NdukaMgbechinyereAmankulorMD

Neurosurgery • Philadelphia, PA

Brain & 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 19104
Phone+1 215-662-3487

Fax+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
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Machine Learning-based Prognostic Subgrouping of Glioblastoma: A Multi-center Study.
Hamed Akbari, Spyridon Bakas, Chiharu Sako, Anahita Fathi Kazerooni, Javier Villanueva-Meyer
Neuro-Oncology. 2024-12-12
Preoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral metastases: safe, effective, and decreases steroid dependency.
Arka N Mallela, Uzoma K Iheagwara, David Fogg, Austin Anthony, Zachary C Gersey
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2024-11-01
Cerebrospinal Fluid Seeding Versus Inflammation in Setting of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt as a Potential Cause for Distant Recurrence of Glioblastoma.
Zachary C Gersey, Tritan Plute, Emade Jaman, Xiaoran Zhang, Rida Mitha
Brain Tumor Research and Treatment. 2024-07-01

Journal Articles

Single-Cell Profiling of Human Gliomas Reveals Macrophage Ontogeny as a Basis for Regional Differences in Macrophage Activation in the Tumor Microenvironment
Daniel 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

Professional Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons - CNS
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