Michael L. McGarvey, MD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, Intra-Operative Monitoring
  • Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

118 reviews

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October 2025
dr. mcgarvey has been treating me since 2001 and has been there for me through some extremely difficult times.
October 2025
he encourage discussion about my issues and took time to explain in detail.
October 2025
i have been going to see him since 2010 always happy and trusting
October 2025
dr. mcgarvey is an amazing doctor who always puts their patients first with healthcare and compassion

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.
Dr. McGarvey is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Addanki RND, Golish S, Thomas S, McGarvey ML, Anetakis KM, Lee BB, Balzer JR, Thirumala PD. Evaluating the Diagnostic Benefit of Adding Somatosensory Evoked Potentials to Transcranial Motor-Evoked Potentials Compared to Either Modality Alone in Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis , World Neurosurg, 6(202): 2025


Bakillah E, Moneme A, Brown D, Sharpe J, McGarvey ML, Kelz RR. The influence of primary language on postoperative stroke outcomes. , Am J Surg, 234: 2024,150-155


Jain B, Rahim FO, Thirumala PD, McGarvey ML, Balzer J, Nogueira RG, van der Goes DN, de Havenon A, Sultan I, Ney J. Cost-benefit analysis of intraoperative neuromonitoring for cardiac surgery , J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis., 33(3): 2024


Messé SR, Kasner SE, Cucchiara BL, McGarvey ML, Cummings S, Acker MA, Desai N, Atluri P, Wang GJ, Jackson BM, Weimer J. 7;12(3):e028819. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.028819. Epub 2023 Jan 31. PMID: 36718858; PMCID: PMC9973644. Derivation and Validation of an Algorithm to Detect Stroke Using Arm Accelerometry Data. , J Am Heart Assoc., 7(12): 2023


Cummings S, Kasner SE, Mullen M, Olsen A, McGarvey M, Weimer J, Jackson B, Desai N, Acker M, Messé SR. Delays in the Identification and Assessment of in-Hospital Stroke Patients. , J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis., 31(4): 2022,1-7


Henderson F Jr, Parker D, Vijayakumari AA, Elliott M, Lucas T, McGarvey ML, Karpf L, Desiderio L, Harsch J, Levy S, Maloney-Wilensky E, Wolf RL, Hodges WB, Brem S, Verma R. Enhanced Fiber Tractography Using Edema Correction: Application and Evaluation in High-Grade Gliomas. 2021 Apr 29:nyab129. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab129. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33913502. , Neurosurgery, 0(0): 2021,1-11


Foley, AR. Menezes, MP. Pandraud, A. Gonzalez, MA. Al-Odaib, A. Abrams, AJ. Sugano, K. Yonezawa, A. Manzur, AY. Burns, J. Hughes, I. McCullagh, BG. Jungbluth, H. Lim, MJ. Lin, JP. Megarbane, A. Urtizberea, JA. Shah, AH. Antony, J. Webster, R. Broomfield, A. Ng, J. Mathew, AA. O'Byrne, JJ. Forman, E. Scoto, M. Prasad, M. O'Brien, K. Olpin, S. Oppenheim, M. Hargreaves, I. Land, JM. Wang, MX. Carpenter, K. Horvath, R. Straub, V. Lek, M. Gold, W. Farrell, MO. Brandner, S. Phadke, R. Matsubara, K. McGarvey, ML. Scherer, SS. Baxter, PS. King, MD. Clayton, P. Rahman, S. Reilly, MM. Ouvrier, RA. Christodoulou, J. Zuchner, S. Muntoni, F. Houlden, H. Treatable childhood neuronopathy caused by mutations in riboflavin transporter RFVT2 , Brain, 137: 2014,44-56


Messe, SR. McGarvey, ML. Bavaria, JE. Pochettino, A. Szeto, WY. Cheung, AT. Leitner, E. Miller, SW. Kasner, SE. A Pilot Study of Darbepoetin Alfa for Prophylactic Neuroprotection in Aortic Surgery , Neurocrit Care: 2012


Ullery BW, McGarvey M, Cheung AT, et al. Vascular distribution of stroke and its relationship to perioperative mortality and neurologic outcome after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. , Journal of vascular surgery , 56: 2012,1510-7


Becker DA, McGarvey ML, Rojvirat C, Bavaria JE, Messe SR. Predictors of Outcome in Patients with Spinal Cord Ischemia after Open Aortic Repair. , Neurocritical care : 2012