Mohammed Atef Azab, MD, MSc

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Education

Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA Aug. 2021 – Aug. 2022

Master of Science investigating the brain endothelium-glioma cell crosstalk under hypoxia and the possible role of glutamate (In progress)

Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Jan 2021- July 2021

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Aug. 2019 –Nov.2019

Clinical researcher at neuroimaging center

Zewail University for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt Aug 2018-Aug 2019

Research Assistant at a cancer biology laboratory Cairo University Hospital (Cairo, Egypt)

Mar. 2018 – Aug. 2019

Clinical Fellow of Surgical Neuro-oncology

Completed a thesis in glioblastoma (2018), “Qualitative vascular markers of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI correlate with tissue factor and VEGF expression in different areas of glioblastoma microenvironment and correlates with prognosis.” Published in Cureus.

Designed a database repository involving demographic data of patients with glioma and available genetic profiles in Egypt

The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Aug. 2017 – Apr. 2018

Research Fellow at Jensen Laboratory for brain tumors at Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Research trainee at Oleksandr Shcheglovitov neuroscience laboratory. Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Jun. 2013 – Jan. 2017

Completed a Master of Science in clinical research for the Department of Neurooncology

(2016), “Falcine meningioma expression of TRAF and its relationship with recurrence in 120 patients.”

GPA: 4.00/4.00. Excellent grade.

Completed a full-time course in biostatistics and clinical research at Cairo National Research Institute.

Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Feb. 2012 – Feb. 2013

Completed internship in surgery.

Cairo University School of Medicine, Cairo Egypt

Oct. 2005 – Dec. 2011

Departmental and Dean’s List Honors.

Graduated with First Class Honors (Excellent grade) GPA: 4.00 /4.00 Research Experience

University of Utah

Aug. 2021– Now

Department of Neurosurgery:

Principal Investigator: Michael Karsy, MD, PhD

Remote clinical researcher affiliate position

Designing a clinical database for investigating the safety of middle cranial fossa approach for surgery of vestibular schwannoma lesions

Investigating lateral orbitotomy approach as a safe procedure for excision of orbital lesions

Analyzing the literature of sellar inflammatory lesions to establish guidelines for clinical management of these lesions.

Establishing a case series study for olfactory esthesioneuroblastoma.

Analyzing the incidence of traumatic brain injury in populations using the e-scooter.

Investigating the possible use of endoscopy in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma

Participating in a multicenter study to assess the safety of transsphenoidal surgeries for pituitary adenoma

King Abdullah Medical Center, Makka, KSA

Jan. 2020 – Dec.2020

Department of Neuroscience

Principal Investigator: Sultan Al-Siari, MD

Evaluating an operative technique to biopsy deep brain lesions using neuronavigation.

Following-up of inflammatory markers in patients with glioblastoma pre and postoperatively to detect any correlation with the outcome

Investigating the causes of mortality in stroke patients who are managed with mechanical thrombectomy

University of Utah, SLC, Utah

Aug.2019- Dec.2019

Interventional Neurosurgery

Principal Investigator: Matthew Alexander, MD

Machine learning and processing the diffusion tensor imaging of stroke patients to predict the outcome based on certain imaging markers.

Zewail University for Science and Technology

Aug. 2018 – Jul. 2019

Department of Biochemistry

PI: Marwan Emara, MD, PhD

Designed a protocol to work on postoperative specimens of glioma resected from patients at Cairo University Hospital to isolate CD 133 stem cells

Designed an IRB for collaboration between Cairo University and Zewail University for using postsurgical specimens for laboratory research.

Participated in a project, “Role of pyruvate kinase metabolic activity in glioma stem cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions.”

Analyzed cell populations for glioma stem cells using flow cytometry

Fixed, embedded, and stained tissues for stem cell markers

Setting the hypoxia chamber to optimize the hypoxic environment for glioma cell culture

Mentored undergraduate students rotating at the laboratory University of Utah

Aug. 2017 – Apr. 2018

Department of Neurosurgery

PI: Randy L. Jensen, MD, PhD

Completed a review of meningioma genomics for the practicing neurosurgeon

Helped in a clinical project entitled, “Correlation of intraoperative, immediate postoperative FLAIR, T2, DWI, and enhanced MRI volumes of gliomas with tumor biology and outcome.”

