Nduka Amankulor, MD, serves as Chief of Neurosurgical Oncology and Director of the Penn Brain Tumor Center at University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Amankulor earned his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine and subsequently completed his residency in neurosurgery at Yale New Haven Hospital. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer and genetics biology, as well as a fellowship in neurosurgical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Most recently, Dr. Amankulor served as Director of Neurosurgical Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Dr. Amankulor’s clinical practice focuses on primary and metastatic brain tumors, as well as spine, intraventricular and skull base tumors, and hydrocephalus. He uses the latest research and treatment options, such as Neuroendoport® surgery and fluorescence-based surgeries, to provide personalized treatment that creates optimal outcomes. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Amankulor is a leading cancer immunobiologist whose laboratory has performed groundbreaking studies on mechanisms of immune dysfunction in glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Amankulor sees patients at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.