Adam Essam Ammar MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Pediatric Neurosurgeon

131 Madison AveFl 3Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone+1 973-326-9000

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Summary

Dr. Adam Ammar is a board-certified neurosurgeon based in Morristown, NJ, with a subspecialty in pediatric neurosurgery. He earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 2015, completed his residency in neurological surgery at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and further specialized with a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University. He also completed a fellowship in global neurosurgery at the Harvard Program in Global Surgery and Social Change. Currently, he is employed at the New Jersey Pediatric Neuroscience Institute LLC. Dr. Ammar has published several research papers focusing on pediatric neurosurgery topics, including diffuse midline glioma and myelomeningocele repairs, as well as global neurosurgery topics.

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2022 - 2023
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2015 - 2022
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 2015

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Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2025 - 2028
NJ State Medical License Active through 2027
NY State Medical License 2022 - 2027
OH State Medical License 2025 - 2027
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2014
Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Surgical complication index for pediatric patients (SCIPP): A novel pediatric frailty index predicting postoperative complications in a study of 133 pediatric neurosur...
Eeshan Khurana, Justice Welch, John Collins, Adam Ammar, Catherine A Mazzola
Child's Nervous System. 2025-02-03
12 citations
Social media in neurosurgery during COVID-19: an evaluation of the role of Neurosurgery Cocktail platform.
Chi H LE, Noah Nawabi, Deen L Garba, Colette White, Deen L Garba
Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2024-10-01
2 citations
Prophylactic removal of a migratory missile from the cerebral ventricles: case report.
Joshua Materi, A Karim Ahmed, Anita L Kalluri, Adam Ammar, Alan R Cohen
Child's Nervous System. 2024-04-01