Dr. Ossama Al-mefty MD
Neurosurgeon
75 FRANCIS ST BOSTON MA, 02115About
Dr. Ossama Al-mefty practices Neurological Surgery in Little Rock, AR. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Al-mefty prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
University Of Damascus Faculty Of Med Damascus Syria MD
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Awards
- Honorary Member, The Argentine Society of Neurosciences 1992
- Honorary Member, The Skull Base Society of Brazil 1993
- Penfield Lecturer, Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences 1994
- Honorary Member, Canadian Neuroscience Society 1994
- First Sugita Memorial Lecturer, Japan Neurosurgical Society 1995
- Honorary Member, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam Center f 1997
- Honorary Member, Brazilian Neurosurgical Society 1999
- Honorary Member, Syrian Society of Neurosciences 2000
- Honorary Member, Turkish Neurosurgical Society 2000
- Robert Watson Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery, 2000
- Olivecrona Medalist and Lecturer Karolinska Institutet Stockholm 2011
- Paul Bucy Education Award 2011
- Honored Guest 8th International Congress on Meningiomas and Cerebral 2012
- Sir Geoffrey Jefferson Lecturer British Neurological Society 2012
- Leonard I. Malis, MD, Endowed Lecturer The Mount Sinai School of Medi 2011
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