Amrit Singh Khalsa - Faculty Biosketch

Amrit Singh Khalsa, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, VA Medical Center

Fellowship Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Spine Surgery Fellowship

Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Residency Social Committee Faculty Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Pennsylvania

Department: Orthopaedic Surgery

Contact information

3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
amrit.khalsa@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Biology)
John Hopkins University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Tulane University School of Medicine, 2011.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Orthopaedic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2011-2012.
Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA , 2012-2016.
Fellowship, Spine Surgery, San Diego Spine Fellowship, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, 2016-2017.

Certifications
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Educators Course, 2022.

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Selected Publications

Vemu R, Abdullah MS, Gupta S, Casper D, Khalsa A, Dehghani B: Adoption of Endoscopic Spine Surgery: A 6-Year National Utilization Analysis. Clin Spine Surg 29: doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001830, April 2025

Mastrokostas PG, Mastrokostas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Dalton J, Khalsa AS, Monsef JB, Razi AE, Ng MK: Increased rates of dysphagia, longer length of stay, nonroutine discharge, and higher hospital costs in patients over 65 undergoing single-level cervical disc arthroplasty: A propensity score-matched analysis. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 16(1): 54-60, Jan-Mar 2025

Peregoff J, Anaspure OS, Moser A, Hassan Z, Baumann AN, Assefa T, Okorie N, Casper D, Khalsa AS.: Postoperative Ketorolac Administration and Pseudoarthrosis Following Multilevel Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 4: doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000005493, Sept 2025.

Okorie N, Peregoff J, Osemwengie B, Casper D, Khalsa A. : Comparative outcomes of anterior versus posterior fixation in odontoid fractures: A longitudinal population-based analysis. J Orthop. 18(70): 247-251, Aug 2025.

Mastrokostas PG, Mastrokostas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Houten JK, Khalsa AS, Saleh A, Monsef JB, Razi AE, Ng MK. : Increasing public interest in lumbar decompression and fusion surgery in the United States: higher search volumes in the Northeast region from 2015 to 2024. Asian Spine J. 11: doi: 10.31616/asj.2025.0133, Aug 2025.

Boden LM, Pei YA, Hong JX, Jia L, Barchick S, Casper DS, Schuster JM, Khalsa AS: Characterizing post-operative ICU admission after cervical spondylotic myelopathy surgery. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 108963(254): doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.108963, Jul 2025.

Mastrokastas PG, Mastrokastas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Houten JK, Khalsa AS, Saleh A, Razi AE, Ng MK. : Modern Internet Search Analytics: Is There a Difference in What Patients are Searching Regarding the Operative and Nonoperative Management of Scoliosis? Global Spine Journal 15(1): 103-111, Jan 2025.

Mastrokostas PG, Mastrokostas LE, Emara AK, Wellington IJ, Ginalis E, Houten JK, Khalsa AS, Saleh A, Razi AE, Ng MK.: GPT-4 as a Source of Patient Information for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Comparative Analysis Against Google Web Search. Global Spine J. 14(8): 2389-2398, Nov 2024.

Alqazzaz A, Zhuang T, Dehghani B, Barchick SR, Ozturk AK, Khalsa AS, Casper DS: Geographical and Specialty-specific in the Utilization of Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy. Clinical Spine Surgery 37(8): E389-E393, Oct 2024.

Ng MK, Rodriguez A, Lam A, Emara A, Wellington IJ, Ahn NU, Khalsa AS, Houten JK, Saleh A, Razi AE. : Risk Factors for Readmission Following Surgical Decompression for Spinal Epidural Abscesses: An Analysis of 4595 Patients. Clin Spine Surg 37(7): 310-314, Aug 2024.