- Multiple sclerosis
Sona Narula, MD
Neurology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- Child Neurology Society, National
- International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group, International
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National
- Pediatric RIS (Radiologically Isolated Syndrome) Consortium, International
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