Abdullah Okar

Medical Student
Hamburg University

Abdullah Okar is a final-year medical student at the University of Hamburg, Germany, with a strong interest in neurosurgery, particularly neuro-oncology, cerebrovascular, and skull base surgery. He has been involved in multiple research projects in neuroimaging and clinical research. Passionate about advancing neurosurgical knowledge, he looks forward to attending the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting to reconnect with colleagues, engage with new mentors, and build lasting professional relationships.

Poster(s):

• Does Intraoperative Durotomy Affect Patient Outcomes Following Posterior Lumbar Surgery? An Analysis of 18,000 Patients Using the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) Database

• Laminectomy versus Laminectomy with Instrumented Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Spine Stenosis with Grade 1 Spondylolisthesis: A Prospective Study

• Voxel-based Morphometry of Morphological Brain Differences in Parkinson’s Disease Subtypes Using MRI Imaging