William Welch, MD, FACS, FICS is the Chief of Spine and Peripheral Nerve and the Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Welch earned his medical degree from SUNY Downstate School of Medicine and subsequently completed his residency in Neurological Surgery at the University Of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital. He completed postdoctoral fellowship in Neuro-Oncology, as well as a fellowship in Spinal Surgery at the Albert Einstein College Of Medicine in New York. Regarding his research, Dr. Welch is an expert in the areas of Spinal Biomechanics, Cost Analysis, and Spinal Outcomes.
Dr. Welch is involved in all aspects of spinal surgery, and has performed over 15,000 surgeries in his career. He was recognized on the Philadelphia “Super Doctors” list in 2013 and in Philadelphia Magazine’s annual “Top Docs” issue from 2015 to 2017.
Location
Pennsylvania Hospital
801 Spruce St., 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA