Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Ali K. Ozturk, MD
4.8
(512)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurosurgery Pennsylvania Hospital
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About me

  • Co-Director, Neurosurgery Complex Spine Fellowship
  • Director, Adult Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Surgery
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

Education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

512 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

August 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent surgeon
July 2025
5.0
5.0
his ability to give detailed answers
July 2025
5.0
5.0
the doctor addressed my problem with clear conversation
July 2025
5.0
5.0
the team immensely improved my life

Insurance accepted

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. Ozturk is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Golubovsky JL, Dagli MM, Gu BJ, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Welch WC, Yoon JW, Casper DS, Arlet V, Ozturk AK. The impact of durotomy on short-term morbidity and long-term outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery: a multicenter propensity score-matched observational study. , J Neurosurg Spine: 2025


Turlip R, Sussman JH, Gujral J, Oettl FC, Matache IM, Budihal BR, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW, Welch WC, Dagli MM. Toward transparency: Implications and future directions of artificial intelligence prediction model reporting in healthcare. , Surg Neurol Int. , 11;16:135. : 2025


Dagli MM, Turlip RW, Oettl FC, Emara M, Gujral J, Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Santangelo G, Wathen C, Ghenbot Y, Arena JD, Golubovsky JL, Gu BJ, Shin JH, 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. , Interact J Med Res: 2025


Hejazi-Garcia C, Howard SD, Quinones A, Malhotra NR, Yoon JW, Ozturk AK, Schuster JM, Petrov D, Hsu JY, Ali ZS. The Social Deprivation Index and lumbar spine surgery outcomes. , J Neurosurg Spine, 7;42(5):579-588: 2025


Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Park K, Ghenbot Y, Subtirelu R, Turlip RW, Bryan K, Wang PT, Bashti M, Petrov D, Ali ZS, Ozturk AK, Malhotra N, Basil G, Yoon JW. Smartphone accelerometers as tools to study the effect of socioeconomic disparities in neurosurgical outcomes: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis. , J Neurosurg Spine., 24;42(4):: 2025,490-499


Mert Marcel Dagli, Connor Wathen, Joshua L. Golubovsky, Yohannes Ghenbot, John D Arena, Jonathan Heintz, Dominick Macaluso, Gabrielle Santangelo, Zarina S Ali, Neil R Malhotra, Jang W Yoon, William C Welch, Vincet Arlet, Ali K. Ozturk Intravenous tranexamic acid reduces blood loss and perioperative transfusion requirements in adult spinal deformity: a multicenter propensity-scored observational study , Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine: 2025


Yohannes Ghenbot, John D Arena, Mert Marcel Dagli, Dominick Macaluso, Sennay Ghenbot, Connor Wathen, Harmon S. Khela, Hasan S Ahmad, Gabrielle Santangelo, Joshua L. Golubovsky, Johnny Wright, Jonathan Heintz, Zarina S Ali, Neil R Malhotra, William C Welch, Jang W Yoon, Vincet Arlet, Ali K. Ozturk Magnitude of sagittal correction is associated with proximal junctional kyphosis while local junctional factors influence proximal junctional failure following correction of adult spinal deformity: an inverse probability weighted analysis , Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine: 2025


Tudor T, Agarwal AK, Delgado MK, Lee DJ, Nguyen JT, Xiong R, Ozturk AK, Yoon JW, Welch WC, Ali ZS. Opioid prescribing guidelines for spine surgery patients: a multisite analysis of guideline implementation and monitoring with an automated text messaging platform. , J Neurosurg Spine: 2024


Arena JD, Ghenbot Y, Wathen CA, Santangelo G, Dagli MM, Golubovsky JL, Gu BJ, Macaluso D, Malhotra NR, Ali ZS, Yoon JW, Welch WC, Arlet V, Ozturk AK. Upper instrumented vertebra pedicle screw loosening following adult spinal deformity surgery: incidence and outcome analysis. , Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine: 2024


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. , Sci Rep: 2024