Measured volumes of brain tumors change using Osirix imaging software

Extracted features, texture metrics in different regions of glioblastoma MRIs University of Utah

Aug. 2017 – Apr. 2018

Department of Neurosurgery

PI: David L. Gillespie, PhD

Practiced cell culture techniques, and passaging

Practiced lentiviral-mediated transfection techniques.

Performed standard plasmid extraction, miniprep and maxiprep

Extracted DNA from different glioma and meningioma cells under testing HIF knockout

Screened glioma cell clones for the knockout for HIF gene

Implanted tumor cells intracranially in rats’ brains through the stereotactic frame, including care of rats (anesthesia and postoperative care).

Monitored tumor progression in rats using bioluminescence

Assessed the cytotoxic ability of a chemical compound (boholamide) on glioma cell lines using cell titer glue, cytometer, and IncuCyte. University of Utah

Jan. 2018 – Apr. 2018

Department of neurobiology

PI: Oleksandr Shcheglovitov, MD, PhD

Practiced how to make solutions, artificial cerebrospinal fluid, and cutting solution for patch-clamp electrophysiology

Dissected brains of mice to obtain brain tissue for experimental patch-clamp electrophysiology

Fixed brains of mice using cardiac perfusion fixation techniques

Participated in a weekly journal club for reviewing and discussing different scientific publications in the field of molecular neuroscience University of Utah

Aug. 2017 – Aug. 2018

PI: William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD

Collected and analyzed clinical data to assess the role of D-dimer in DVT detection and the clinical value in prediction of DVT in neurosurgical patients

Helped in several projects utilizing the Value-Driven Outcome database and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of treatment in neurosurgical diseases

Analyzed different metrics to help in estimating the impact of specialization in journal networks and scholarships in medical and surgical specialties University of Utah

PI: Richard H. Schmidt, MD, PhD

Assisted with chart review regarding the hospital stay cost and, the outcome in case of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage using a lumbar drain. University of Utah

PI: Mark Mahan, MD

Helped in chart review and analyzed clinical data involving various methods for the management of spasticity

Cairo University

2008 – 2009

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

PI: Mohammed El Rokh, MD, PhD

Tested autonomic drugs on the isolated perfused rabbit intestine.

Practiced techniques for anesthetizing lab animals Cairo University

2007-2008

PI: Marie Mohammed, MD, PhD

Practiced agglutination antibody reactions.

Practiced bacterial culture techniques

Cairo University

2005-2007

PI: Mohammed Rasheed MD, PhD

Separated different amino acids derivatives from meningioma surgical specimens using liquid chromatography

Performed basic biochemistry reactions involving carbohydrates and amino acids Global Research Experience

Vascular Endovascular Research Network

2020 – 2021

PI: Professor Christopher Imray, MBBS, Ph.D., FRCS, FRCP

International research collaborator from Cairo University for the COVER study

Following-up cerebrovascular cases affected by COVID-19. To determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on provision, practice, and outcomes of vascular surgery The NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands

2020 – 2021

PI: Terry Hughes, MD, PhD

International research collaborator from Cairo University for CovidCollab study

Presenting and following on neurological and neurosurgical cases associated with SARS- CoV-2 infection. To understand how to manage and care for infected COVID-19 patients

Heinrich-Heine University

2020 – 2021

PI: Christian Jung, MD, PhD

International research collaborator for COVIP study

Presenting and following on elderly neurocritical cases associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Imperial College London

2020 – 2021

PI: James Kinross, MBBS, MRCS, Ph.D., FRCS

International research collaborator for PanSurg collaborative studies.

Presenting and following on neurosurgery cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. To create a dynamic risk prediction model that would provide individualized risk estimates for morbidity and mortality in patients who present with a neurosurgical pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic

Global Pediatric Surgical Collaborative

2020 – 2021

PI: Kokila Lakhoo, MBCHB, PhD, FRCS

International research collaborator for COVIDPaeds Cancer study

Presenting and following on neuro-oncology cases including neuroblastoma, glioma, and medulloblastoma associated with or without SARS-CoV-2 infection. To model the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on decision-making and outcomes for pediatric cancer patients.

