ABSTRACTS

BOOKS

LECTURESHIPS

JOURNALS

The lab is very active with more than 20 new abstracts per year since it commenced presented in the major neurosurgical events such as AANS, EANS and WFNS.

BOOKS

PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS:
Chapter:Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus in Adults and Paediatrics.
Author in sequence: Klepinowski T, Alshafai NS
Text Book: In Hydrocephalus 2017 (pp. 153-160). Springer, Cham.
Chapter: The High Cervical Anterolateral Retropharyngeal Approach.
Author in sequence: Alshafai NS, Gunness VR
Text Book: Oxford Textbook of Neurological Surgery. 2019 Sep 26:473.
Chapter: Neurotrauma and intensive care.
Author in sequence: Alshafai N, Maas A, Yue JK, Deng H, Winkler EA, Burke JF, Suen CG, Manley GT, Adams H, Kolias AG, Helmy A
Text Book: InNew Trends in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery 2019 (pp. 147-149). Springer, Cham.
Chapter: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
Author in sequence: Nabeel Alshafai, A. Guha
Text Book: Surgery of Peripheral Nerves, A case-Based Approach
Book Co-editor: R. Midha and Eric Zager
Chapter: Choroid Plexus Tumors.
Author in sequence: Nabeel Alshafai, Jim Rutka
Text Book: Pediatric Neuro-oncology
Book Co-editor: M. Berger
Chapter: Oral board exam preparation
Author in sequence: Ramez Kirollos, Nabeel Alshafai
Text Book: Neurosurgery: the essential guide to the oral and clinical neurosurgical examination
Publisher: CRC Press
Chapter: Anatomic, Radiographic, and Surgical Considerations of Global Alignment: Cervical-Thoracic Region
Author in sequence: A. Lau, Nabeel Alshafai, M. Fehlings
Text Book: Global Spinal Alignment: Principles, Pathologies, and Procedures
Book Co-editor: Drs. Haid, Shaffrey, Youssef, and Schwab
Chapter: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Head Injury (In preparation)
Author in sequence: Nabeel Alshafai
Text Book: The Oxford Text Book in Neurological Surgery
Book Co-editor: Mr Ramez W Kirollos, Mr Adel Helmy, Mr Simon Thomson, and Professor Peter JA Hutchinson
Chapter: Cerebello-pontine Angle and Jugular fossa
Author in sequence: L. Alshafai, Nabeel Alshafai, Fred Gentili
Text Book: Skull Base Cancer Imaging, The practical approach to diagnosis and treatment planning
Book Co-editor: Eugene Yu and Reza Forghani
Publisher: Thieme
Chapter: Syringomyelia
Author in sequence: Nabeel Alshafai, Ivona Nemeiko, Paul Steinbok
Book: Neurosurgery case review
Book Co-editor: Remi Nader, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh
Publisher: Thieme
Chapter: The history of Simulation Training in Neurosurgery
Author in sequence: Nabeel Alshafai
Book: Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Neurosurgery
Book editor: Ali Alaraj
Chapter: Simulation Training Experience in Neurosurgical Training in Europe
Author in sequence: Nabeel Alshafai
Book: Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Neurosurgery
Book editor: Ali Alaraj
Chapter: Post Traumatic Hydrocephalus
Author in sequence: Tomasz Klepinowski, Nabeel Alshafai
Book: Hydrocephalus: What we know and what we don’t
Book editor: Ahmed Ammar
MANUSCRIPTS IN SUBMISSION:
Title: Idiopathic Comprehensive literature review and controversies of Idiopathic Syringomyelia
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai, Ivona Nemeiko, Paul Steinbok
Title: Trends in The Treatment of Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms: An International Survey.
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai, Michael D. Cusimano, MD, Olesya Falenchuk.
Title: Arterio Venous Malformation recurrence 13 years post complete angiographic cure with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai, A.Fatih Atik, Askin Seker, Turker Kilic.
Title: Trends in the Imaging of Aneurysms: Results of an international survey
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Michael D. Cusimano MD, Stan Ho, Olesya Falenchuk.

