Neil R. Malhotra, MD

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

  • Director, EpiLog Quality Improvement Initiative
  • Co-Director, Restorative Spinal Research (ReST) Lab
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Virginia
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

506 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
very nice and informative
Anonymous
April 2026
dr malholtra is an excellent neurosurgeon for the surgery that i just had. i had absolutely no pain didn't have to take any opiates. he's an excellent doctor.
Anonymous
April 2026
he's a wonderful person as well as doctor.
Anonymous
April 2026
took time to listen to my concerns and history

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.
Dr. Malhotra is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Dimentberg R, Sinha S, Glauser G, Caplan IF, Schuster JM, McClintock SD, Yoon J, Marcotte PJ, Ali Z, Malhotra NR Short-Term Impact of Bracing in Multi-Level Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion , Int J Spine Surg, 15(5): 2021,915-920

Glauser G, Sharma N, Beatson N, Dimentberg R, Savarese F, Gagliardi M, Grady MS, Malhotra NR Surgical CPT Coding Discrepancies: Analysis of Surgeons and Employed Coders , Am J Med Qual, 36(4): 2021,263-269

Farooqi A, Dimentberg R, Shultz K, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR Absence of Gender Disparity in 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality After Supratentorial Brain Tumor Resection , World Neurosurg, 144: 2020,e361-e367

Detchou DK, Dimentberg R, Vaughan KA, Kolster R, Braslow BM, Malhotra NR Navigated Ultrasonic Osteotomy to Aid in En Bloc Chordoma Resection via Spondylectomy , World Neurosurg, 143: 2020,319-324

Zhang C, Gullbrand S, Schaer TP, Boorman S, Elliott DM, Chen W, Dodge GR, Mauck RL, Smith LJ*, Malhotra NR* Combined Hydrogel and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Moderate Severity Disc Degeneration in Goats , Tissue Eng Part, 27(1-2): 2021,117-128

Blue R, Yang AI, Zhou C, De Ravin E, Teng CW, Arguelles GR, Huang V, Wathen C, Miranda SP, Marcotte P, Malhotra NR, Welch WC, Lee JYK Telemedicine in the Era of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Neurosurgical Perspective , World Neurosurg, 139: 2020,549-557

Gutierrez A, Su YS, Vaughan KA, Miranda S, Chen HI, Petrov D, Malhotra NR, Schuster JM Penetrating Spinal Column Injuries (pSI): An Institutional Experience with 100 Consecutive Cases in an Urban Trauma Center , World Neurosurg, 138: 2020,e551-e556

Blue R, Detchou DK, Dimentberg R, Shultz K, Spadola M, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR The Influence of Household Income on Survival Following Posterior Fossa Tumor Resection at a Large Academic Medical Center , J Neurol Surg B Skull Base, 82(6): 2020,631-637

Spadola M, Farooqi A, Dimentberg R, Blue R, Shultz K, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR The Effect of Household Income on Outcomes Following Supratentorial Meningioma Resection , Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 195: 2020,106031

Blue R, Dimentberg R, Detchou DK, Glauser G, Shultz K, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR The Impact of Household Economics on Short-Term Outcomes in a Posterior Fossa Tumor Population , Cureus, 12(7): 2020,e8968