


PUBLICATIONS
Professor Issam Awad has published more than 250 scholarly papers in peer reviewed journals, case reports and topic reviews and book chapters. These include papers in the most prestigious medical journals, and chapters in the major textbooks of neurosurgery and neuroscience. The publications address practical clinical innovations, outcomes studies, and technical innovations, and also contribute fundamental scientific contributions in neurovascular disease and neuroscience. Several papers include national guidelines on management of diseases such as aneurysms and vascular malformations, and others reflect landmark publications with cardinal impact on neurosurgical knowledge. Dr Awad is regularly invited to submit editorial comments on published papers in a number of journals, and he edits a bimonthly column entitled Science Times in Neurosurgery. Dr Awad has edited more than ten books and monographs, including critically acclaimed volumes on aneurysms, vascular malformations, and the philosophy of neurological surgery.
Dr Awad’s Curriculum Vitae includes a comprehensive list of scholarly publications, and can be downloaded: AwadCV01-08.pdf
For a list of Dr Awad’s Peer Reviewed Original Articles: AwadOriginalArticles.pdf
For a list of Dr Awad’s Published Case Reports: AwadCaseReports.pdf
For a list of Dr Awad’s Reviews and Book Chapters: AwadReviewsandChapters.pdf
For a comprehensive link to all scholarly citations and publicatiosn by Professor Awad: Google Scholar
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Awad’s Books and Monographs
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- REOPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY. Little JR and Awad IA, eds. Williams and Wilkins, Publishers (New York, NY). Published March 1992. 480 pages.
- CEREBROVASCULAR OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND BRAIN ISCHEMIA. Awad IA, ed. AANS Publishers (Neurosurgical Topics Series, Park Ridge, IL). Published June 1992. 308 pages. Second Edition in progress; expected publication 1998.
- CAVERNOUS MALFORMATIONS. Awad IA and Barrow DL, eds. AANS Publishers (Special Topics, Park Ridge, IL). Published April 1993. 224 pages.
- DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS. Awad IA and Barrow DL, eds. AANS Publishers (Special Topics, Park Ridge, IL). Published November 1993. 253 pages.
- CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS. Awad IA, ed. AANS Publishers (Neurosurgical Topics Series, Park Ridge, IL). Published December 1993. 342 pages.
- PHILOSOPHY OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY. Awad IA, ed. AANS Publishers (Neurosurgical Topics Series, Park Ridge, IL). Published January 1995. 249 pages.
- GIANT INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS. Awad IA and Barrow DL, eds. AANS Publishers (Special Topics). Book completed July 1994, published April 1995. 325 pages.
- Dural Arteriovenous Malformations. Awad IA, Issue Editor. TECHNIQUES IN NEUROSURGERY, Volume 2 (No 2) 1-89, 1996.
- SYRINGOMYELIA AND THE CHIARI MALFORMATIONS. Anson J, Benzel E, and Awad IA, eds. AANS Publishers (Neurosurgical Topics Series, Park Ridge, IL). Published December 1996. 200 pages.
- SPINAL VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS. Barrow DL and Awad IA, eds. AANS Publishers (Special Topics, Park Ridge, IL). Published January 1999. 232 pages.
- VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Awad IA, Jafar JJ, Rosenwasser R, eds. Raven Press Publishers (Philadelphia, PA). Published October 1999. 540 pages.
- WALTER E. DANDY: THE PERSONAL SIDE OF A PREMIER NEUROSURGEON. Marmaduke ME, Awad IA, and Laws EJ Jr. (eds). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Publishers (New York, New York). Published September 2002. 182 pages.