Neurosurgery Department

Home / Neurosurgery Department

Neurosurgery Department

The Department of Neurosurgery is one of the distinguished departments in the field of neurosurgery at Istishari Arab Hospital with state-of-the-art facilities including computer-assisted brain surgery, surgical microscope and MRI suite.

The experts of the department of neurosurgery work in multidisciplinary teams to develop an individualized treatment plan for each person. The team includes neurologists and neurosurgeons, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and radiologist.

The department seeks to diagnose and treat different types of disorders in the brain and nervous system, especially complex or unusual cases, by evaluating patients who show symptoms and neurological complications and determining the most appropriate treatment through surgery or referring them to another specialized department.

Medical Services

The department of Neurosurgery diagnoses and treats all types of brain and nervous system conditions that require surgery, including:

  • Treating peripheral nerve injuries
  • Treating spinal cord injury
  • Treating benign peripheral nerve tumor
  • Treating arteriovenous malformation
  • Treating strokes and Seizures
  • Treating neuromas, brain tumors, and pituitary tumors
  • Diagnosing and treating aneurysms
  • Diagnosing and treating movement disorders such as:
    • Cervical dystonia
    • Functional movement disorder
    • Huntington’s disease.
    • Tremor
    • Parkinsonism
  • Brain surgeries related to brain tumors
  • Pituitary gland surgeries through the nose
  • Spine surgeries for cartilage and fractures in the neck and back
  • Advanced spine surgeries to remove tumors and vertebrae from the thoracic and abdominal cavity.
  • Skull and scalp reconstructive surgeries
  • Surgeries for fractures and accidents of the head and spine
  • Minimally invasive surgical intervention in spinal operations for fractures and cartilage.
  • Laparoscopic Brain Surgeries “Hydrocephalus, Brain Tumors”.
  • Peripheral nerve surgeries “Nerve transplantation, nerve reconstruction and peripheral nerve tumors.
  • Brain arteries surgeries and cerebral vascular malformations
  • Interventional pain treatment
  • Minimally invasive vertebrae injection
  • Skull-bottom surgery and deep brain tumors

Head Of Neurosurgery Department

Professor Sami Hussein

Professor Sami Hussein

Consultant in Neurosciences and Neurosurgery
Sami.hussein@iah.ps

Professor Sami Hussein is a Consultant in Neurosciences and Neurosurgery, and holds a PhD in Neurosurgery from the University of Hannover - Germany.

Currently, Prof Hussein is the Head of Neurosurgery, Brain and Spine Department at Istishari Arab Hospital. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Scientific Committee in Neurosurgery at the Medical Council. He is also still working as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine - Hannover University - Germany.

Previously, he held the position of Head of the Neurosurgery Department at Makassed Hospital - Jerusalem, Haldesheim Hospital and Hannover Hospital - both in Germany. He also supervised over 200 clinical doctoral theses in the anatomical sciences and neuroscience and contributed to the publication of numerous theoretical and scientific researches and studies that contributed to the development of neurosciences around the world in the last quarter century.

Furthermore, Prof. Hussein contributed to the development and introduction of new surgical methods of a smooth and low-complication surgical nature to treat complex cases of brain and spine tumors. He has publications in world-renowned scientific journals and books.

He founded and supervised the first Palestinian national neurosurgery specialty program in Palestine (Al-Makassed Hospital - Jerusalem).

Prof. Hussein’s personal vision is to achieve a national program in neurosurgery and to raise the value of this specialty and its various fields in our country, by recruiting cadres according to the available capabilities and developing them for the best up to the global level.

Our Doctors