Nduka M. Amankulor
Presidential Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Chief, Neurosurgical Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director U. Penn Brain Tumor Center, University of Pennsylvania Department Abramson Cancer Center
Director, Brain Tumor Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Diversity Search Advisor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurosurgery
Department: Neurosurgery
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Blvd
PCAM 15th Floor South
Philadelphia, PA 19104
PCAM 15th Floor South
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3487
Fax: 215-349-5534
Fax: 215-349-5534
Education:
BA (Philosophy)
New York University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
Yale School of Medicine, 2004.
BA (Philosophy)
New York University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
Yale School of Medicine, 2004.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Department of Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2004-2005.
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2005-2010.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Cancer, Biology & Genetics, Department of Neurosurgery , Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2007-2009.
Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery , Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2010-2011.
Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurosurgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2011-2012.
Intern, Department of Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2004-2005.
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2005-2010.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Cancer, Biology & Genetics, Department of Neurosurgery , Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2007-2009.
Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery , Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2010-2011.
Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurosurgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2011-2012.
Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS) - Board Certified, 2017.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS) - Board Certified, 2017.
Selected Publications
Mallela AN, Iheagwara UK, Fogg D, Anthony A, Gersey ZC, Zhang X, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Anand SK, Xu E, Zinn PO, Burton S, Quinn A, Ozhasoglu C, Clump DA, Siddiqui Z, Amankulor NM.: Preoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral metastases: safe, effective, and decreases steroid dependency. J Neurosurg May 2024.Canella A, Nazzaro M, Artomov M, Rao Venkata LP, Thomas D, Lyberger J, Ukhatov A, Xing YL, Miller K, Behbehani G, Amankulor NM, Petritsch CK, Rajappa P.: BRAF V600E in a preclinical model of pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma: Analysis of the tumor microenvironment and immune cell infiltration dynamics in vivo. Mol Ther Oncol 32: 200808, Apr 2024.
Rao A, Zhang X, Cillo AR, Sussman JH, Sandlesh P, Tarbay AC, Mallela AN, Cardello C, Krueger K, Xu J, Li A, Xu J, Patterson J, Akca E, Angione A, Jaman E, Kim WJ, Allen J, Venketeswaran A, Zinn PO, Parise R, Beumer J, Duensing A, Holland EC, Ferris R, Bagley SJ, Bruno TC, Vignali DAA, Agnihotri S, Amankulor NM.: All-trans retinoic acid induces durable tumor immunity in IDH-mutant gliomas by rescuing transcriptional repression of the CRBP1-retinoic acid axis. bioRxiv Apr 2024.
Sussman JH, Oldridge DA, Yu W, Chen CH, Zellmer AM, Rong J, Parvaresh-Rizi A, Thadi A, Xu J, Bandyopadhyay S, Sun Y, Wu D, Emerson Hunter C, Brosius S, Ahn KJ, Baxter AE, Koptyra MP, Vanguri RS, McGrory S, Resnick AC, Storm PB, Amankulor NM, Santi M, Viaene AN, Zhang N, Raedt T, Cole K, Tan K.: A longitudinal single-cell and spatial multiomic atlas of pediatric high-grade glioma. bioRxiv Mar 2024.
Casillo SM, Gatesman TA, Chilukuri A, Varadharajan S, Johnson BJ, David Premkumar DR, Jane EP, Plute TJ, Koncar RF, Stanton AJ, Biagi-Junior CAO, Barber CS, Halbert ME, Golbourn BJ, Halligan K, Cruz AF, Mansi NM, Cheney A, Mullett SJ, Land CV, Perez JL, Myers MI, Agrawal N, Michel JJ, Chang YF, Vaske OM, MichaelRaj A, Lieberman FS, Felker J, Shiva S, Bertrand KC, Amankulor N, Hadjipanayis CG, Abdullah KG, Zinn PO, Friedlander RM, Abel TJ, Nazarian J, Venneti S, Filbin MG, Gelhaus SL, Mack SC, Pollack IF, Agnihotri S.: An ERK5-PFKFB3 axis regulates glycolysis and represents a therapeutic vulnerability in pediatric diffuse midline glioma. Cell Rep 43: 113557, Jan 2024.
Gersey ZC, Plute T, Jaman E, Zhang X, Mitha R, Zinn PO, Pearce TM, Amankulor NM.: Cerebrospinal Fluid Seeding Versus Inflammation in Setting of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt as a Potential Cause for Distant Recurrence of Glioblastoma. Brain Tumor Res Treat 2024.
Singh SK, Wang Y, Habib A, Priyadarshini M, Kodavali CV, Chen A, Ma W, Wang J, Hameed NUF, Hu B, Fuller GN, Kulich SM, Amankulor N, Colen RR, Edwards LA, Zinn PO.: TP53-PTEN-NF1 depletion in human brain organoids produces a glioma phenotype in vitro. Front Oncol 13: 1279806, Oct 2023.
Xu E, Stone SL, Zhong Y, Golenberg N, Qiu L, Abdullaev Z, Aldape K, Bagley L, Halpern CH, Amankulor N, Nasrallah MP.: A novel ARIH1::BRAF fusion in a glioma. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 82: 966-969, Oct 2023.
Youngblood MW, Erson-Omay Z, Li C, Najem H, Coșkun S, Tyrtova E, Montejo JD, Miyagishima DF, Barak T, Nishimura S, Harmancı AS, Clark VE, Duran D, Huttner A, Avşar T, Bayri Y, Schramm J, Boetto J, Peyre M, Riche M, Goldbrunner R, Amankulor N, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Pamir MN, Özduman K, Kilic T, Knight JR, Simon M, Horbinski C, Kalamarides M, Timmer M, Heimberger AB, Mishra-Gorur K, Moliterno J, Yasuno K, Günel M.: Super-enhancer hijacking drives ectopic expression of hedgehog pathway ligands in meningiomas. Nat Commun 14: 6279, Oct 2023.
Sussman JH, Xu J, Amankulor N, Tan K.: Dissecting the tumor microenvironment of epigenetically driven gliomas: Opportunities for single-cell and spatial multiomics. Neurooncol Adv 5: vdad101, Aug 2023.