Dr. Ashraf Megahed
Dr. Megahed is a fellowship trained Consultant Neurosurgeon with 25 years of experience. He has extensive experience in minimally invasive brain and spine surgery.
He completed his neurosurgical training in the well reputed Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt. He obtained a Master then a Doctorate degree in Neurosurgery and was appointed as an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Mansoura University.
To satisfy his passion for learning and operating at the top level, he did advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive brain and spine surgery at the World-renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA for 3 years. He supplemented that with fellowship training in Pediatric (children) Neurosurgery at Acibadem University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Previously head of Neurosurgery at Doha Clinic Hospital for seven years, Dr. Megahed has a reputation of excellence both on the technical and scientific levels. He treated and operated on thousands of patients in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Doha. His patients report very high satisfaction rate and excellent outcome.
Dr. Megahed specializes in
- Pain management procedures
- Spinal injections
- Nerve blocks
- Botox injection for migraine
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- limb pain
- Carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel and nerve injuries
- Spine surgery
- Percutaneous(incisionless) disc surgery and radiofrequency
- Vertebroplasty
- Micro-endoscopic disc surgery
- Spinal fusion
- Artificial disc replacement
- Spinal fractures
- Spinal tumors
- Spina bifida and tethered cord
- Spasticity
- Cranio-cervical junction surgery
- Brain surgery
- Head trauma
- Brain tumors
- Endoscopic Pituitary surgery
- Endoscopic surgery for hydrocephalus(excessive brain water) and brain cysts
- CSF shunts
- Craniosynostosis (premature fusion of skull bones)
Education
Mansoura University
