Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Jan-Karl Burkhardt, MD
4.8
(333)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurosurgery
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About me

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Leipzig
  • Residency: University Hospital Zurich
  • Fellowship: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital
  • Fellowship: NYU Langone Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

333 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.

July 2025
5.0
5.0
i just like how Dr Burkhardt explains everything in a positive way
July 2025
5.0
5.0
very knowledgeable
June 2025
5.0
5.0
Dr Burkhardt answered all of my questions and communicates well.
June 2025
5.0
5.0
he was just great to deal with

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.
  • Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Burkhardt is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Salem MM, Sioutas GS, Gajjar A, Khalife J, Kuybu O, Carroll KT, Hoang AN, Baig AA, Salih M, Baker C, Cortez GM, Abecassis Z, Ruiz Rodriguez JF, Davies JM, Cawley CM, Riina H, Spiotta AM, Khalessi A, Howard BM, Hanel RA, Tanweer O, Tonetti D, Siddiqui AH, Lang M, Levy EI, Ogilvy CS, Srinivasan VM, Kan P, Gross BA, Jankowitz B, Levitt MR, Thomas AJ, Grandhi R, Burkhardt JK. Femoral versus radial access for middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematomas: multicenter propensity score matched study , J Neurointerv Surg, 17: 2025,890-897


Salim H, Hamdan D, Adeeb N, Kandregula S, Aslan A, Musmar B, Ogilvy CS, Dmytriw AA, Abdelsalam A, Ataoglu C, Erginoglu U, Kondziolka D, El Naamani K, Sheehan J, Ironside N, Kumbhare D, Gummadi S, Essibayi MA, Tos SM, Keles A, Muram S, Sconzo D, Rezai A, Alwakaa O, Pöppe J, Sen RD, Baskaya MK, Griessenauer CJ, Jabbour P, Tjoumakaris SI, Atallah E, Riina H, Abushehab A, Swaid C, Burkhardt JK, Starke RM, Sekhar LN, Levitt MR, Altschul DJ, Haranhalli N, McAvoy M, Abla A, Stapleton C, Koch MJ, Srinivasan VM, Chen PR, Blackburn S, Cochran J, Choudhri O, Pukenas B, Orbach DB, Smith ER, Moehlenbruch M, Mosimann PJ, Alaraj A, Aziz-Sultan MA, Patel AB, Yedavalli V, Wintermark M, Savardekar A, Cuellar HH, Lawton MT, Morcos JJ, Guthikonda B. Efficacy and safety of preoperative embolization in surgical treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations: a multicentre study with propensity score matching , J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 96: 2025,766-774


Alawieh AM, Dimisko L, Zohdy YM, Koo AB, Saad H, El Baba B, Newman S, Grossberg JA, Matouk C, Cawley CM, Pradilla G, Reisner A, Fox WC, Perez-Vega C, Burkhardt JK, Salem MM, Jabbour P, El Naamani K, Schmidt RF, Gooch MR, Starke RM, Abdelsalam A, Lu VM, Levitt M, Chalhoub RM, Kobeissy F, Spiotta AM, Barrow D, Howard BM. Outcomes of medical and surgical management in infectious intracranial aneurysms: a multicenter cohort analysis , J Neurointerv Surg: 2025


Davis P, Napole A, Reddy C, Palepu SK, Wu AQ, Mannam SS, Gajjar AA, Jabarkheel R, Ajmera S, Ahmad H, Scott KW, Sioutas G, Shekhtman O, Kandregula S, Rahmani R, Catapano JS, Burkhardt JK, Srinivasan VM. Systematic evaluation of AI-based text-to-image models for generating medical illustrations in neurosurgery: a multi-stage comparative study , Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 257: 2025,109039


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


Gomez-Paz S, Richter K, McGrath M, Breton JM, Wakelin SH, Christie I, Pasko KBD, Aljuboori A, Hendrix P, Weiner GM, Slee B, Duckworth EAM, Burkhardt JK, Srinivasan VM, Jankowitz BT, Snyder T, Levitt MR, Armonda R, Felbaum DR, Ares WJ, Salem MM, Grandhi R. Single-Session Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization With Concomitant Evacuation Surgery for Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A Multicenter Assessment of Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy , Oper Neurosurg: 2025


Musmar B, Abdalrazeq H, Adeeb N, Roy JM, Aslan A, Tjoumakaris SI, Salim HA, 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, 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, Sizdahkhani S, Koduri S, Atallah E, Karadimas S, Gooch MR, Rosenwasser RH, Stapleton C, Koch M, Srinivasan VM, Chen PR, Blackburn S, Bulsara K, Kim LJ, Choudhri O, Pukenas B, Orbach D, 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; MISTA consortium. Outcomes of arteriovenous malformations with single versus multiple draining veins: A multicenter study , J Neurol Sci, 473: 2025,123503


Abdelsalam A, Ramsay IA, Luther EM, Burks JD, Wu EM, Silva MA, Thompson JW, Bandes M, Fountain HB, Eatz T, Sanikommu S, Abla AA, Salem MM, Burkhardt JK, Srinivasan VM, Brunozzi D, Alaraj A, Atwal G, Al-Mufti F, Kellner CP, Rai AT, Starke RM. Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma Using N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate With a D5W Push Technique: A Multicentric North American Study of 269 Patients , Oper Neurosurg, 28: 2025,817-823


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


Musmar B, Roy JM, Abdalrazeq H, Kaul A, Atallah E, El Naamani K, Chen CJ, Jabre R, Saad H, Grossberg JA, Dmytriw AA, Patel AB, Khorasanizadeh M, Ogilvy CS, Thomas AJ, Monteiro A, Siddiqui A, Cortez GM, Hanel RA, Porto G, Spiotta AM, Piscopo AJ, Hasan DM, Ghorbani M, Weinberg J, Nimjee SM, Bekelis K, Salem MM, Burkhardt JK, Zetchi A, Matouk C, Howard BM, Lai R, Du R, Abbas R, Sioutas GS, Amllay A, Munoz A, Herial NA, Tjoumakaris SI, Gooch MR, Rosenwasser RH, Jabbour P. Comparative Outcomes of Unilateral vs Bilateral Revascularization in Moyamoya Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Study , Neurosurgery, 96: 2025,1364-1373


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