Oregon Health and Science University Neurological Surgery Department 2020 – Now

PI: Ahmed M. Raslan, MD, PhD

International research collaborator for GNS-1 study

Presenting and following traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases. To provide a comprehensive global picture for the management and outcome of TBI in the high-, middle, and low-income countries.

University of Liverpool Brain Infection Group

2020 – 2021

PI: Prof. Tom Solomon, MBBCh, Ph.D., FRCP

International research collaborator for COVID-Neuro Network

Presenting and following on neurological cases associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The COVID-Neuro network is analyzing pooled individual patient data to characterize the spectrum of neurological associations of COVID-19, determine factors that impact the outcome in cases with neurological features.

Global Audit Experience

The University of Manchester

2020 – 2020

International audit collaborator for CHOLECOVID audit.

Presenting and following acute cholecystitis cases with or without Covid-19 infection Teaching Experience

Cairo University School of Medicine Cairo, Egypt

Assistant lecturer of neurosurgery, and a clinical instructor

Teaching students the basic life support techniques.

Taught first-year postgraduate medical students’ basics of statistics and clinical research

Lecturing about the molecular features of malignant brain tumors and developing a link between genetics and radiological features of glioma

Presented courses in basic surgical techniques

Designed course materials including study problems and exams Zewail University for Science and Technology Cairo, Egypt

Selected as a teaching assistant for principles of cancer genetics for undergraduates for two months

Organized a lab meeting every week to give a tutorial in diagnostic molecular techniques.

University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Taught students how to interpret MRI of patients with brain tumors and how to assess volumetric analysis and image processing

Taught research trainee basic cell culture techniques and lab animal surgery Professional Membership

Egyptian Society of Neurosurgeons 2016-Now

Egyptian Medical Syndicate 2013-Now

Skull Base Society of North America 2021

American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021

Publications

1- Robert S Eisinger, Zachary A Sorrentino, Christopher Cutler, Mohammed Azab, Kevin Pierre, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Gregory Ja Murad . Clinical risk factors associated with cerebrospinal fluid leak in facial trauma: A retrospective analysis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2022 Jun; 217:107276. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2022.107276. Epub 2022 May 2. 2- Sai Sriram, Christopher Cutler, Mohammed Azab, Ramya Reddy, Rodeania Peart, Brandon Lucke-Wold. Neuroinflammation and subarachnoid hemorrhage: a revised look at the literature. Clinical Research Communications 2022;5(3):14. 3- Egyptian neurosurgical publication productivity. A retrospective analysis from 2015 to 2020. Mohammed A. Azab Ahmed E.Salem. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. Volume 28, June 2022

4- Azab MA, Ahmed Y Azzam, Ahmed E Salem. Impact of COVID-19 on neurosurgical service: A one-year experience from a provincial countryside hospital in a rural area in north Egypt. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery Volume 27, March 2022, 101416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2021.101416

5- Beghi, Ettore; Helbok, Raimund; Ozturk, Serefnur M.D.; Grosu, Oxana; Karadas, Omer; Lisnic, Vitalie; Kovács, Tibor; Dobronyi, Levente ; Bereczki, Dániel; Cotelli, Maria Sofia; Turla, Marinella; Davidescu, Eugenia Irene; Popescu, Bogdan Ovidiu ; Valzania, Franco; Ulmer, Hanno; Cavallieri, Francesco; Maia, Luis; Aamodt, Anne Hege ; Armon, Carmel; Riahi, Anis ; Gryb, Viktoria; Brola, Waldemar ; Krehan, Ingomar; von Oertzen, Tim J; Azab, Mohammed ; Crean, Michael; Lolich, Maria ; Lima, Maria João; Sellner, Johann; Perneczky, Julian; Jenkins. Short- and long-term outcome and predictors in an international cohort of patients with neuro COVID-19. European Journal of Neurology. 2022 Jun;29(6):1663- 1684. doi: 10.1111/ene.15293. Epub 2022 Mar 7.

