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Dr Awad is a leading surgeon with extensive clinical experience for more than two decades, at the United States’s most prestigious institutions. He led the cerebrovascular surgery teams at the Cleveland Clinic and Yale, and the world famous epilepsy surgery team at the Cleveland Clinic. He was instrumental in developing neurosurgical critical care units, multidisicplinary neurovascular teams and radiosurgery programs at the Cleveland Clinic, Yale and Colorado, before relocating to Evanston Northwestern Healthcare ( now NorthShore University HealthSystem) in 2003. At NorthShore, he has established nationally recognized programs in neurovascular surgery and neurosurgical critical care, and Illinois' most advanced stereotactic radiosurgery program. In January 2010, he was recruited to lead the Neurovascular Surgery Program at the University of Chicago, a program with international legacy for nearly a century.
Dr Awad’s clinical practice includes the full range of general neurosurgery, with an international referral practice in cerebral aneurysms, cerebrovascular malformations, hemorrhagic stroke, carotid surgery, skull base tumors and radiosurgery. Dr Awad has been recognized among America’s Best Doctors, and Who’s Who in the health Professions.
For patient referral call 773-702-2123; For urgent consultations and patient transfers call 773-834-4782
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Professor Awad is recognized as an innovative and productive scholar in American Neurosurgery. He has held professorships at leading Universities, most recently at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He has educated scores of neurosurgeon trainees who are now leading clinical and academic practices in various U.S. centers including Pittsburgh, New Haven, Saint Louis, and Tampa, and in several countries including France, Chile, Brazil, South Africa, China, Japan and Egypt. He holds prominent editorial responsibilities, and has authored leading textbooks and scientific papers related to clinical innovations, surgical outcomes and research.
Dr Awad has been elected to the most distinguished professional societies, and he has held leadership positions of professional and learned societies in the United States and the world. His research receives funding from the National Institutes of Health.
For Academic Contact Email: iawad@uchicago.edu
For Academic Contact Number: 773-702-2123
