Casey H. Halpern, MD
Neurosurgery
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurosurgery Pennsylvania Hospital
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About me

  • Division Head, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

Education and training

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

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

387 reviews

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October 2025
he's good
October 2025
very professional
October 2025
understood my concerns and resolved them
October 2025
very caring

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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. Halpern 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

Seeber M, Stangl M, Vallejo Martelo M, Topalovic U, Hiller S, Halpern CH, Langevin JP, Rao VR, Fried I, Eliashiv D, Suthana N. Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation. , Nat Hum Behav. , 9(4): 2025,781-793.


Nho Y†, Qiu L†, Seilheimer RL, Campos G, Chang A, Wang Z, Magnotti JF, Beauchamp MS, Barbosa DAN, Horn A, Williams NR, Brown LA, Ganguly TM, Cristancho M, Pesaran B, Oathes DJ, Miller KJ, Scangos KW*, Halpern CH*. Human orbitobfrontal neural activity is linked to obsessive-compulsive behavioral dynamics.[accepted for publication] , Cell: 2025


Choi, W.;† Nho, Y.;† Qiu, L.; Chang, A.; Campos, G.; Seilheimer, R.L.; Wilent, W.B; Bakalov, D.; Firdous, N.; Kerr, M.; Joshi, D.; Maze, G.; Topalovic, U.; Batista, D.; Suthana, N.; Amaro, A.; Hayes, M.R.; Cajigas, I.; Cristancho, M.; Allison, K.C.; Pesaran, B.; Scangos, K.W.; Gold, J.I.; Wadden, T.A.; Halpern, C.H. Brain activity associated with breakthrough food preoccupation in an individual on tirzepatide , Nature Medicine: 2025


Buch VP, Purger D, Datta A, Wang A, Barbosa D, Chodakiewitz Y, Lev-Tov L, Li C, Halpern C, Henderson J, McNab JA, Bitton RR, Ghanouni P. "Quality over quantity:" smaller, targeted lesions optimize quality of life outcomes after MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor , Front Neruol: 2024


Qiu L, Pomeraniec IJ, Howard SD, Ajmera S, Bagley LJ, Cajigas I, Kennedy BC, Halpern CH. Intraprocedural Three-Dimensional Imaging Registration Optimizes Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound and Facilitates Novel Applications , Oper Neurosurg, 29(2): 2024,281-287


Kaplitt MG, Krishna V, Eisenberg HM, Elias WJ, Ghanouni P, Baltuch GH, Rezai A, Halpern CH, Dalm B, Fishman PS, Buch VP, Moosa S, Sarva H, Murray AM. Safety and Efficacy of Staged, Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Essential Tremor: An Open-Label Clinical Trial. , JAMA Neurol, 81(9): 2024,939-946


Saluja S, Qiu L, Wang AR, Campos G, Selheimer R, McNab JA, Haber SN, Barbosa DAN, Halpern CH Diffusion MRI tractography guides investigation of the zona incerta: a novel target for deep brain stimulation. , Biol Psychiatry, 96(6): 2024,445-454


Kellogg MA, Ernst LD, Spencer DC, Datta P, Klein E, Bhati MT, Shivacharan RS, Nho YH, Barbosa DAN, Halpern CH, Raslan A Dual Treatment of Refractory Focal Epilepsy and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Intracranial Responsive Neurostimulation , Neurol Clin Pract , 14(4): 2024,e200318


Qiu L, Chang A, Ma R, Strong TV, Okun MS, Foote KD, Wexler A, Gunduz A, Miller JL, Halpern CH Neuromodulation for the treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome - A systematic review , Neurotherapeutics, 21(3): 2024,e00339


Nho YH, Rolle CE, Topalovic U, Shivacharan RS, Cunningham TN, Hiller S, Batista D, Feng A, Espil FM, Kratter IH, Bhati MT, Kellogg M, Raslan AM, Williams NR, Garnett J, Pesaran B, Oathes DJ, Suthana N, Barbosa DAN, Halpern CH Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion , Neuron, 113(1): 2024,73-83