6- Azab MA, Ahmed Y Azzam, Akram M Eraky, Mohamed Sabra, Sherif F Hassanein. Analyzing outcomes of neurosurgical operations performed before and during the COVID- 19 pandemic in Egypt. A matched single-center cohort study. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. Volume 26, December 2021, 101369.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2021.101369

7- Azab MA, Ghozy S, Hassanein S, et al. Specific preoperative dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI semi-quantitative markers can correlate with vascularity in specific areas of the glioblastoma tissue and predict recurrence. Cureus. 2021 Jun 8;13(6): e15528. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15528. eCollection 2021 Jun.

8- Azab MA, Azzam AY. Insights into How H19 Works in Glioma Cells. A Review Article. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, June 2021, p. 100411, doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2021.100411.

9- Biccard, B.M., et al, Azab A. Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study. The Lancet, 2021. 397(10288): p. 1885-1894.

10- Van Den Heede K, Chidambaram S, Winter Beatty J, et al, PanSurg Collaborative and the PREDICT-Endocrine Collaborative [Azab MA]. Correction to: The PanSurg- PREDICT Study: Endocrine Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic [published online ahead of print, 2021 May 25]. World J Surg. 2021;1. doi:10.1007/s00268-021- 06171- 8

11- Chou SH, Beghi E, Helbok R, et al, GCS-NeuroCOVID Consortium and ENERGY Consortium [Azab MA]. Global Incidence of Neurological Manifestations Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19-A Report for the GCS-NeuroCOVID Consortium and the ENERGY Consortium. JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(5): e2112131. Published 2021 May 3. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12131 12- Azab MA, Azzam AY. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the management of glioma patients around the world. An evidence-based review. Brain Disord. 2021; 2:100012. doi: 10.1016/j.dscb.2021.100012

13- Van Den Heede K, Chidambaram S, Winter Beatty J, et al, PanSurg Collaborative and the PREDICT-Endocrine Collaborative [Azab MA]. The PanSurg-PREDICT Study: Endocrine Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 20]. World J Surg. 2021;1-10. doi:10.1007/s00268-021-06099-z 14- Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative: Covid Collaborative [Azab MA], Welch C. Age and frailty are independently associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and increased care needs in survivors: results of an international multi-center study. Age Ageing. 2021;50(3):617-630. doi:10.1093/ageing/afab026 15- Azab MA. (2021). Strategies to Offer Uninterrupted Neurosurgical Care at a Tertiary Center in Makka amid COVID 19 Pandemic. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery.10.4103/ajns.AJNS_324_20.

16- Jung C, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, et al, COVIP study group [Azab MA]. The impact of frailty on survival in elderly intensive care patients with COVID-19: the COVIP study. Crit Care. 2021;25(1):149. Published 2021 Apr 19. doi:10.1186/s13054-021-03551-3 17- Azab MA, Hassanein SF, Reda A, Asous A, Azzam AY. Individual and Institutional Factors Halting Completion of Research in a Group of Medical Graduates at Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine. JMIR Med Educ. 2021;10.2196/23235. doi:10.2196/23235

18- Benson RA, Nandhra S; The Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) COVID-19 Vascular Service (COVER) Tier 2 Study [Azab MA]. Outcomes of Vascular and Endovascular Interventions Performed During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. Ann Surg. 2021;273(4):630-635. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000004722

19- COVIDSurg Collaborative [Azab MA], GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modeling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international perspective cohort study [published online ahead of print, 2021 Mar 24]. Br J Surg. 2021; znab101. doi:10.1093/bjs/znab101

20- Azab MA, Azzam AY. SARS-CoV-2 associated viral encephalitis with mortality outcome. Interdiscip Neurosurg. 2021; 25:101132. doi: 10.1016/j.inat.2021.101132 21- Azab MA, Alomari A, Azzam AY. Featuring how calcium channels and calmodulin affect glioblastoma behavior. A review article. Cancer Treat Res Commun.2020;25:100255. doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2020.100255 22- Karsy M, Azab MA, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Guan J, Eli I, Jensen RL, Ormond DR. Clinical potential of meningioma genomic insights: a practical review for neurosurgeons. Neurosurg Focus 44(6): e10, 2018.

23- Abou-Al-Shaar H, Azab MA, Karsy M, Guan J, Couldwell WT, Jensen RL. Assessment of costs in open microsurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial meningiomas. World Neurosurg 119: e357-e365, 2018. 24- Karsy M, Azab MA, Guan J, Couldwell WT, Rolston JD. The impact of specialization in journal networks and scholarship. World Neurosurg 120: e349- e356, 2018.

