
Syed Hassan Abbas Akbari MD MSCI
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery Director of Clinical Research
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601 5th Street SouthSuite 500St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone+1 727-767-8181
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Summary
- Dr. Syed Hassan Akbari is a neurosurgeon specializing in pediatric neurosurgery, based in Saint Petersburg, FL. He completed his medical education at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, followed by a residency in neurological surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. He further refined his expertise with a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's Hospital of Alabama. Dr. Akbari has worked as an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital since 2022 and previously at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. His research, which includes several publications on Chiari malformation and related conditions, has been recognized and cited by his peers.
Education & Training
University of Alabama HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2019 - 2020
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2012 - 2019
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2022 - 2028
PA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
AL State Medical License 2019 - 2020
MO State Medical License 2016 - 2020
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Sociodemographics of Chiari I Malformation.Syed Hassan Abbas Akbari
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 2023-01-01 - 25 citationsComplications and outcomes of posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty versus without duraplasty for pediatric patients with Chiari malformation type I and syring...S Hassan A Akbari, Alexander T Yahanda, Laurie L Ackerman, P David Adelson, Raheel Ahmed
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2022-07-01 - 10 citationsFailure of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.Jessica Lane, Syed Hassan A Akbari
Cureus. 2022-05-01
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