NdukaMgbechinyereAmankulorMD
Neurosurgery • Philadelphia, PABrain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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Office
3400 Civic Center Blvd
# 2
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone+1 215-662-3487Fax+1 215-349-5534
Education & Training
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2005 - 2011- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 2004 - 2005
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2012 - 2024
NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2023
NY State Medical License 2011 - 2013- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Clinical Trials
- Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Large Brain Metastases Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 16
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 67 citationsUse of miRNA Response Sequences to Block Off-target Replication and Increase the Safety of an Unattenuated, Glioblastoma-targeted Oncolytic HSVLucia Mazzacurati, Marco Marzulli, Bonnie Reinhart, Yoshitaka Miyagawa, Hiroaki Uchida
Molecular Therapy. 2015-01-01 - 7 citationsAutophagy inhibition is the next step in the treatment of glioblastoma patients following the Stupp era.Xiaoran Zhang, Christopher P Deibert, Wi-Jin Kim, Emade Jaman, Aparna V Rao
Cancer Gene Therapy. 2021-09-01 - 121 citationsIDH mutant gliomas escape natural killer cell immune surveillance by downregulation of NKG2D ligand expression.Xiaoran Zhang, Aparana Rao, Paola Sette, Christopher P Deibert, Alexander Pomerantz
Neuro-Oncology. 2016-10-01
Journal Articles
- Single-Cell Profiling of Human Gliomas Reveals Macrophage Ontogeny as a Basis for Regional Differences in Macrophage Activation in the Tumor MicroenvironmentDaniel A Lim, S John Liu, Manish Aghi, Hideho Okada, Nduka M Amankulor, Arnold R Kriegstein, BioMed Central
Authored Content
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Benign Spine Tumors: Is Dose De-Escalation Appropriate? RelatedMay 2018
Press Mentions
- Ryan Shazier’s 50 Phenoms: Love, Support Help Man Overcome Brain TumorOctober 19th, 2020
Single Gene Alters the Course of Brain CancerMay 23rd, 2017
Penn Medicine Neurosurgeon Named Cancer Moonshot Scholar by White HouseAugust 12th, 2023
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