25- Karsy M, Bowers CA, Scoville J, Kundu B, Azab MA, Gee JM, Guan J, Couldwell WT. Evaluation of complications and costs during overlapping transsphenoidal surgery in the treatment of pituitary adenoma. Neurosurgery 84(5):1104-1111, 2019. 26- Abou-al-Shaar H, Azab MA, Karsy M, Guan J, Alzhrani G, Gozal Y, Jensen RL, Couldwell WT. Assessment of cost differences between open surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas. J Neurosurg 2018 Oct 5:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2018.4. JNS18365.

27- Azab MA, O'Hagan M, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Karsy M, Guan J, Couldwell WT. Safety, and outcome of transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection in the elderly. World Neurosurg 2018 Nov. 24.

28- Abunimer AM, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Azab MA, Karsy M, Guan J, Couldwell WT. Transsphenoidal approaches for microsurgical resection of pituitary adenomas in pediatric patients. World Neurosurg 123: e186-e193, 2018. 29- Wilde HW, Reese J, Azab MA, Karsy M, Guan J, Rolston JD. Evaluating the landscape of clinical trial publication in neurosurgery. Neurosurgery 85(3): E485- E493, 2019. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz020.

30- Gozal Y, Alzhrani G, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Azab M, Walsh MT, Couldwell WT. Outcomes of decompressive surgery for cavernous sinus meningiomas: long-term follow-up in 50 patients. J Neurosurg 2019 Feb 15:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2018.10. JNS181480.

31- Achey RL, Karsy M, Azab MA, Scoville J, Kundu B, Bowers CA, Couldwell WT. Improved surgical safety via intraoperative navigation for transnasal transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas. JNLS-B Skull Base 2019 Jan 21. doi: 10.1055/s-0039- 1677677.

32- Reese JC, Twitchell S, Wilde H, Azab MA, Guan J, Karsy M, Couldwell WT. Analysis of treatment cost variation among multiple neurosurgical procedures using the Value-Driven Outcomes database. World Neurosurg.2019 Mar 11. Pii: S1878-8750(19)30622-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.010. 33- Wilde H, Azab MA, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Karsy M, Guan J, Menacho ST, Jensen RL. Evaluation of cost and survival in intracranial gliomas using the Value- Driven Outcome database: A retrospective cohort analysis. Up2019 Mar 29:1- 11. doi:10.3171/2018.12. JNS183109.

34- Sherrod BA, Gamboa NT, Wilkerson C, Wilde H, Azab MA, Karsy M, Jensen RL, Menacho ST. Effect of patient age on glioblastoma perioperative treatment costs: a value driven outcome database analysis. J Neurooncol. 143(3):465-473, 2019.doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03178-z.

35- Karsy M, Azab MA, Harper J, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Guan J, Eli I, Gouripeddi R, Bucher R, Cole CD, Menacho ST, Couldwell WT. Evaluation of a D-dimer protocol for detection of deep vein thrombosis. World Neurosurgery. 2020 Jan;133: e774-e783. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.09.160.

36- Michael Karsy, Kim R, Azab MA, Harper JB, Guan J, Couldwell WT Higher Admission D-Dimer Values Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Nonroutine Discharge in Neurosurgery Patients. Cureus 12(7): e9425. doi:10.7759/cureus.9425 37- COVIDSurg Collaborative [Azab MA], GlobalSurg Collaborative. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score. The British journal of surgery. Pages znab183 38- Azab MA, Ahmed Y. Azzam, Ahmed E. Salem, Ahmed Reda, Sherif F. Hassanein, Mohamed Sabra, Islam S. Gadelmoula. Neurological problems in the context of COVID-19 infection in Egypt. A multicenter retrospective analysis. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. 2021 Dec;26: 101345.doi: 10.1016/j.inat.2021.101345. Epub 2021 Aug 17. 39- Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Hans Flaatten, Jesper Fjølner, Antonio Artigas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Joerg C. Schefold, Stephan Binnebösse, Philipp Heinrich Baldia, Malte Kelm, Michael Beil, Sivri Sigal, Peter Vernon van Heerden, Wojciech Szczeklik, Muhammed Elhadi, Michael Joannidis, Sandra Oeyen, Tilemachos Zafeiridis, Jakob Wollborn, Maria José Arche Banzo, Kristina Fuest, Brian Marsh, Finn H. Andersen, Rui Moreno, Susannah Leaver, Ariane Boumendil, Dylan W. De Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Christian Jung, ….. Azab MA, COVIP Study Group. Ann Intensive Care. 2021 Aug 21;11(1):128. doi: 10.1186/s13613-021-00911-8.

