Neil R. Malhotra, MD
Neurosurgery
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Neil R. Malhotra, MD

Neurosurgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurosurgery
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Headshot of Neil R. Malhotra, MD
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, EpiLog Quality Improvement Initiative
  • Co-Director, Restorative Spinal Research (ReST) Lab
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

My education and training

  • University of VirginiaMedical School
  • University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

548 reviews

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Anonymous
September 2026
Cause he is very good at what he do
Anonymous
September 2026
Great references
Anonymous
September 2026
I'm so happy with the results and future action plan.
Anonymous
September 2026
Dr Malhotra is a fantastic person and surgeon.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Malhotra is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Goel NJ, Agarwal P, Mallela AN, Abdullah KG, Ali ZS, Ozturk AK, Malhotra NR, Schuster JM, Chen HI Liver disease is an independent predictor of poor 30-day outcomes following surgery for degenerative disease of the cervical spine , Spine J, 19(3): 2019,448-460


Piazza M, Sharma N, Osiemo B, McClintock S, Missimer E, Gardiner D, Maloney E, Callahan D, Smith JL, Welch W, Schuster J, Grady MS, Malhotra NR Initial Assessment of the Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool in a Heterogeneous Neurosurgical Patient Population , Neurosurgery, 85(1): 2019,50-57


Piazza M, Peck SH, Gullbrand SE, Bendigo JR, Arginteanu T, Zhang Y, Smith HE, Smith LJ*, Malhotra NR* Quantitative MRI correlates with histological grade in a percutaneous needle injury mouse model of disc degeneration , J Orthop Res, 36(10): 2018,2771-2779


Malhotra NR, Piazza M, Demoor R, McClintock SD, Hamilton K, Sharma N, Osiemo B, Berger I, Hossain E, Borovskiy Y, Maloney E, Smith LJ, Grady MS Impact of Reduced Pre-incision Antibiotic Infusion Time on Surgical Site Infection Rates: A Retrospective Cohort Study , Annals of Surgery, 271(4): 2020,774-780


Berger I, Piazza M, Sharma N, Glauser G, Osiemo B, McClintock SD, Lee JYK, Schuster JM, Ali ZS, Malhotra NR Evaluation of the Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool for Post-Operative Disposition Needs After Cervical Spine Surgery , Neurosurgery, 85(5): 2019,E902-E909


Ramayya AG, Chen HI, Marcotte PJ, Brem S, Zager EL, Osiemo B, Piazza M, Sharma N, McClintock SD, Schuster JM, Ali ZS, Connolly P, Heuer GG, Grady MS, Kung DK, Ozturk AK, O’Rourke DM, Malhotra NR Assessing variability in surgical decision making among attending neurosurgeons at an academic center , J Neurosurg, 132(6): 2019,1970-1976


Agarwal P, Ramayya AG, Osiemo B, Goodrich S, Glauser G, McClintock SD, Chen HI, Schuster JM, Grady MS, Malhotra NR Association of Overlapping Neurosurgery with Patient Outcomes at a Large Academic Medical Center , Neurosurgery, 85(6): 2019,E1050-E1058


Glauser G, Agarwal P, Ramayya AG, Chen HI, Lee JYK, Schuster JM, Osiemo B, Goodrich S, Smith LJ, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR Association of Surgical Overlap During Wound Closure with Patient Outcomes Among Neurological Surgery Patients at a Large Academic Medical Center , Neurosurgery, 85(5): 2019,E882-E888


Jivraj I, Liu GT, Sharma N, Glauser G, Grady MS, Malhotra NR Resolution of Papilledema associated with Chiari I Malformation with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting , Asian J Neurosurg, 14(2): 2019,598-601


Caplan IF, Sullivan PZ, Kung D, O’Rourke DM, Choudhri O, Glauser G, Osiemo B, Goodrich S, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR The LACE+ index as a predictor of 30-day readmission in a brain tumor population , World Neurosurg, 127: 2019,e443-e448