Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Nduka M. Amankulor, MD
4.8
(129)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurosurgery

About me

  • Division Head, Neurosurgical Oncology
  • Director, Penn Brain Tumor Center
  • Presidential Associate Professor in Neurosurgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

129 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.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
personable
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr a is very precise at answering any questions
March 2025
5.0
5.0
explained things as well as possible
January 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. expertise and in-depth knowledge

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. Amankulor is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Mallela AN, Iheagwara UK, Fogg D, Anthony A, Gersey ZC, Zhang X, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Anand SK, Xu E, Zinn PO, Burton S, Quinn A, Ozhasoglu C, Clump DA, Siddiqui Z, Amankulor NM. Preoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral metastases: safe, effective, and decreases steroid dependency , J Neurosurg: 2024


Canella A, Nazzaro M, Artomov M, Rao Venkata LP, Thomas D, Lyberger J, Ukhatov A, Xing YL, Miller K, Behbehani G, Amankulor NM, Petritsch CK, Rajappa P. BRAF V600E in a preclinical model of pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma: Analysis of the tumor microenvironment and immune cell infiltration dynamics in vivo , Mol Ther Oncol, 32: 2024,200808


Rao A, Zhang X, Cillo AR, Sussman JH, Sandlesh P, Tarbay AC, Mallela AN, Cardello C, Krueger K, Xu J, Li A, Xu J, Patterson J, Akca E, Angione A, Jaman E, Kim WJ, Allen J, Venketeswaran A, Zinn PO, Parise R, Beumer J, Duensing A, Holland EC, Ferris R, Bagley SJ, Bruno TC, Vignali DAA, Agnihotri S, Amankulor NM. All-trans retinoic acid induces durable tumor immunity in IDH-mutant gliomas by rescuing transcriptional repression of the CRBP1-retinoic acid axis , bioRxiv: 2024


Sussman JH, Oldridge DA, Yu W, Chen CH, Zellmer AM, Rong J, Parvaresh-Rizi A, Thadi A, Xu J, Bandyopadhyay S, Sun Y, Wu D, Emerson Hunter C, Brosius S, Ahn KJ, Baxter AE, Koptyra MP, Vanguri RS, McGrory S, Resnick AC, Storm PB, Amankulor NM, Santi M, Viaene AN, Zhang N, Raedt T, Cole K, Tan K. A longitudinal single-cell and spatial multiomic atlas of pediatric high-grade glioma , bioRxiv: 2024


Casillo SM, Gatesman TA, Chilukuri A, Varadharajan S, Johnson BJ, David Premkumar DR, Jane EP, Plute TJ, Koncar RF, Stanton AJ, Biagi-Junior CAO, Barber CS, Halbert ME, Golbourn BJ, Halligan K, Cruz AF, Mansi NM, Cheney A, Mullett SJ, Land CV, Perez JL, Myers MI, Agrawal N, Michel JJ, Chang YF, Vaske OM, MichaelRaj A, Lieberman FS, Felker J, Shiva S, Bertrand KC, Amankulor N, Hadjipanayis CG, Abdullah KG, Zinn PO, Friedlander RM, Abel TJ, Nazarian J, Venneti S, Filbin MG, Gelhaus SL, Mack SC, Pollack IF, Agnihotri S. An ERK5-PFKFB3 axis regulates glycolysis and represents a therapeutic vulnerability in pediatric diffuse midline glioma , Cell Rep, 43: 2024,113557


Gersey ZC, Plute T, Jaman E, Zhang X, Mitha R, Zinn PO, Pearce TM, Amankulor NM. Cerebrospinal Fluid Seeding Versus Inflammation in Setting of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt as a Potential Cause for Distant Recurrence of Glioblastoma , Brain Tumor Res Treat: 2024


Singh SK, Wang Y, Habib A, Priyadarshini M, Kodavali CV, Chen A, Ma W, Wang J, Hameed NUF, Hu B, Fuller GN, Kulich SM, Amankulor N, Colen RR, Edwards LA, Zinn PO. TP53-PTEN-NF1 depletion in human brain organoids produces a glioma phenotype in vitro , Front Oncol, 13: 2023,1279806


Xu E, Stone SL, Zhong Y, Golenberg N, Qiu L, Abdullaev Z, Aldape K, Bagley L, Halpern CH, Amankulor N, Nasrallah MP. A novel ARIH1::BRAF fusion in a glioma , J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 82: 2023,966-969


Youngblood MW, Erson-Omay Z, Li C, Najem H, Coșkun S, Tyrtova E, Montejo JD, Miyagishima DF, Barak T, Nishimura S, Harmancı AS, Clark VE, Duran D, Huttner A, Avşar T, Bayri Y, Schramm J, Boetto J, Peyre M, Riche M, Goldbrunner R, Amankulor N, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Pamir MN, Özduman K, Kilic T, Knight JR, Simon M, Horbinski C, Kalamarides M, Timmer M, Heimberger AB, Mishra-Gorur K, Moliterno J, Yasuno K, Günel M. Super-enhancer hijacking drives ectopic expression of hedgehog pathway ligands in meningiomas , Nat Commun, 14: 2023,6279


Sussman JH, Xu J, Amankulor N, Tan K. Dissecting the tumor microenvironment of epigenetically driven gliomas: Opportunities for single-cell and spatial multiomics , Neurooncol Adv, 5: 2023,vdad101