40- COVIDSurg Collaborative [Azab MA]; GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study [published online ahead of print, 2021 Aug 24]. Anesthesia. 2021;10.1111/anae.15563. doi:10.1111/anae.15563

41- Azab MA, Sharef Fawzy Hasaneen, Hassan Hanifa, Ahmed Y Azzam. Optic neuritis post- COVID-19 infection. A case report with meta-analysis. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. Volume 26, December 2021, 101320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2021.101320 42- Christian Jung, Jesper Fjølner, Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Antonio Artigas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Joerg C Schefold, Georg Wolff, Malte Kelm, Michael Beil, Sviri Sigal, Peter Vernon van Heerden, Wojciech Szczeklik, Miroslaw Czuczwar, Michael Joannidis, Sandra Oeyen, Tilemachos Zafeiridis, [Azab MA]; COVIP study group. Differences in Mortality in Critically Ill Elderly Patients During the Second COVID-19 Surge in Europe. Critical Care. 8 Mar 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3800079 43- J. Whisenant,1 S. Wong, V. Torri, J. Revuelta, B. Halmos, G. Ceresoli, I. Monnet, S. Popat, O. Arrieta, M. Azab, A. Dingemans, J. Spasic, J. Van Meerbeeck, G. Recondo, N. Reinmuth, A. Valter, M. Unk, R. Ghalehtaki, D. Steinfort, J. Chorostowska-Wynimko, L. Viola, L. Horn, S. Peters, H.A. Wakelee, M.C. Garassino,U. Tapan. COVID-19 Outcomes in Patients with Thoracic Malignancies According to Gender and Ethnicity (TERAVOLT). Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Volume 16, issue 3.

44- J Glasbey, COVIDSurg Collaborative [Azab MA]; 1566MO Resilience of elective cancer surgery systems during COVID-19 lockdowns: International, prospective cohort study of planned surgery for 15 tumor types in 61 countries. Annals of Oncology. Volume 32. S1132-S1133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1559 45- COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Joana FF Simoes, Elizabeth Li, Maria Picciochi, James C Glasbey, Glauco Baiocchi, Ruth Blanco Colino, Daoud Chaudhry, Ehab AlAmeer, Kariem El Boghdadly, Funmilola Wuraola, Dhruva Ghosh, Rohan R Gujjuri, Ewen M Harrison, Herman Lule, Haytham Kaafarani, Mohammad Khosravi, Irmgard Kronberger, Sezai Leventoğlu, Harvinder Mann, Kenneth A Mclean, Mengistu Gebreyohanes Mengesha, Maria Marta Modolo, Faustin Ntirenganya, Lisa Norman, Oumaima Outani, Riinu Pius, Peter Pockney, Ahmad Uzair Qureshi, April Camilla Roslani, Sohei Satoi, Catherine Shaw, Aneel Bhangu, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Mohammed A Azab, Omar M Omar, Waheed Ul Rahman Ahmed, Leah Argus, Alasdair Ball, Aneel Bhangu, Edward P Bywater, Ruth Blanco Colino, Amanpreet Brar, Daoud Chaudhry, Brett E Dawson, Irani Duran, Muhammed Elhadi, James C Glasbey, Rohan R Gujjuri, Conor S Jones, Ewen M Harrison, Sivesh K Kamarajah, James M Keatley, Samuel Lawday, Elizabeth Li, Harvinder Mann, Ella J Marson, Kenneth A Mclean, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Lisa Norman, Riinu Ots, Oumaima Outani, Maria Picciochi, Irène Santos, Catherine Shaw, Joana FF Simoes, Elliott H Taylor, Isobel M Trout, Chris Varghese, Mary L Venn, William Xu, Joana FF Simoes, Irida Dajti, Arben Gjata, Salah Eddine Oussama Kacimi, Luis Boccalatte, Maria Marta ModoloSARS CoV 2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anesthesia. 2021 Aug 24. DOI: 10.1111/anae.15563. Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15563

