Nduka M. Amankulor, MD

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

  • Division Head, Neurosurgical Oncology
  • Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center
  • Presidential Associate Professor in Neurosurgery

My education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

182 reviews

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Anonymous
July 2026
i had several concerns as well as my husband but we both were satisfied with how he managed us with our anxieties concerning being called on that morning to meet with him at 1pm that afternoon so yes we both were anxious
Anonymous
June 2026
i was satisfied completely
Anonymous
June 2026
so professional and knowledgeable
Anonymous
June 2026
competence, compassion

Insurance accepted

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Kessel RM, Nidhi Bhati A, Yu Y, Roney JN, Gupta R, Amankulor NM, Mai W, Dasari M, Mangharam R, Panek WK. Computed tomography- and magnetic resonance imaging-visible, patient-specific canine head phantom via 3-dimensional anatomy printing for neurosurgical training and biopsy planning: a proof of concept , Am J Vet Res: 2026


Linkowski L, Messing I, Berger M, Hollawell C, Friedes C, Alexander D, Wang X, Desai AS, Phillips RE, O'Rourke DM, Amankulor NM, Jackson C, Hubbeling H, Kurtz G, Bagley SJ, Bradley JD, Mohan S, Alonso-Basanta M, Lebow ES. Hypofractionated Proton Reirradiation for Recurrent Glioblastoma: Clinical and Dosimetric Outcomes from a Large Single Institution Series , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys: 2026


Li EJ, Kraya A, Costa-Pinheiro P, Scheuermann J, Young AJ, Schubert E, Aboian M, Doot R, Ware JB, Pantel AR, Binder ZA, Storm PB, Resnick AC, Amankulor NM, O'Rourke DM, Desai A, Nasrallah MP, Brem S, Bagley SJ, Mankoff D, Nabavizadeh A. Metabolic Imaging and Molecular Signatures Reveal Metabolic Phenotypes in Recurrent Glioblastoma , J Nucl Med, 67: 2026,849-856


Friedes C, Berger M, Linkowski L, Hollawell C, Hubbeling H, Alexander D, Kurtz G, Lustig RA, Dorsey JF, Desai AS, Phillips RE, Brem S, Davatzikos C, Nasrallah M, O'Rourke DM, Jackson C, Amankulor NM, Alonso-Basanta M, Mohan S, Bagley SJ, Lebow ES. Clinical, molecular, and immunologic determinants of survival in WHO-defined IDH-wildtype glioblastoma treated with radiotherapy: a large real-world cohort study , J Neurooncol, 177: 2026,125


Messing I, Linkowski L, Riina MD, Berger M, Baron J, Wang X, Kallan M, Hubbeling HG, Lustig RA, Dorsey JF, Kurtz G, Nagda S, Lukens JN, Flowers A, Lee JYK, Amankulor NM, Jackson C, Mohan S, Amaravadi RK, Schuchter LM, Huang AC, Mitchell TC, Alonso-Basanta M, Lebow ES. Outcomes after SRS and ipilimumab plus nivolumab for melanoma brain metastases following prior immune checkpoint inhibitor or targeted therapy , Oncologist, 31: 2026,oyag043


Belkhir JR, Garcea FE, Navarrete E, Chernoff BL, Sims MH, Haber S, Mallela AN, Pease M, Smith SO, Hintz EB, Aung T, Reedy EM, Walter K, Schmidt T, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Amankulor N, Pilcher WH, Mahon BZ. Causal parametric language mapping with electrical stimulation during awake neurosurgery , Sci Adv, 12: 2026,eadw1599


Sussman JH, Cillo AR, Kohli S, Cardello C, Patterson J, Akca E, Angione A, Moon D, Krueger K, Ghamari A, Xu E, Xu J, Tarbay AC, Li A, Budihal BR, Zhang X, Elghawy O, Panek WK, Rajappa P, Tan K, Vignali DAA, Bruno TC, Amankulor NM. Single-cell profiling of peripheral and local immune compartments reveal unique genotype-independent prognostic immune signatures across isocitrate dehydrogenase-stratified glioma , Neuro Oncol, 28: 2026,143-158


Benavides ED, Fuentes MDM, Bell L, Benedicenti L, Galban EM, Niggel JK, Murgiano L, Lenz JA, Miska JM, Amankulor NM, Panek WK. The role of regulatory T cells in central nervous system diseases in dogs: fighting with a double-edged sword toward translational discoveries , Am J Transl Res, 17: 2025,8222-8242


Carpenter EL, Till JE, Ballinger D, Macia C, Leche C, Yin M, Desai AS, Prior T, Mansour M, McCoy E, Patel T, Shah S, Chen HI, Zager E, Jackson C, Brem S, Binder ZA, O'Rourke DM, Amankulor N, Beaubier N, Bagley SJ. Next-Generation Sequencing of Intraoperatively Acquired Cerebrospinal Fluid and Matched Tumor Tissue in Patients Undergoing Surgical Resection for Glioblastoma , JCO Precis Oncol: 2025


Kathryn Levy Feldman Geddy's Gift , The Pennsylvania Gazette: 2025