Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Eric L. Zager, MD
4.8
(373)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gamma Knife Center
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About me

  • Neurosurgical Professor in Academic Excellence

Education and training

  • Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Fellowship: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  • Fellowship: Toronto Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

373 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
he was clear about the risks, and very professional.
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he the best he saved me from ongoing pain be performing this great surgery!
April 2025
5.0
5.0
professional and cares
April 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent physician

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.
Dr. Zager is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Cullen DK, Huang JH, Zager EL, Browne K, Zhang J, Groff R, Smith DH Long-term survival and integration of transplanted engineered nervous tissue constructs promotes peripheral nerve regeneration , Tissue Eng, 15(7): 2009,1677-85


Rohan R, Stiefel M, Udoetuk J, Spiotta A, Levine JM, Kofke WA, Zager E, Yang W, Leroux P Brain oxygen tension and outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage , J Neurosurg , 109(6): 2008,1075-82


Wolf RL, Wang J, Detre JA, Zager EL, Hurst RW Arteriovenous shunt visualization in arteriovenous malformations with arterial spin-labeling MR , Am J Neuroradiol, 29(4): 2008,681-687


Ranalli NJ, Kline DG, McGarvey ML, Boulis NM, Zager EL Clinical Problem-Solving: Brachial Plexus Closed Injury and Reconstruction , Neurosurgery, 62(6): 2008,1330-1339


Heuer GG, Stiefel MF, Nagpal S, Basil AK, Smith DS, Zager EL Carotid endarterectomy under regional anesthesia: A primer for the uninitiated , Neurosurg Q, 18(3): 2008,201-206


Stein S, Burnett M, Riina H, Sonnad S, Zager EL Completion angiography for surgically-treated cerebral aneurysms: An economic analysis , Neurosurgery, 61(6): 2007,1162-1169


Whitmore RG, Simon SL, Hurst RW, Nisenbaum HL, Kasner SE, Zager EL Bow hunter’s syndrome caused by accessory cervical ossification: posterolateral decompression and the use of intraoperative Doppler ultrasonography , Surg Neurol, 67(2): 2007,169-171


Pfister BJ, Huang JH, Kameswaran N, Zager EL, Smith DH Neural engineering to produce in vitro nerve constructs and neurointerface , Neurosurgery, 60(1): 2007,137-141


Magge SN, Chen HI, Zager EL Dystrophic calcification and infraclavicular brachial plexopathy: case report. , Neurosurgery , 58: 2006,1216


Storm PB, Zager E, Magge S Surgical clipping of a PICA aneurysm in a 6-month-old child. , Pediatr Neurosurg, 42: 2006,406-8