Professor Issam A. Awad

EDUCATION, TRAINING, LICENSURE, APPOINTMENTS

Illinois Medical License Information

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Education and Training

Loma Linda University, College of Arts and Sciences, Riverside, California
Bachelor of Science, June 1976, Biochemistry, Highest Honors (Summa Cum Laude)

Loma Linda University, Graduate School, Loma Linda, California
Master of Science, June 1979, Biochemistry, High Honors (Magna Cum Laude)

Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 
Doctor of Medicine, June 1980, Rank in Graduating Class: First
National Board of Medical Examiners Part I 99th %tile; Part II  99th %tile; Part III  97th %tile
Alumni Association "Student Investigator of the Year Award", February 1979
Donald E. Griggs Medical Scholarship Award, June 1980
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Elected June 1980
American Medical Association Western Student Medical Research Forum
School Representative 1978; Chairman 1979; Senior Advisor 1980.
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California
Rotating Surgical Internship (PGY 1), July 1980 - June 1981.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Neurosurgical Residency (PGY 2-6), July 1981 - June 1986
First Prize Neuroscience Research, June 1982
Chief Resident, July 1984-June 1985
Crile Traveling Fellowship Award, July 1985-June 1986.
                               
Neurotraumatology Fellowship (Honorary Registrar)
The Head and Spinal Injury Unit,  The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
October-December 1983.  
                               
Neurovascular Surgery Fellowship.
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona; July 1985-June 1986 (Crile Traveling Fellow).

 

Medical Licensure and Specialty Boards

National Board of Medical Examiners; Diplomate #  238204; July 1, 1981.  

American Board of Neurological Surgery; Diplomate # 8862; September 8, 1988.

Active Medical Licenses

State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulation; Medical License # 036-109947, issued August 18, 2003 (valid through 2008).

Board of Medical Quality Assurance of the State of California; Medical License #G56391, issued November 18, 1985 (valid through 2008).

Division of Medical Quality Assurance; Connecticut Medical License #032818, issued March 5, 1993 (valid through 2008)

Clinical Practice and Academic Appointments

July 1985 - June 1986

Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
Neurovascular Fellow

July 1986 - February 1987

Division of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
Physician Specialist, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Chief of Neurosurgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose,California

February 1987 - December 1987

Mission Hospital and Medical Center, Mission Viejo, California
Attending Neurosurgeon
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
University of California at Irvine, Orange, California

December 1987 – May 1993

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Staff Physician, Department of Neurological Surgery
Head, Section of Epilepsy Surgery (1988-1991)
Head, Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery (1990 - 1993)
Surgical Director, Cerebrovascular Center (1990 - 1993)
Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery (1991-1993)

May 1993 - December 2000

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Associate Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) (1993-1994)
Professor of Neurosurgery in the Clinician-Scholar Track with Continuing
Appointment (1994-2000)                  
The Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery (1997-2000)

Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut (1993-2000)
Attending Neurosurgeon
Head, Neurovascular Surgery Program
Co-Director, Yale Cerebrovascular Center
Medical Director, Neuroscience-Neurovascular Intensive Care Unit

January 2001 – November 2003

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery (2001-2003)
Professor (with Tenure) of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Pathology
The Ogsbury-Kindt Chair in Neurosurgery (2001 to 2003)
                               
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, The Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center, Denver Health Medical Center,
The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief  (2001-2003)
Attending Neurosurgeon (2001-2003)

November 2003 – Present

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Professor of Neurological Surgery (with Tenure)
Vice Chairman for Research and Program Development

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois
Senior Attending Neurosurgeon
Director of Neurovascular Surgery and Neurosurgical Critical Care
Co-Director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Director of Neurovascular Biology Laboratory (Research Institute)

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Full Member (2006-present)