Katrina G. Murphy, M.D., PhD

Dr. Murphy is a board-certified neurosurgeon with over a decade of experience in cranial and spinal surgery. Dr. Murphy hails from California, where she earned her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley, with double majors in History and Molecular and Cellular Biology. Dr. Murphy attended the University of California in San Diego for medical school. After graduation, she relocated to the East Coast for neurosurgical residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center/

R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. During her residency, she earned a PhD from the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She has been with NSA since 2015.

Specialty Areas

  • Cervical, thoracic and lumbar diskectomy and fusion for treatment of degenerative and traumatic spinal disorders and deformities
  • Primary brain and spine tumors
  • Metastatic tumors of the brain and spine.

Board Certification

American Board of Neurological Surgeons

Current Hospital Affiliations

  • St. Mary’s Hospital
  • Henrico Doctors Hospital

Accepting New Patients

  • Dr. Murphy is accepting new patients at our West End office.