46- Bhagteshwar Singh, Suzannah Lant, Sofia Cividini, Jonathan W S Cattrall, Lynsey C Goodwin, Laura Benjamin, Benedict D Michael, Ayaz Khawaja, Aline de Moura Brasil Matos, Walid Alkeridy, Andrea Pilotto, Durjoy Lahiri, Thirugnanam Umapathi, Tarun Dua, Timothy R Nicholson, James J Sejvar, Eva Maria Hodel, The Brain Infections Global COVID- Neuro Network Study Group [ Azab MA]. Prognostic indicators and outcomes of hospitalised COVID-19 patients with neurological disease: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Lancet, 27 Apr 2021. (preprint). https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3834310 47- Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumor types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Clinical Trial. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Nov;22(11):1507-1517. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9. 48- Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability- Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Collaboration; Jonathan M Kocarnik, Kelly Compton, Frances E Dean, Judie Arulappan, Zatollah Asemi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Tahira Ashraf, Prince Atorkey, Avinash Aujayeb, Marcel Ausloos, Atalel Fentahun Awedew, Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla, Temesgen Ayenew, Mohammed A Azab, Sina Azadnajafabad, Amirhossein Azari Jafari. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Dec 30; e216987. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6987. Online ahead of print. Under Peer-Reviewing Articles

1- Richard Drexler, Roman Rotermund, Timothy R. Smith, John L. Kilgallon, Jürgen Honegger, Isabella Nasi-Kordhishti, Paul A. Gardner, Zachary C. Gersey, Hussein M. Abdallah, John A. Jane, Alexandria C. Marino, Ulrich J. Knappe, Nesrin Uksul, Jamil A. Rzaev, Evgeniy V. Galushko, Ekaterina V. Gormolysova, Anatoliy V. Bervitskiy, Henry W. S. Schröder, Márton Eördögh, Marco Losa, Pietro Mortini, Rüdiger Gerlach11, William T. Couldwell, Michael Karsy, Karol P. Budoboski, Robert C. Rennert, Mohammed Azab, Apio C. M. Antunes, Franz L. Ricklefs, Jörg Flitsch.. Defining Global Benchmark Outcomes for Transsphenoidal Surgery of Pituitary Adenomas: A Multicenter Analysis of 2862 Cases. Neurosurgery. 2- Mohammad Azab, Nicholas Gamboa, Jeffrey Nadel, Christopher Cutler, Jeffrey Curran Henson, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Erica Panter, Michael G. Brandel, Robert C. Rennert, Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA, SarahT. Menacho, Marcus D. Mazur, Michael Karsy. Case Series and Systematic Review of Electronic Scooter Crashes and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurosurgical Reviews

3- Christopher Cutler, Mohammed Azab, Brandon Lucke-Wold; Ramesh Grandhi, Michael Karsy. Endoscopic assisted evacuation of subdural hemorrhages – A Technical Series and systematic review. Operative Neurosurgery.

4- Christopher Cutler, Mohammed A. Azab; Brandon Lucke-Wold, Majid Khan; J. Curran Henson; Michael Karsy. Inflammatory Lesions of the Sella and Orbit: Systematic review. Pituitary

5- Mohammed A. Azab; Brandon Lucke-Wold. Subconcussion, Concussion, and Cognitive Decline: The Impact of Sports Related Collisions. Journal of Neurotrauma 6- Robert Rennert, Mohammed A. Azab, Majid Khan, Christopher Culter, William T. Couldwell. Surgical clipping of basilar artery aneurysm. Case series. 7- Azab MA, Azzam AY. Insights in How Histone Modifications Play a Role in Glioma and Possible Therapeutic Applications. A Review Article. Advances in cancer and metastasis. 8- Azzam AY, Azab MA, Sherif Ghozy. The modern evolution of Simulations in Endovascular Neurosurgery. A short Review. Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 9- Azab MA, Azzam AY. Challenges facing female surgeons’ vanguards in Egypt. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.

10- Azab MA, Ghozy S, Hassanein S, et al. Specific

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