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Written by: Ajmer Alam Wani

Category: INTERVIEWS/PROFILES

Published: 24 July 2023

JAMMU: In a recent online interview with Dr. Furqan A Nizami, a distinguished specialist in Brain and Spinal trauma, Brain and Spinal cord tumors, Paediatric Neurosurgery, Stroke Surgery, Brain and Spinal cord Infections, Degenerative disc disease, and Congenital Spinal Malformations, Editor-in-Chief of JK Monitor (www.jkmonitor.org), Ajmer Alam Wani had the opportunity to delve into the impressive achievements and contributions of Dr. Nizami in the field of neurosurgery.

Dr. Furqan A Nizami holds a notable position as the first Neurosurgeon from Jammu & Kashmir to have worked on Ischemic Stroke during the M.Ch training programme at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura Srinagar in 2011. His remarkable thesis on the Role of Surgery in Ischemic Stroke patients was published in one of the best International Neurosurgery Journals at that time. Dr. Furqan A Nizami has more than 50 National and International publications and is an Associate Editor of two International Neurosurgery Journals.

Having completed his MBBS from GMC Jammu and later MS in General Surgery and M.Ch. in Neurosurgery from SKIMS, Srinagar, Dr. Nizami further honed his expertise at Fortis Hospital, Noida, where he acquired skills in complex spine surgery procedures and minimal access surgery. For more than a decade, he has served as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Super Specialty Hospital (SSH), GMC Jammu, where he leads a team handling patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Brain Tumors, Spinal Cord Tumors, Degenerative Spinal Procedures, and Complex Spinal Procedures.

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