Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Christina Jackson, MD
4.9
(459)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurosurgery
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Dr. Christina Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Penn Medicine. She specializes in open skull base surgery, minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic skull base and pituitary surgery, and complex brain tumor surgery. Dr. Jackson is uniquely fellowship-trained in both open and endoscopic endonasal skull base approaches and aims to select the most effective and less invasive approach to each individual patient. 

Dr. Jackson’s active research includes developing novel immune based therapies for brain tumors and skull base tumors as well as optimizing outcomes for patients with skull base tumors. 

Dr. Jackson performing advanced minimally invasive surgeries for skull base tumor

Dr. Jackson on Advanced Approaches to Skull Base Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: Harvard University
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

463 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.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
very knowledgeable
May 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. jackson spent a lot of time explaining the process and answered my questions.
May 2025
5.0
5.0
she was very thorough and to the point. i felt like i was getting the best advice and opinion of my health concerns.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr jackson is a clear communicator and an empathetic practitioner.

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

Qualifications and experience

My research

Jackson, C., Cherry, C., Bom, S., Dykema, A. G., Wang, R., Thompson, E., Zhang, M., Li, R., Ji, Z., Hou, W., Zhan, W., Zhang, H., Choi, J., Vaghasia, A., Hansen, L., Wang, W., Bergsneider, B., Jones, K. M., Rodriguez, F., Weingart, J., Lucas, C. H., Powell, J., Elisseeff, J., Yegnasubramanian, S., Lim, M., Bettegowda, C., Ji, H., Pardoll, D. Distinct myeloid-derived suppressor cell populations in human glioblastoma , Science, 387(6731): 2025,eabm5214


Jackson, C., Chongsathidkiet, P., Koyama, S., Loebel, F., Cui, X., Farber, S. H., Woroniecka, K., Elsamadicy, A. A., Dechant, C. A., Kemeny, H. R., Sanchez-Perez, L., Cheema, T. A., Souders, N. C., Herndon, J. E., Coumans, J. V., Everitt, J. I., Nahed, B. V., Sampson, J. H., Gunn, M. D., Martuza, R. L., Dranoff, G., Curry, W. T., Fecci, P. E. Sequestration of T cells in bone marrow in the setting of glioblastoma and other intracranial tumors , Nat Med, 24(9): 2018,1459-1468


Jackson, C., Tadokoro, K.S., Wang, E.W., Zenonos, G.A., Snyderman, C.H., Gardner, P.A. Approach selection for resection of petroclival meningioma , Neurosurgical Focus: Video, 6(2): 2022


Jackson, C., Chan, Y.K., Stefko, S.T., Zenonos, G.A., Gardner, P.A. Lateral orbitotomy for resection for resection of trigeminal schwannoma , J Neurol Surg B Skull Base , 83(S01): 2022,S1-S270


Jackson, C., Kong, D.K., Gersey, Z.C., Wang, E.W., Zenonos, G., Snyderman, C.H., Gardner, P.A. Contact endoscopy as a novel technique for intra-operative identification of normal pituitary gland and adenoma , Neurosurgical Focus: Video, 6(1): 2022,V17


Jackson, C., Lim, M. Bespoke immunotherapy: how close are we? , Neuro Oncol, 21(3): 2019,289-290


Jackson, C., Vo, C., Daniels, M., Chaichana, K. Clinical Predictors of Tumor Recurrence after Pituitary Adenoma Resection , Neuro-Oncology , 21(Supplement_6): 2019,vi246-vi247


Medikonda, R., Choi, J., Pant, A., Saleh, L., Routkevitch, D., Tong, L., Belcaid, Z., Kim, Young H, Jackson, C.M., Jackson, C., Mathios, D., Xia, Y., Shah, P.P, Patel, K., Kim, T., Srivastava, S., Huq, S., Ehresman, J., Pennington, Z., Tyler, B., Brem, H., Lim, M. Synergy between glutamate modulation and anti-programmed cell death protein 1 immunotherapy for glioblastoma , J Neurosurg, 136(2): 2021,378-388


Umberto Tosi, MD, Christina Jackson, MD, Glen D’Souza, MD, Mindy Rabinowitz, MD, Christopher Farrell, MD, Sean Parsel, DO, Vijay K. Anand, MD, Ashutosh Kacker, MD, Abtin Tabaee, MD, George Zenonos, MD, Carl Snyderman, MD, Eric Wang, MD, James Evans, MD, Marc Rosen, MD, Gurston Nyquist, MD, Paul Gardner, MD, and Theodore H. Schwartz, MD Endoscopic Endonasal repair of encephloceles of the lateral sphenoid sinus: multi-institution confirmation of a new classification , J Neurosurg, 140(3): 2023,705-711


Christina Jackson, MD, David Fernandes Cabral, MD, S. Tonya Stefko, MD, Eric W. Wang, MD, , Georgios A. Zenonos, MD, Carl H. Snyderman, MD, MBA, and Paul A. Gardner, MD Combined transorbital neuroendoscopic and endoscopic endonasal resection of orbital hemangioma , Neurosurgical Focus Video, 16: 2025


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