AmmarHawasliMDPhD
Neurosurgery • North Kansas City, MOBrain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Pain
Board-Certified Fellowship-Trained Neurosurgeon
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Office
Meritas Health Neurosurgery at North Kansas City Hospital
2750 Clay Edwards Dr, Ste 410
North Kansas City, MO 64116- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am a board-certified neurosurgeon with subspecialty fellowship training in complex spine surgery. I practice with Meritas Health Neurosurgery in North Kansas City, Missouri. I completed my neurosurgery residency and complex spine surgery fellowship training at Washington University and then served as faculty at Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Saint Louis Children’s Hospital. My expertise includes both complex spine surgery and cranial neurosurgery. I am fully experienced in modern and state-of-the-art neurosurgical treatments. My care philosophy is to provide compassionate, effective and state-of-the art treatments to all my patients to achieve the best outcomes possible.
Education & Training
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2016 - 2017- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumChief Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2015 - 2016
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2009 - 2016
Beaumont HospitalNeurosurgery Specialist Registrar, Dublin, Ireland, 2015 - 2015- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical , MD, PhDMD, PhD, 2002 - 2009
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2009- Washington University in St. LouisB.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1998 - 2002
Certifications & Licensure
MO State Medical License 2014 - 2025
KS State Medical License 2020 - 2024- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Hawasli AH, Lamichhane B, Jayasekera D, Leuthardt E, Ray W. "Predicting Core Phenotyping Domains of Low Back Pain with Multimodal Brain Imaging Metrics"; United States of America Patent, 2020
- Young Clinician Investigator Award Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation, 2018
- Leuthardt EC, Wright NM, Moran D, Genin G, Hawasli AH, Krengel O, Chang U. Device and method for monitoring pain. United States of America Patent, 2016
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsFunctional Disruptions of the Brain in Low Back Pain: A Potential Imaging Biomarker of Functional Disability.Bidhan Lamichhane, Dinal Jayasekera, Rachel Jakes, Wilson Z. Ray, Eric C. Leuthardt, Ammar H. Hawasli> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2021 Jul 14
- Treatment of sacroiliac joint laxity-induced coronal imbalance with the kickstand rod techniqueJustin K. Zhang, Christopher F. Dibble, John L Cashin, Samer Hajji, Ian G. Dorward, Ammar H. Hawasli> ;British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2021 Feb 20
- 25 citationsMulti-modal biomarkers of low back pain: A machine learning approach.Bidhan Lamichhane, Dinal Jayasekera, Rachel Jakes, Matthew F. Glasser, Justin K. Zhang, Chunhui Yang, Derayvia Grimes, Tyler Frank, Wilson Z. Ray, Eric C. Leuthardt, A...> ;Neuroimage. Clinical. 2021 Jan 1
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Press Mentions
Ammar Hawasli MD PhD, Meritas Health NeurosurgeryJanuary 23rd, 2022
5-ALA Fluorescence Guides Neurosurgeons for More Complete ResectionsFebruary 16th, 2022
Hawasli NeurosurgeryFebruary 24th, 2022- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Reorganization of Brain Architecture and Networks as Biomarkers for Cervical MyelopathyCervical Spine Research Society2019–2020
- BJH Foundation Spinal Cord Injury FundBJH Foundation2019–2020
- Departmental Research GrantDepartment of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine2017–2020
- Young Clinician Investigator AwardNeurosurgery Research and Education Foundation2018–2019
- Apfelbaum AwardAANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves2015–2018
- Prediction of recovery following spinal cord injury using brain functional magnetic resonance imagingNeurosurgery Research and Education Foundation2015–2018
- Post-Residency Clinical Fellowship ProgramNeurosurgery Research and Education Foundation2016–2017
- Diffusion Spectrum Based Imaging to Predict Functional Recovery Following a C5 palsyCervical Spine Research Society2014–2017
- Physiology of the Human Nervous SystemNational Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2013–2014
- MD/PhD Program Predoctoral Fellowship Training GrantPfizer, Inc.2007–2009
- Medical Scientist Training Program Predoctoral Training GrantNational Institutes of Health2006–2007
- Regulation of Excitatory Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, and learning by Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5.National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse2004–2006
- Medical Scientist Training Program Predoctoral Training GrantNational Institutes of Health2002–2004
- Suppressors of syntaxin partial-loss of function show anesthetic resistance in C. elegans.Howard Hughes Medical Institute1999
Research History
- Principal investigator of Functional Spine Surgery LaboratoryEstablished and directed an independent research laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine studying the physiological and pathophysiological relationships between the spine and brain.2017 - 2020
- Postdoctoral FellowWashington University; St. Louis, Missouri; Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Neurosurgery Laboratories of Eric Leuthardt M.D. and Dennis Barbour M.D., Ph.D.2013 - 2015
- Predoctoral FellowUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Psychiatry Laboratory of James A. Bibb Ph.D.2004 - 2009
- Research FellowWashington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Anesthesiology Laboratory of C. Michael Crowder, M.D., Ph.D.1999 - 2002
Professional Memberships
- Member
- AANS/CNS Spine SectionMember
- Missouri State Medical AssociationMember
- American Board of Neurological SurgeryFellow
Hospital Affiliations
North Kansas City HospitalKansas City, Missouri
External Links
- Hawasli Neurosurgeryhttps://www.ammarhawaslimdphd.com
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