William C. Welch, MD, FACS, FICS
Neurosurgery
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurosurgery Pennsylvania Hospital
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About me

  • Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
  • Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Frederick A. Simeone Professor in Neurosurgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery in Orthopaedic Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: SUNY/Downstate School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

What my patients think about me

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1102 reviews

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October 2025
the doctor was excellent
October 2025
thorough exam
October 2025
he is a excellent doctor
October 2025
he's the best

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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. Welch is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Albayar A, Mensah-Brown K, Spadola M, Johnson M, Leibowitz L, Ali AS, Saifi C, Malhotra NR, Welch WC, Arlet V, Ozturk AK Staging circumferential spinal fusions for adult spinal deformities adds admission costs without improving postoperative outcomes , JMIR Research Protocol: 2025


Howard SD, Pessoa R, Costello L, Silpagar M, Gardiner D, Tambe U, Rushanan S, Josi D, Nguyen J, Macaluso D, Malhotra NR, Welch WC, Ali ZS Accuracy of RAPT score in predicting discharge disposition in patients undergoing spine surgery within an enhanced recovery after surgery program. , Clinical Spine Surg, 134: 2025


Sussman JH, Budihal BR, Gujral J, Santangelo G, Wathen CA, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Golubovsky JL, Gu BJ, Yoon JW, Ozturk AO, Anari J, Winkelstein B, Welch WC Development and validation of a keypoint region-based convolutional neural network to automate thoracic cobb angle measurements using whole-spine standing radiographs , Nature Scientific Reports, 13: 2025


Dagli MM, Wathen C, Golubovsky JL, Ghenbot Y, Arena J, Santangelo G, Heintz J, Welch WC, Yoon J, Arlet V, Ozturk AK Preoperative anemia is associated with increased length of stay in adult spinal deformity surgery: evaluation of a large single-center patient cohort and future suggestions for patient optimization , Spine Deformity, 13: 2025,625-637


Dagli MM, Turlip RW, Oettl FC, Emara M, Gujral J, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Santangello G, Wathen CA, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Golubovsky JL, Gu B, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Welch WC Comparison of outcomes between staged and same-day circumferential spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity: systematic review and meta-analysis , Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 14: 2025,e6729


Elsamadicy AA, Cross J, Reeves BC, Shaffer A, McGuire LS, Welch WC, Arnold PM, Rosenow JM Characteristics of reported industry payment to Neurosurgeons from 2019-2022: the impact of COVID-19 , J Clin Neurosci, 134: 2025


Dagli MM, Ghenbot Y, Ahmad HS, Chauhan D, Turlip R, Wang P, Welch WC, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW Development and validation of a novel AI framework using NLP with LLM integration for relevant clinical data extraction through automated chart review , Nature Scientific Reports, 14: 2025,26783


Sussman JH, Dagli MM, Wald SL, Akhtar SS, Natan K, Xu JA, Li A, Dawson B, Welch WC Exploring the experiences of patients with rare diseases in Pennsylvania: a community-based study , Public Health Reports, 134: 2025


Ghenbot Y, Arena J, Dagli MM, Macaluso DM, Ghenbot S, Wathen C, Khela H, Ahmad H, Santangelo G, Golugobsky J, Wright J, Heintz J, Ali Z, Malhotra NR, Welch WC, Yoon J, Arlet V, Ozturk AK The influence of the magnitude of sagittal correction and local junctional factors on proximal junctional kyphosis and failure following correction of adult spinal deformity: an inverse probability weighted analysis , Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 13: 2025


Dagli MM, Wathen CA, Golubovsky JL, Ghenbot J, Arena J, Heintz J, Macaluso D, Santangelo G, Ali Z, Malhotra NR, Yoon J, Welch WC, Arlet V, Ozturk A. Intravenous tranexamic acid reduces blood loss and perioperative transfusion requirements in adult spinal deformity: a propensity-scored observational study. , Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 7: 2025,1-9