Saleem Abdulrauf
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Saleem Abdulrauf is an American physician specializing in
neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...
in
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, who has helped develop high-flow brain bypass surgery, a less invasive procedure for treating
intracranial aneurysm An intracranial aneurysm, also known as a brain aneurysm, is a cerebrovascular disorder in which weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery or vein causes a localized dilation or ballooning of the blood vessel. Aneurysms in the posterior circul ...
than methods used previously. He is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at
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and the Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at the Abdulrauf Institute of Neurosurgery. He is the Founding Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at
Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis University School of Medicine is a private, Jesuit medical school. Part of Saint Louis University, the institution was established in 1836. The school has an enrollment of around 700, with about 550 faculty members and 550 residents in ...
and Director of the Center for Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery at
Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis University Hospital (SLU Hospital) is a 356-bed non-profit, research and academic medical center located in St. Louis, Missouri, providing tertiary care for the east Missouri region. The medical center is a part of the SSM Health Syste ...
in Saint Louis, Missouri. He has served as a visiting professor to over 100 universities around the globe. He has authored the main reference textbook for brain bypass surgery titled ''Cerebral Revascularization'' in which Abdulrauf details extra-cranial to intracranial bypass surgery. He is considered the world authority on "Awake" surgery for Brain Aneurysms, Arterio-venous-Malformations (AVMs), and EC-IC Bypass. Abdulrauf has served on the boards of multiple neurosurgical societies, including the
Congress of Neurological Surgeons The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) is a professional association representing neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents, medical students, and allied health professionals. History World War II produced a dramatic change in the world of ne ...
(CNS) and the World Federation of Skull Base Societies (WFSBS). He is the Global President of the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Societ
Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society
Th
Abdulrauf University of Neurosurgery
the first university of neurosurgery was named after him. He is the author of the non-fiction boo
Three Invaders


Biography

Abdulrauf attended a high school in
Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
, Missouri, and received his Bachelor of Arts in biology from
Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
, Missouri. He attended medical school at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where he received the M.D. degree. He completed post-graduate training and a residency in neurosurgery at
Henry Ford Hospital Henry Ford Hospital (HFH) is an 877-bed tertiary care hospital, education and research complex at the western edge of the New Center area in Detroit, Michigan. The flagship facility for the Henry Ford Health System, it was one of the first hos ...
in Detroit, Michigan and subsequently completed a fellow in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery at
Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
, where he was on faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery. Abdulrauf completed a fellowship in skull base neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock, Arkansas, training under M. Gazi Yasargil, who developed brain bypass surgery in the 1960s in Switzerland and is considered the father of modern neurosurgery. Abdulrauf has played a role in the development and education of a new brain bypass technique, now known as the Abdulrauf bypass. In 2010 Abdulrauf performed the first high-flow bypass operation on a giant brain aneurysm in a blood vessel at the base of the skull of a 51-year-old woman. This less-invasive technique, which requires a much smaller incision, promotes better blood flow and reduces recovery time, was a significant advancement in neurosurgery; it was a cover article in the medical journal Neurosurgery in March 2010. In collaboration with Scanlan International, Abdulrauf also developed the neurosurgical instrument to accommodate the requirements of the Abdulrauf bypass technique.


Selected publications

Abdulrauf wrote a reference textbook for bypass brain surgery titled ''Cerebral Revascularization: Techniques in Extracranial-to-Intracranial Bypass Surgery: Expert Consult'', and is an editor on the third edition of ''Principles of Neurosurgery''. Publications include: # Ellenbogen RG and Abdulrauf SI, Editors. ''Principles of Neurosurgery'', Third Edition. Copyright 2010 Elsevier, Inc. . # Abdulrauf SI, Editor. ''Cerebral Revascularization: Techniques in Extracranial to Intracranial Bypass Surgery''. Copyright 2011 Elsevier, Inc. . # Abdulrauf SI. Extracranial-to-intracranial bypass using radial artery grafting for complex skull base tumors: Technical note. ''Skull Base: An Interdisciplinary Approach'' 15,3:207-213, 2005. # Yasargil MG and Abdulrauf SI. Surgery of intraventricular tumors. 30th Anniversary Human Cerebrum III Issue. ''Neurosurgery'' June 2008;62(6)SHC1029-40. # Coppens JR, Cantando JD, and Abdulrauf SI. Minimally invasive awake STA to MCA bypass through a large burr hole: The use of CT angiography neuronavigation in surgical planning: Technical note. ''Journal of Neurosurgery'' September 2008; 109(3) 553–8. # Mahaney KM and Abdulrauf SI. Anatomical relationship of the optic radiations to the atrium of the lateral ventricle: Description of a novel entry point to the trigone. ''Neurosurgery'' October 2008; 63. # Abdulrauf SI, Sweeney JM, Mohan YS, and Palejwala SK. Short segment internal maxillary artery to middle cerebral artery: A novel technique for extracranial-to-intracranial bypass. ''Neurosurgery''March 2011, 68(3);804-8.


References

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