Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, MD, began his neurosurgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh in July 2013. He completed his medical school and master’s degree in surgery at the University of Pune, India. He graduated from a neurosurgery residency at the King George’s Medical University in India.
Dr. Gandhoke came to the United States in 2009, and spent time pursuing neurosurgical research at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix and at the University of California, San Francisco. After completing a clinical pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago, he came to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for a fellowship in spine surgery in July 2012.
Dr. Gandhoke's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.
Specialized Areas of Interest
Spine; functional neurosurgery.
Board Certifications
Medical Council of India for Neurosurgery and General Surgery
Professional Organization Membership
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
North American Spine Society
Life Member Neurosurgical Society of India
Life Member Neurotrauma Society of India
Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, MD, recently completed his project grant—Cost-Effectiveness of Stand-Alone Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) versus Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) for Degenerative Spondylosis with Low Back and Leg Pain over Two Years—which won the Sanford Larson Award from the Spine Section of the AANS and the the Mayfield Clinic Science Award as the best clinical research submitted by a resident from the Spine Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. This research was awarded an oral platform presentation at the Spine Section Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. in March of 2015, and at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting in Washington, D.C., in April of 2015.
