Dr. Abdulla Qassim

Departments: Neurology and Neurosurgery Department
Languages: English, Arabic
Speciality: Consultant Neurosurgeon
Availability: Part Time
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More About The Doctor:

The Neurosurgeon in Dubai

 
Dr. Qassim is one of our Best neurosurgeons in Dubai. He has performed over three thousand surgeries. Dr. Qassim was the recipient of the Dubai Government Excellence Award in 2012. He was awarded the post-graduate certificate in Medical Education from Keele University in the UK in 2013. He attends international meetings to keep abreast of developments in the field of Neurosurgery, such as the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery conference, and the Leksell Society meetings. Dr. Qassim is a past board member of the Emirates Society of Neurological Surgeons and is currently the head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Rashid Hospital in Dubai, and the Saudi Board Neurosurgery Examination and training program director for Rashid Hospital Centre.

Dr. Qassim has experience in: 

  • Microscopic vascular neurosurgery for the skull and spine
  • Brain aneurysm
  • Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
  • Arteriovenous fistula, cavernous malformation
  • Cerebral hemorrhage
  • Skull base surgery
  • Brain tumors
  • Spinal cord tumors (glioma, meningioma, neuroma, schwannoma)
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) and ventriculoatrial (VA) shunt placement
  • Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV)
  • Neuroendoscopy
  • Lumbar and cervical disc surgery
  • Surgery for spinal canal stenosis
  • Pituitary gland surgery (adenoma)
  • Surgical and non-surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia
  • Pediatric neurosurgery
  • Peripheral nerve surgery (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
  • Management of nervous system trauma

Professional Membership:

  • Fellowship of the Royal College FRCS (Neurosurgery) in 2009
  • Certificate of Completion of Higher Surgical Training CCST in 2011
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Education:

  • Royal College of Surgeons, Higher Surgical Training CCST Ireland 2011
  • Post-graduate Certificate in Medical Education, Keele University 2013
  • Postgraduate Diploma for Surgeons, FRCS Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2009
  • Medical Degree, Royal College of Surgeons 1998