Eric L. Zager, MD

Neurosurgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurosurgery
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About me

  • Neurosurgical Professor in Academic Excellence

My education and training

  • Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Residency: NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Fellowship: Village ER League City
  • Fellowship: Hospital for Sick Children

Reviews

Average Rating

528 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
dr. zager is very kind and gentle doctor. he does listen to you.
Anonymous
May 2026
took time to explain.
Anonymous
May 2026
good eye contact!
Anonymous
May 2026
i had a great conversation regarding my pain, meds, and healing, and was advised a script would be sent to me via portal, and i was provided with directions regarding my return to activities as well as expectations.

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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. Zager is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Cullen DK, Huang JH, Zager EL, Browne K, Zhang J, Groff R, Smith DH Long-term survival and integration of transplanted engineered nervous tissue constructs promotes peripheral nerve regeneration , Tissue Eng, 15(7): 2009,1677-85


Rohan R, Stiefel M, Udoetuk J, Spiotta A, Levine JM, Kofke WA, Zager E, Yang W, Leroux P Brain oxygen tension and outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage , J Neurosurg , 109(6): 2008,1075-82


Wolf RL, Wang J, Detre JA, Zager EL, Hurst RW Arteriovenous shunt visualization in arteriovenous malformations with arterial spin-labeling MR , Am J Neuroradiol, 29(4): 2008,681-687


Ranalli NJ, Kline DG, McGarvey ML, Boulis NM, Zager EL Clinical Problem-Solving: Brachial Plexus Closed Injury and Reconstruction , Neurosurgery, 62(6): 2008,1330-1339


Heuer GG, Stiefel MF, Nagpal S, Basil AK, Smith DS, Zager EL Carotid endarterectomy under regional anesthesia: A primer for the uninitiated , Neurosurg Q, 18(3): 2008,201-206


Stein S, Burnett M, Riina H, Sonnad S, Zager EL Completion angiography for surgically-treated cerebral aneurysms: An economic analysis , Neurosurgery, 61(6): 2007,1162-1169


Whitmore RG, Simon SL, Hurst RW, Nisenbaum HL, Kasner SE, Zager EL Bow hunter’s syndrome caused by accessory cervical ossification: posterolateral decompression and the use of intraoperative Doppler ultrasonography , Surg Neurol, 67(2): 2007,169-171


Pfister BJ, Huang JH, Kameswaran N, Zager EL, Smith DH Neural engineering to produce in vitro nerve constructs and neurointerface , Neurosurgery, 60(1): 2007,137-141


Magge SN, Chen HI, Zager EL Dystrophic calcification and infraclavicular brachial plexopathy: case report. , Neurosurgery , 58: 2006,1216


Storm PB, Zager E, Magge S Surgical clipping of a PICA aneurysm in a 6-month-old child. , Pediatr Neurosurg, 42: 2006,406-8