Penn Medicine Provider
Neurosurgery
Neil R. Malhotra, MD
5.0
(366)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurosurgery Valley Forge
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About me

  • Vice Chairman for Operations, Department of Neurosurgery
  • Director, EpiLog Quality Improvement Initiative
  • Co-Director, Restorative Spinal Research (ReST) Lab
  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Virginia
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

366 reviews

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April 2025
5.0
5.0
very caring demeanor
April 2025
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5.0
confident and efficient
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. malhotra highly respects and cares for his patients. he is also practical in his valuable recommendations.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
very easy to talk to and was reassuring with moving forward

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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. Malhotra is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Dimentberg R, Sinha S, Glauser G, Caplan IF, Schuster JM, McClintock SD, Yoon J, Marcotte PJ, Ali Z, Malhotra NR Short-Term Impact of Bracing in Multi-Level Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion , Int J Spine Surg, 15(5): 2021,915-920

Glauser G, Sharma N, Beatson N, Dimentberg R, Savarese F, Gagliardi M, Grady MS, Malhotra NR Surgical CPT Coding Discrepancies: Analysis of Surgeons and Employed Coders , Am J Med Qual, 36(4): 2021,263-269

Farooqi A, Dimentberg R, Shultz K, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR Absence of Gender Disparity in 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality After Supratentorial Brain Tumor Resection , World Neurosurg, 144: 2020,e361-e367

Detchou DK, Dimentberg R, Vaughan KA, Kolster R, Braslow BM, Malhotra NR Navigated Ultrasonic Osteotomy to Aid in En Bloc Chordoma Resection via Spondylectomy , World Neurosurg, 143: 2020,319-324

Zhang C, Gullbrand S, Schaer TP, Boorman S, Elliott DM, Chen W, Dodge GR, Mauck RL, Smith LJ*, Malhotra NR* Combined Hydrogel and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Moderate Severity Disc Degeneration in Goats , Tissue Eng Part, 27(1-2): 2021,117-128

Blue R, Yang AI, Zhou C, De Ravin E, Teng CW, Arguelles GR, Huang V, Wathen C, Miranda SP, Marcotte P, Malhotra NR, Welch WC, Lee JYK Telemedicine in the Era of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Neurosurgical Perspective , World Neurosurg, 139: 2020,549-557

Gutierrez A, Su YS, Vaughan KA, Miranda S, Chen HI, Petrov D, Malhotra NR, Schuster JM Penetrating Spinal Column Injuries (pSI): An Institutional Experience with 100 Consecutive Cases in an Urban Trauma Center , World Neurosurg, 138: 2020,e551-e556

Blue R, Detchou DK, Dimentberg R, Shultz K, Spadola M, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR The Influence of Household Income on Survival Following Posterior Fossa Tumor Resection at a Large Academic Medical Center , J Neurol Surg B Skull Base, 82(6): 2020,631-637

Spadola M, Farooqi A, Dimentberg R, Blue R, Shultz K, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR The Effect of Household Income on Outcomes Following Supratentorial Meningioma Resection , Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 195: 2020,106031

Blue R, Dimentberg R, Detchou DK, Glauser G, Shultz K, McClintock SD, Malhotra NR The Impact of Household Economics on Short-Term Outcomes in a Posterior Fossa Tumor Population , Cureus, 12(7): 2020,e8968