Zarina Ali
Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS, FAANS
Office (215) 316-5151
3737 Market Street
Penn Medicine University City
Philadelphia, PA 19104
About
Zarina Ali
Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS, FAANS is Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Neurosurgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. She is co-director of the Penn Nerve Center and leads the Neurosurgery Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program at Penn which serves as a vehicle to deliver value-based care with a patient-centric focus. Her clinical and research expertise is in spinal and peripheral nerve surgery.
Philadelphia Magazine highlights Dr. Ali as trailblazer
First female neurosurgeon at Pennsylvania Hospital
Primary Specialty
Neurosurgeon
Practice
Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS, FAANS
Gender
Female
Education
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Training
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna US Healthcare, Amerihealth Caritas, Amerihealth Caritas Medicare, Centivo Health Plan, Cigna, Cigna HealthSpring, Clover Health Plan, Devon Health Services (Americare), Gateway Health Plan, Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Medicaid, Global Medical Management, HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan, HealthPartners, HealthPartners Medicare, HealthSmart, Highmark Blue Shield, Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Humana / Choicecare, Humana / Medicare, Imagine Health 360, Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East), Keystone First, Keystone First Medicare, NJ Amerihealth, NJ Medicaid, NJ Medicare, NJ Qualcare, Oscar Health Plan of PA, Oxford Health Plan, PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare, PA Medicaid, PA Medicare, Provider Partners Health Plan, Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA, Tricare, United Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, US Family Health Plan, Veterans Choice Program
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Admitting Hospitals
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Services
anterior cervical spine surgery, anterior lumbar interbody fusion, anterior lumbar spine surgery, anterior spine surgery, back surgery, biological enhancement of spine fusions, cervical decompression, cervical herniated disc surgery, cervical laminoplasty, cervical laminotomy, cervical spine fusion, cervical spine revision, cervical spine surgery, chiari decompression, complex spine surgery, compression fracture surgery, cordotomy, decompression laminectomy, decompression median nerve at elbow, disc arthroplasty, disc replacement, disc surgery, diskectomy, dorsal column stimulator, extreme lateral interbody fusion, herniated disc surgery, image guided biopsy of the spine, interspinous device placement, intraoperative mri, intraventricular endoscopy, kyphoplasty, laminectomy, laminoplasty, lateral access spine surgery, lesionectomy, lobectomy of brain, low back surgery, lumbar drain, lumbar herniated disc surgery, lumbar spine fusion, lumbar spine surgery, lumboperitoneal shunt placement, microsurgery of the cervical spine, microsurgery of the lumbar spine, microsurgery of the thoracic spine, minimally invasive lumbar fusion, navigation spine surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, posterior cervical spine surgery, posterior lumbar laminectomy, posterior lumbar spine surgery, posterior spine surgery, posterior thoracic spine surgery, spina bifida surgery, spinal abscess surgery, spinal cord surgery, spinal cyst removal, spinal dural graft, spinal stenosis surgery, spine fusion, spine instrumentation, spine revision, spine surgery, spondylectomy, spondylosis surgery, spondylosyndesis, surgery for sciatica, surgery for spasticity, surgical treatment of myelopathy, sympathectomy, thoracic herniated disc surgery, thoracic laminectomy, thoracic spine fusion, thoracic spine surgery, ulnar nerve decompression, ulnar nerve surgery, vertebrae surgery