Sona Narula, MD

Neurology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Schedule onlineCall 800-789-7366

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
  • Associate Professor of Neurology in Pediatrics

My education and training

  • Medical School: NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

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.
Dr. Narula is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Marefi A, Grasso EA, Canna S, Behrens E, Shekdar K, Narula S, Hopkins S, Banwell B Clinical Reasoning: A 9-Year-Old Girl With CNS Immune Dysregulation , Neurology , 105(5): 2025

Joshua Y Joung, Kathryn J Gallison, Geraldine W Liu, Jessica A Berger, Elizabeth T Drum, Scott R Dubow, Heather A McClung, Walter Faig, Robert A Avery, Grant T Liu, Sona Narula, Arastoo Vossough, Amy T Waldman Prevalence of Elevated Opening Pressure Measurements in Alexander Disease , Pediatr Neurol : 2025

Diego A Espinoza, Tobias Zrzavy, Gautier Breville, Simon Thebault, Amaar Marefi, Ina Mexhitaj, Luana D Yamashita, Mengyuan Kan, Micky Bacchus, Jessica Legaspi, Samantha Fernandez, Anna Melamed, Mallory Stubblebine, Yeseul Kim, Zachary Martinez, Caroline Diorio, Andreas Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Heinz Wiendl, Ayman Rezk, Rui Li, Sona Narula, Amy T Waldman, Sarah E Hopkins, Brenda Banwell, Amit Bar-Or Pediatric cerebrospinal fluid immune profiling distinguishes pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis from other pediatric-onset acute neurological disorders , bioRxiv: 2025

Nora Sekella, Hannah Gilmore, Eileen French, Vanessa Zimmerman, Dina Jacobs, Sona Narula Developing and Piloting a Dedicated Support Group for Young Adults With Multiple Sclerosis , Int J MS Care: 2025

Amaar Marefi MD and Sona Narula MD Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis , Medlink Neurology : 2025

Waldman AT2, Joung J, Liu GW, Takanohashi A, Faig W, Woidill S, Narula S, Vanderver A Relationship of Clinical Phenotype to GFAP Concentrations in CSF and Blood of Individuals with Alexander Disease , AAN 2025: 2025

Joshua Joung, Sona Narula, MD, Geraldine W. Liu, Asako Takanohashi, PhD, DVM, Arastoo Vossough, PhD, MD, Walter Faig, PhD, Sarah Woidill, Adeline Vanderver, MD, Amy T. Waldman, MD, MSCE Association Between Increased Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Elevated Opening Pressure in Alexander Disease , AAN 2025: 2025

Giulia Porcari, Asako Takanohashi, Sona Narula, Joshua Joung, Geraldine Liu, Walter Faig, Mix Wannasarnmetha, Arastoo Vossough, Adeline Vanderver, Amy Waldman GDF15 levels are elevated in cerebrospinal fluid in Alexander Disease , AAN 2025: 2025

Chang G, Stoney S, Narula S Pregnancy outcomes in adolescent and young adult patients with multiple sclerosis: A case series , Mult Scler : 2024

Makhani N, Lebrun-Fenay C, Siva A, Shabanova V, Wassmer E, Santoro JD, Narula S, Brenton JN, Mar S, Durand-Deubief F, Zephir H, Mathey G, Rojas JI, de Seze J, Tenembaum S, Stone RT, Casez O, Carra-Dalliere C, Neuteboom RF, Ahsan N, Arroya HA, Cabre P, Gombolay G, Inglese M, Louapre C, Margoni M, Palavra F, Pohl D, Reich DS, Ruet A, Thouvenot E, Timby N, Tintore M, Uygunoglu U, Vargas W, Venketeswaran S, Verhelst H, Wickstrom R, Azevedo CJ, Kantarci O, Shapiro ED, Okuda DT, Pelletier D The diagnostic workup of children with the radiologically isolated syndrome differs by age and sex , J Neurol, 271(7): 2024