Neena Ishwari Marupudi, MD
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Dr. Neena Marupudi attended Johns Hopkins University for her undergraduate studies, graduating with honors in Neuroscience and Anthropology. She also completed a master’s degree in Neuroscience at Hopkins, followed by a medical degree from the Pennsylvania State School of Medicine and residency training in Neurosurgery at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. After completing a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington, she returned to Detroit to practice as a part of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Group at the Children's Hospital of Michigan (CHM) and join the faculty at Wayne State University. Dr. Marupudi also completed a Master of Science in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the University of Michigan, applying those skills to her research in pediatric spasticity, hydrocephalus, epilepsy, craniosynostosis, and brain tumors.
Dr. Marupudi is a skilled and accomplished surgeon, administrator, researcher, and educator. At CHM, she established and directed the Surgical Spasticity Program, a multidisciplinary team of physicians, therapists, and social workers to evaluate and care for children who may benefit from selective dorsal rhizotomies (SDRs) and baclofen pumps. Dr. Marupudi refined the selective dorsal rhizotomy technique to make it even more minimally invasive, and streamlined the processes for evaluation, surgery, and rehabilitation for children in the Detroit Metropolitan area. Her research on outcomes with SDR has been presented at several national conferences.
Dr. Marupudi also was appointed Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at CHM at the start of 2022 and the President of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Group. She successfully recruited additional pediatric neurosurgeons to expand the group and led the successful transition of the pediatric neurosurgery advanced practice provider team to employment by the Pediatric Neurosurgery Group. As an educator, Dr. Marupudi has been a strong role model and advocate for women in Neurosurgery and has published manuscripts to illuminate challenges and opportunities to improve gender equity in Neurosurgery.
Dr. Marupudi is passionate about neurosurgical innovations that minimize surgical impact while optimizing clinical outcomes. She has continued to build on the work of her predecessors in endoscopic epilepsy surgery, performing endoscopic corpus callosotomies and hemispherotomies. She also built from the ground up a laser ablation program for pediatric brain tumors and pediatric epilepsy in Detroit, performing the first complete laser corpus callosotomy in the Metro Detroit area. She is passionate about finding innovative, personalized solutions for each of her patients.
At Michigan Medicine, Dr. Marupudi will serve as the Director of Pediatric Spasticity and will expand clinical and research programs in neuromodulation and the surgical treatment of spasticity and movement disorders. Her recruitment will catalyze the growth of the Pediatric Neurosurgery program in clinical volume, education, and research. Dr. Marupudi is a strong advocate for excellence in neurosurgical care of children in Southeast Michigan and strives to treat all children as if they were her one of her own. She is also a dedicated and loving mother of two energetic children (4.5 years and 22 months). She loves Wonder Woman comics, scuba diving, and playing with magna-tiles and Legos with her kids. She is excited to have lunch more frequently with her husband, who has worked at Michigan Medicine for over 13 years and is a pediatric neurologist.Areas of Practice
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Pediatric Neurosurgery Clinic | C. S. Mott Children's Hospital 1540 E Hospital Dr
Floor 3 Reception B
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-4219Get Directions -
Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic | Pediatric Rehabilitation Center 2205 Commonwealth Blvd
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945Get Directions
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September 22, 2025 - "[...] I love Dr. Marupudi"
September 8, 2025 - "Dr. Marupudi is amazing. [...] Dr. Marupudi took time out of her own day and schedule to personally call me about [...] really showed me how much care and concern she has for her patients. She is an amazing doctor and one in a million!!!"
July 23, 2025 - "We love Dr. Marupudi!"
July 9, 2025 - "We are grateful that our daughter is Dr. Marupudi's patient. She instills confidence and has amazing bedside manner."
July 8, 2025 - "Dr. Marupudi is AMAZING!"
June 6, 2025 - "Dr. Marupudi was a God send to my son and to my family. She operated on my [...] old son and surgery couldn't have gone any better. She is so thorough, made us feel so comfortable, and is confident. She is an excellent neurosurgeon."
February 22, 2025 - "Dr. Marupudi is as kind as she is brilliant. My daughter's symptoms aligned with a condition that was not able to be confirmed with imaging. Dr. Marupudi took the time to consider her clinical presentation along with the information I shared with her and offered a surgery she believed would be helpful. [...] after surgery, my daughter's [...] was gone. Had it not been for the expertise of Dr. Marupudi and her willingness to think outside the box, my daughter would have continued to spend her life in pain. We are forever grateful."
February 19, 2025 - "We always have amazing service here with [...] Dr Marupudi. She always explains things and helps put our minds at ease."
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