Ahmad Afif Ahmad Bader, MD

Description

Ahmad Bader, MD FRCSC FAANS is a board-certified general neurosurgeon with extensive experience in the surgical treatment of brain and spinal disorders. He completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, followed by three years of clinical practice in Nebraska and six years in Iowa. Dr. Bader specializes in the management of complex spinal and cranial conditions, including cervical and lumbar degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, disc herniation, cervical and lumbar fusion surgeries, cervical disc replacement and thoracic degenerative spine disorders. His clinical expertise also includes the treatment of brain tumors, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformations and brain and spinal trauma. In addition, he performs minimally invasive endoscopic endonasal surgery for pituitary tumors. Dr. Bader is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered, and evidence-based care using the latest surgical techniques. Outside of his professional work, Dr. Bader enjoys spending time with his family, playing video games and soccer and watching movies.

Keywords spine surgery, spina bifida surgery, pituitary cancer, myelomalacia, microneurosurgery, vertebral fracture, central venous stenosis, endoscopic endonasal approach, dural arteriovenous fistula, central nervous system infection, skull osteoma, lumbar spine mass, thoracic spine mass, cervical spine tumor, lumbar spine tumor, thoracic spine tumor, thoracic spinal stenosis, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar spine injury, thoracic spine injury, thoracic spine fracture, lumbar spine fracture, thoracic spine fusion, stereotactic eeg, spine osteoarthritis, malunion fracture of the spine, brain metastases, vascular brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, primary brain tumor, pineal gland parenchymal tumor, leptomeningeal disease, ganglioglioneurocytoma, astrocytic cancer, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, anaplastic mixed glioma, acoustic neurofibromatosis, interspinous device placement, foot drag, microvascular surgery, facial nerve schwannoma, endoscopic third ventriculostomy, aqueductal stenosis, anterior temporal lobectomy, lesionectomy, spine injury, neurointerventional biplane angiography system, intracranial hypotension, flatback syndrome, cervical compression fracture, acoustic neuroma, absent vertebrae, abnormal vertebrae, central nervous system tumors, pituitary surgery, intraventricular tumor, image guided biopsy of the spine, visualase thermal laser ablation, vein of galen malformation, neuromuscular scoliosis, vertebroplasty, vertebral epiphysitis, ventriculostomy, ventriculocisternostomy, ventriculo peritoneal shunt, ventricular shunt, vascular malformations of the spine, vascular malformations of the brain, tuberous sclerosis, transpetrosal approaches, tethered spinal cord syndrome, temporal tumor, tarlov cyst, syringomyelia, syringobulbia, surgical treatment of myelopathy, subdural hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic brain biopsy, standard transsphenoidal approach, spongioblastoma, spondylosyndesis, spondylosis with myelopathy, spondylectomy, spine stapling, spine tumor, spinal stenosis, spinal schwannoma, meningioma of the spine, spine instrumentation, spine fusion, spine fracture, spinal dural graft, spinal cord stimulator, spinal cord diseases, spinal cord compression, spinal cord anomalies.