Ammar Hawasli MD PhD

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Pain

Board-Certified Fellowship-Trained Neurosurgeon

NKC Health Neurosurgery2750 Clay Edwards Dr, Ste 410North Kansas City, MO 64116

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Summary

I am a board-certified neurosurgeon with subspecialty fellowship training in complex spine surgery. I practice with NKC 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

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Certifications & Licensure

KS State Medical License 2020 - 2027
MO State Medical License 2014 - 2027
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

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

13 citations
Functional 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
Frontiers in Neurology. 2021-07-14
Treatment of sacroiliac joint laxity-induced coronal imbalance with the kickstand rod technique
Justin K. Zhang, Christopher F. Dibble, John L Cashin, Samer Hajji, Ian G. Dorward
British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2021-02-20
30 citations
Multi-modal biomarkers of low back pain: A machine learning approach.
Bidhan Lamichhane, Dinal Jayasekera, Rachel Jakes, Matthew F. Glasser, Justin K. Zhang
Neuroimage. Clinical. 2021-01-01

Press Mentions

Ammar Hawasli MD PhD, Meritas Health NeurosurgeryJanuary 23rd, 2022
Kansas City Business JournalJanuary 17th, 2021
What's new with spinal surgeryJanuary 23rd, 2022

Grant Support

Post-Residency Clinical Fellowship ProgramNeurosurgery Research and Education Foundation2016–2017
Physiology of the Human Nervous SystemNational Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2013–2014
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

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