University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery
Pittsburgh, United States
Arka N. Mallela, MD, joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program in July 2018 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, earning his MD and MS in translational research. He received his undergraduate degrees from the Vagelos Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, completing a BA in biophysics, biochemistry, and philosophy and an MS in biological chemistry.
Dr. Mallela has a strong interest in the intersection of neurophysiology, neuroimaging, network theory and deep learning. He is currently interested in utilizing these tools to study a variety of neurological diseases, including fetal brain folding, epilepsy, and brain tumors. For his work, Dr. Mallela has received the 2017 American Brain Tumor Association Young Investigator Award. He was recently selected for the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation Physician Scientist Incubator Program at the University of Pittsburgh and awarded an NIH F32 grant for research exploring the role of the supplementary motor area and medial prefrontal cortex in motor and expressive language production.