Amrit S. Khalsa, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 14 and up
Penn Spine Center Radnor
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Co-Director, Spine Surgery Fellowship
  • Chief, Spine Division
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Khalsa diagnoses and treats conditions of the back and neck ranging from athletic injuries to arthritis and scoliosis. He offers a wealth of non-operative and conservative options. He has expertise in both minimally invasive and complex spine surgery techniques, including artificial disc replacement and complex revision surgery.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Drexel University
  • Fellowship: Scripps Green Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

810 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.

November 2025
very thorough and detailed
October 2025
timely
October 2025
he was very nice and knowledgeable
October 2025
he had bad news for me. while he was direct and honest, he was also blunt

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.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Khalsa is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Vemu R, Abdullah MS, Gupta S, Casper D, Khalsa A, Dehghani B Adoption of Endoscopic Spine Surgery: A 6-Year National Utilization Analysis , Clin Spine Surg, 29: 2025 ,doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001830

Mastrokostas PG, Mastrokostas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Dalton J, Khalsa AS, Monsef JB, Razi AE, Ng MK Increased rates of dysphagia, longer length of stay, nonroutine discharge, and higher hospital costs in patients over 65 undergoing single-level cervical disc arthroplasty: A propensity score-matched analysis , J Craniovertebr Junction Spine, 16(1): 2025 ,54-60

Peregoff J, Anaspure OS, Moser A, Hassan Z, Baumann AN, Assefa T, Okorie N, Casper D, Khalsa AS. Postoperative Ketorolac Administration and Pseudoarthrosis Following Multilevel Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion: A Retrospective Cohort Study. , Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 4: 2025,doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005493

Okorie N, Peregoff J, Osemwengie B, Casper D, Khalsa A. Comparative outcomes of anterior versus posterior fixation in odontoid fractures: A longitudinal population-based analysis. , J Orthop., 18(70): 2025,247-251

Mastrokostas PG, Mastrokostas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Houten JK, Khalsa AS, Saleh A, Monsef JB, Razi AE, Ng MK. Increasing public interest in lumbar decompression and fusion surgery in the United States: higher search volumes in the Northeast region from 2015 to 2024. , Asian Spine J., 11: 2025,doi: 10.31616/asj.2025.0133

Boden LM, Pei YA, Hong JX, Jia L, Barchick S, Casper DS, Schuster JM, Khalsa AS Characterizing post-operative ICU admission after cervical spondylotic myelopathy surgery , Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 108963(254): 2025,doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.108963

Mastrokastas PG, Mastrokastas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Houten JK, Khalsa AS, Saleh A, Razi AE, Ng MK. Modern Internet Search Analytics: Is There a Difference in What Patients are Searching Regarding the Operative and Nonoperative Management of Scoliosis? , Global Spine Journal, 15(1): 2025,103-111

Mastrokostas PG, Mastrokostas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Houten JK, Khalsa AS, Saleh A, Razi AE, Ng MK. GPT-4 as a Source of Patient Information for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Comparative Analysis Against Google Web Search , Global Spine J., 14(8): 2024,2389-2398

Alqazzaz A, Zhuang T, Dehghani B, Barchick SR, Ozturk AK, Khalsa AS, Casper DS Geographical and Specialty-specific in the Utilization of Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy , Clinical Spine Surgery, 37(8): 2024,E389-E393

Ng MK, Rodriguez A, Lam A, Emara A, Wellington IJ, Ahn NU, Khalsa AS, Houten JK, Saleh A, Razi AE. Risk Factors for Readmission Following Surgical Decompression for Spinal Epidural Abscesses: An Analysis of 4595 Patients , Clin Spine Surg, 37(7): 2024,310-314