Welcome to the Department of Neurosurgery

Rashad Jabarkheel and Zarina Ali performing neurosurgery at Penn Medicine.

Dr. Berje Shammassian posing for a photo with neurosurgery residents.

Residency

The Penn Neurosurgery Residency Program is fully accredited by ACGME and committed to training future leaders to be outstanding clinicians and educators.

Research

Penn Neurosurgery research offers innovative opportunities in a variety of areas including, neuro-oncology, stroke, peripheral nerve, spinal cord injury and cranial base surgery.

Dr. Jan-Karl Burkhardt assisting a fellow in the operating room.

Sub-internship program

Our goal during your sub-internship is to help you learn more about neurosurgery, the inner workings of how our top-ranking department functions, and to shed light on what a career in neurosurgery will be like.

Our clinical divisions

We own a culture of deep sub-specialization and function as a group of highly focused clinicians and researchers who specialize in specific areas within neurosurgery. Each division is headed by a national leader in the field and is populated by a team striving for the highest levels of patient care and innovation.

Dr. Marcotte with a chief resident assisting during a spine surgery.

Rachel Blue, MD and John Lee, MD working together in the OR.

A full faculty photo of the department of neurosurgery.

Our neurosurgery faculty

Meet our neurosurgery faculty - leaders in clinical excellence, pioneering research, and the compassionate care of patients with complex neurological conditions.

Message from the Chair of Neurosurgery

While we embrace our illustrious past, Penn Neurosurgery is a department that is squarely focused on the future, a department of neurosurgery reborn to embrace sub-specialization, innovation, and technology.