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    Sajjad Muhammad, Professor

    Professor and consultant vascular Neurosurgeon
    University Hospital Duesseldorf

    GENERAL INFORMATION
    Name Sajjad Muhammad
    Nationality German

    PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
    I am a German qualified specialist Neurosurgeon with clinical and scientific expertise. I have skills in operative techniques covering the full spectrum of neurosurgical diseases with main focus on neurovascular diseases (aneurysms, AVMs, dAVF and Bypass surgery for Moya Moya and other cerebrovascular pathologies), skull base pathologies (skull base tumors, vestibular Schwanoma and paraganglioma) and brain tumor surgery (Gliomas, Brain metastasis and intraventricular and spinal tumors) with above 3100 surgeries over the last 14 years.
    I have over 20 years of research experience at University Hospitals in Germany and Finland. Currently working as consultant vascular Neurosurgeon and head of neurovascular research unit at University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany. My scientific interests are focused on interactions between central nervous system and immune system in neurovascular diseases. I have published 130 peer reviewed articles including key papers in high impact journals including Nature Communications (2014), Stroke (2011 & 2016), J. Neuroscience (2006 & 2008), Nature Medicine (2005), JCBFM (2010), Neuroscience (2010), FASEB J (2010), Crit. Care Med. 2018, Cell communication and signaling 2024 and JAHA 2024 with total impact factor above 450, HI 26. I have acquired multiple funding including Grants from German Ministry of Research (BMBF), European Association of neurosurgical societies (EANS), World Federation of neurosurgical Societies (WFNF), BONFOR- program of University Bonn, Federation of European Society of Neuroscience (FENS), German society of Neurosurgery (DGNC), Helsinki Ehrenrooth Fellowship Grant, Grant of medical Faculty of Heidelberg University and Funding of research Commission University Düsseldorf with total funding above 1.1 Mio Euro.

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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