Dr. Kassem El- Shunnar      

In September 1997, Dr. Shunnar moved to Amman, Jordan to work at the Islamic Hospital.  This hospital is run by a charity and is a teaching hospital affiliated to the Medical School at the University of Jordan.  

The hospital has all the facilities including Spiral CT, MRI, DSA and a 12-bedded ICU. There are 5 operating theatres and all main neurosurgical equipment is provided including an operating microscope, an ultrasonic surgical aspirator (Dissectron) in addition to microsurgical instruments and spinal instrumentation equipment.  The hospital treats patients from all over the Arab World.  

Jordan is privileged to be a centre of excellence in Medicine in the Middle East.  The ONLY Gamma knife centre serving the whole of the Middle East is based in Amman.  Dr. Shunnar received formal training in Sweden in November 1998 and he is treating patients with Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Amman .  In January 2000, he started his own private clinic in Amman.  This enables him to work in all private hospitals in Amman.  Approximately 50% of the work load comes from abroad and is a mix of 40% cranial and 60% spinal problems.

 

 

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 - M.B., B.Ch.         Faculaty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo,  Eygpt. 1979.

- F.R.C.S. (Glasg)   Fellowship in General Surgery in 1987. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 232 - 242 St Vincent Street Glasgow, G2 5RJ Scotland, U.K.

- FRCSEd (SN)       Specialty Fellowship in Surgical Neurology in 1990. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.

- CCST                  Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in 1993. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. On Jordanian & British Specialist Register.

 

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Consultant Neurosurgeon /Derriford Hospital/ Plymouth / United Kingdom, 94 – 97 

This was a Substantive Full Time Consultant Neurosurgeon appointment in the Sub-Regional Neurosurgical unit in Plymouth.  This unit is staffed by 3 Consultant Neurosurgeons with a complement of 3 Registrars two of which came on an annual basis from  Dr John Jane’s unit in Charlottesville, Virginia for training in Plymouth.  The unit serves a population of 1.6 million in the South West of England.  The total operative load was around 1150 cases among which were 90 –100 vascular cases (Aneurysms and AVMs) divided between the three consultants. 

Senior Registrar in Neurosurgery, 91–94 

Department of Neurosurgery  Oldchurch Hospital /United Kingdom, 1.7.93 – 9.1.94 (& 24.7.91-30.6.92)                        

Department of Neurosurgery / St. Bartholomew’s Hospital / West Smithfield / London, 92–93   

This post rotated annually (on 1st July) between Oldchurch Hospital in Essex and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.  The rotation started at Oldchurch Hospital on 24.7.1991.

Registrar in Neurosurgery (working on Senior Registrar rota including six months as Acting Senior Registrar), 20.11.87 – 23.7.91 Department of Clinical Neurosciences Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

  

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P.O.Box: 35026 Amman, 11180 Jordan

Jabal Amman, Khalidi Street, Riyadh Medical Center - Opp. Optics Shami.