One of only a handful of Emiratis to have earned a doctor of medicine (MD) degree from an American medical university
The only Emirati who is American board-certified in Neurosurgery
16 years of medical education to become an American board-certified neurosurgeon, including four years of undergraduate education in Kentucky, four years of medical school in Ohio, seven years of neurosurgery training with internship at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio; residency at University of Louisville, Kentucky; complex spine Fellowship at University of Louisville, Kentucky, and Spine and peripheral nerve fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, which is considered the best institution for neurosurgical training in the US
Graduated amongst the top of my class with honors in medical school and an inducted member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society
The only Medical Student in the class of 2007 to have matched successfully in Neurosurgery.
Chairman of Neurosurgery at Texoma Medical Center, Denison, Texas
Chief health innovation officer, Discover STEM Academy, Plano Texas
Chief Executive Officer of minimally invasive Neurosurgery in Dallas, Texas
Fellow of American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Fellow of Amercian College Of Surgeon
Fellow of Congress of Neurological surgeons
Performed first-ever placement of spinal cord stimulator along with the chairman of Neurosurgery at the University of Louisville on a patient Rob Summers in treatment of paraplegia/paralysis from spinal cord injury in an experimental trial that allowed the patient to walk again in 2011
Performed first-ever Robotic spine surgery in the state of North Dakota in 2019
Performed the first ever robotic spine surgery in the entire Middle East in Africa in Abu Dhabi in March 2022
Ranked by Google as one of the best neurosurgeons in the world
Ranked as one of the top neurosurgeons in the state of Texas by U.S. News & World Report
Multiple American patents:
- Brain computer interface and exoskeleton for patients allowing paralyzed patients to walk again
- Doctor in a box system for remote consultation and surgeries, allowing cutting edge treatment to be available in remote locations
- Automated wheelchair using burn computer in her face allowing paralyzed patients to move the wheelchair simply by thinking of the idea
- Sacroiliac joint implant for minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion directly competing with the top American vendors for this minimally invasive technology and treatment of sacroiliac joint dysfunction
Performed the world’s first-ever in-office minimally invasive Sacroiliac joint fusion in an awake patient using the navigation in 2024 in Texas
World record holder for the highest number of robotic spine surgeries done in three consecutive months
Helped establish a spine center of excellence in three distinct hospitals in two separate American states holding executive leadership positions
Successfully treated a prominent US military surgeon with cervical spinal cord compression
Multiple accolades for successful spinal surgeries, restoring function and mobility to paralyzed and severely debilitated patients and other life-saving surgeries in the US and UAE