan M, Ergun O, Rabinov JD, Ren Y, Schirmer CM, Piano M, Kuhn AL, Michelozzi C, Starke RM, Hassan AE, Ogilvie M, Nguyen A, Jones J, Brinjikji W, Nawka MT, Psychogios MN, Ulfert C, Pukenas B, Burkhardt JK, Huynh TJ, Martinez-Gutierrez JC, Essibayi MA, Sheth SA, Slawski D, Tawk R, Pulli B, Lubicz B, Panni P, Puri AS, Pero G, Raz E, Griessenauer CJ, Asadi H, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI, Haranhalli N, Altschul D, Ducruet AF, Albuquerque FC, Regenhardt RW, Stapleton CJ, Kan P, Kalousek V, Lylyk P, Boddu SR, Knopman J, Tjoumakaris SI, Cuellar H, Jabbour P, Clarençon F, Limbucci N, Pereira VM, Patel AB, Dmytriw AA, Hajdu SD. Higher risk of recurrence in partially thrombosed cerebral aneurysms post-WEB (Woven EndoBridge) device treatment: insights from the WorldWideWEB Consortium registry , J Neurointerv Surg: 2025


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