Congenital Brain Malformations: Clinical and Surgical Aspects
About this ebook
Since many of these disorders are rare, they do not have a final cure and their management is important - their consequences on the physical, psychological and developmental condition of the patient are great. This book is of interest to pediatric surgeons and neurologists.
About the author
Dr Khaled Fares Al-Ali, MD is one of the first Emirati neurosurgeons, and the first Emirati North American board-certified neurosurgeon. He specializes in pediatric neurosurgery and spine surgery. He has a busy clinical practice which includes management of pediatric and advanced spine conditions, such as advanced cervical spine conditions, minimally invasive spine surgery, degenerative spine conditions, spine decompression and fusion surgery, spinal cord tumors, brain tumors, all of the pediatric neurosurgery conditions. He also runs pituitary and peripheral nerve clinics. He is working in Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE and affiliated with Dalhousie University, Canada.
Dr Hashim Talib Hashim, MBChB is a researcher with has more than 100 papers to his name, many of them published in international PubMed indexed journals. He created the idea of “Postconscious” and “Gene’s communication theory”, and has participated in over 25 conferences and medical events both nationally and internationally to present his papers and research. He is a member of the international global health network that focuses on developing papers in global health related topics, has his own reserach laboratory in Iraq, and has published 4 books with Springer.
