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Dr. S. Ather Enam
Head of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor

Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Aga Khan University
Stadium Road, P.O. BOX 3500
Karachi 74800, Pakistan

Phone: 92-21-493 0051 Ext. 4564
Fax: 92-21-4934294
Email: ather.enam@aku.edu


Academic Qualification and Training

FACS 2003 American College of Surgeons, USA
FRCS 2002 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada
FRCS 2000 Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
PhD 1991 Northwestern University, USA
MBBS 1987 Dow Medical College Karachi, Pakistan.

Training

  • Internship in General Surgery at SUNY Buffalo, NY, USA 1991-1992
  • Residency in Neurosurgery at Henry Ford Hospital, MI, USA 1992-1998

Discipline

Neurosurgery with interest in Neuro-oncology, neuro-vascular surgery and spine surgery.

Research Interest:

Molecular and cellular basis of glioma cell invasion
Stem cell transplantation

Honours And Awards (Eg. Sitara-I-Imtiaz)

2004 Excellence Award in Neurosurgery,
Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons
2002 Physician of the Year Medallion Award,
St Joseph's Mercy of Macomb Hospital, MI, USA

Publications

  • Enam SA, Rock JP. Management Guidelines and Decision making, in Sawaya E (ed) Intracranial Metastases: Current Management Strategies. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers pp 461-476. 2004.
  • Mikkelsen T, Enam SA, Rosenblum MR. Invasion in malignant glioma, in Winn HR (ed) Youman's Neurological Surgery Philadelphia: W B Saunders Co. pp 687-713.  2003
  • Ozair MZ, Rehman SE, Enam SA, Fuzzy control of the baseline activity within the basal ganglia of rat brain.  INMIC (IEEE) 2003 Proceedings. 2003
  • Enam SA.  Antibodies to adhesion molecules for immunotherapy of gliomas.  In Liau LM, Cloughsey TF, Becker DP (eds): Brain Tumor Immunotherapy. New Jersey: The Humana Press Inc. pp 249-270.  2001.
  • Enam SA, Rock JP, Rosenblum MR.  Malignant glioma, in Bernstein M, Berger M (eds): Essential Neuro-Oncolgoy.  New York: Thieme New York   pp 309-318.  2000.
  • Enam SA, Malik GM.  Association of cerebral arteriovenous malformations and spontaneous occlusion of major feeding arteries: Clinical and therapeutic implications.  Neurosurgery. 45(5):1105-1112, 1999
  • Enam SA, Rock JP. Management of uncommon adult low-grade glial tumors, in Rock JP, Rosenblum ML, Shaw E, Cairncross G (eds): The Practical Management of Low-Grade Primary Brain Tumors. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven.  pp 111-131.  1999
  • Enam SA, Rosenblum ML, Edvardsen K.  Role of extracellular matrix in glioma invasion: migration of glioma cells along fibronectin positive processes of cultured mesenchymal cells.  Neurosurgery.  42(3):599-608, 1998.
  • Enam SA, Eisenberg AD, Norman D, Rosenblum ML.  Patterns of spread and recurrence of glioma: studies by neuroimaging, in Mikkelsen T, Bjerkvig R, Laerum OD, Rosenblum ML (eds): Brain Tumor Invasion:  Clinical, Biological and Therapeutic Considerations. New York: Wiley-Liss. pp 133-159. 1998
  • Mahmood A, Hysell S, Enam SA.  Civilian gunshot wounds to the head, in 11th International Congress of Neurological Surgery.  Bologna, Italy: Monduzzi Editore, International Proceedings Division.  pp 1307-1310. 1997

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