NeilRMalhotraMDSpinal Cancer

Chief of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Vice Chair, Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine Associate Residency Director, Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St; 3 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-3487

Fax+1 215-349-5534

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2003 - 2009
University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2002 - 2024
NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2023
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Diabetes and heart disease do not affect short-term lumbar fusion outcomes accounting for other risk factors in a matched cohort analysis.
Ryan S Gallagher, Connor A Wathen, Ritesh Karsalia, Austin J Borja, Tara Collier
World Neurosurgery. 2024-10-01
The effect of chronic kidney disease on short-term single-level lumbar fusion outcomes.
Ritesh Karsalia, Emily Xu, Claudia Hejazi-Garcia, Jianbo Na, Scott D McClintock
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2024-09-01
Racial disparities in short-term spinal fusion outcomes across 4263 consecutive patients.
Austin J Borja, Ryan S Gallagher, Ritesh Karsalia, Daksh Chauhan, Emelia G Malhotra
Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2024-06-01

Journal Articles

Novel Approach Using Transoral Robotic Surgery for Resection of Cervical Spine Chordoma
Adam C McCann, Neil R Malhotra, The Laryngoscope
Original Article Predictors of Failure of Non-Operative Management Following Subaxial Spine Trauma and Creation of the Modified Subaxial Injury Classification (mSLIC) ...
Neil R Malhotra, Zarina S Ali, Cole Rinehart, James M Schuster, Ali K Ozturk, ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

HealthWatch: Robotic Assistance Now Helping with Spinal SurgeryJune 22nd, 2018
Penn Performs First-in-World Robot-Assisted Spinal SurgeryMay 3rd, 2018
Penn Medicine Neurosurgeon Performs First Endoscopic Spinal Surgery in the StateAugust 14th, 2017
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