LECTURSHIPS

POSTER PRESENTATION:
Interactive Digital Poster Presentations:
EP-0293 Alternative fixation point in occipitocervical stabilization: occipital condyle screw. review of the literature
Mariagrazia Dibenedetto, Norbert Wąsik. WFNS congress, Istanbul. August 20-25th. 2017.
The historical aspect of C1/2 instrumentation. WFNS congress, Istanbul. A. Kramarz, Minou Behboudi. August 20-25th. 2017.
Imaging of cerebral aneurysms: results of an international survey from 46 countries. CNS meeting. San Francisco, USA. October 2013.
Canadian Trends in the Management of Intracranial Aneurysms: Implications for the Education of the Next Generation of Neurosurgeons. The 48th Congress of the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation in Montreal, Canada. June 11- 14th 2013.
Digital poster: Management of Spinal metastasis to the thoraco-lumbar region in neurologically intact patients.
ABSTRACT NO: 425, AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Phoenix, Arizona. March 2013.
Interactive poster: The Toronto international survey of asymptomatic incidental aneurysm management: The gap between ISUIA and practice. CNS meeting. Chicago, USA. October 2012.
Brain Aneurysm Treatment: An International Survey of Methods, Usage, Availability, Effectiveness and Limitations of Endovascular and Open Techniques. AANS meeting. San Diego, USA. April 2009.
Digital Poster Presentations:
A Proposal to Organize Nomenclature of Far and Extreme Lateral Approaches to the Craniocervical Junction, AANS annual congress. ID POSTER 41167. New Orleans, May 2018. ALTERNATIVE FIXATION POINT IN OCCIPITOCERVICAL STABILIZATION: OCCIPITAL CONDYLE SCREW. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, AANS annual congress. ID POSTER 41167. New Orleans, May 2018.
High Cervical Antero Lateral Retropharyngeal (HCALR) approach. Poster ID:42099. High Cervical Antero Lateral
Retropharyngeal (HCALR) approach. Poster ID:42099. New Orleans May. 2018.
How to Spare the Inner Ear Structures during the Posterior IAM Wall Opening: Literature Review. ID:42459. New Orleans. May 2018.
Lateral cervical approach is this the twilight zone? Poster ID:42098. New Orleans May 2018.
THE FUTURE OF CONDYLAR SCREW IN CRANIOCERVICAL JUNCTION STABILITATION. ID POSTER 42207. New Orleans, May 2018.
NEUROSURGICAL CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE. New Orleans, May 2018.
Why anterior atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation is unpopular? Answer based on a systematic review of the literature. Poster Id 42125. New Orleans, May 2018.
The Effect of Modern Smartphone Use on Cervical Spine Biomechanics. Poster Id 42124. New Orleans, May 2018.
A survey of neurosurgical residency education in Eastern Europe, EANS annual Congress. Athens, Greece. September 2016.
Surgical Excisional Approach for a Sporadic Hemangioblastoma in the Pituitary Stalk: A Case Report and A Review of the Literature, EANS annual Congress. Athens, Greece. September, 2016
Idiopathic syringomyelia in children and adults - a new classification and a literature review, EANS annual Congress. Athens, Greece. September, 2016
AVM recurrence 13 years post complete radiosurgery treatment. Case report, accepted as Poster CNS – Chicago October 2012.
Brain Aneurysm Treatment: An international survey of methods, usage and availability, accepted as Poster CCNS – Vancouver 2008.
Surgical Trial in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS): Rational, Design, and Preliminary Results.Poster
Presentation in the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting, May 14-16 2004. ASIA, Denver, USA.
A retrospective study of quality of life out come measure in one hundred patients post anterior communicating artery aneurysm surgery. Canadian Congress of Neurological Surgery meeting (CCNS). June 2003.
A case report of Unique Skull Lesion with Literature review. Canadian Congress of Neurological Surgery meeting (CCNS). Vancouver, BC, Canada. June 28, 2002.
Primary Natural Killer Cell Lymphoma of the Skull. American Association of Neurological Surgery Annual meeting (AANS). Chicago, Illinois, USA. April 2002.
MULTIMEDIA, VIDEO, NEWS AND STORIES
Video summarizing the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Post Graduate Educational Workshop at the 16th annual Congress 2016:
https://youtu.be/VKQX4wweppE
Polish web based magazine interview 2014: In recognition of efforts to teach neurosurgery in Poland, an interview was conducted and published in a polish magazine.“ Nabeel Alshafai: Polscy neurochirurdzy to fachowcy ”
Magazine Publication Link
Video summaries of the Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery Review Course Event in 2012
https://youtu.be/NLJk8tPGL8k
Video summaries of the Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery Review Course Event in 2013
https://youtu.be/TAzKmH9yszM
https://youtu.be/1AInTdYjvaI
https://youtu.be/plpVDSwxA48
TV show (40 minutes episode):
A TV 40 minute Episode in Discovery Channel aired over 64 countries in the summer and fall of 2006 / winter of 2007 representing Neurosurgical Residents at The University of Toronto. Episode titled “the Smartest and the Brightest”, the series titled “Situation Critical”.
http://youtu.be/NLJk8tPGL8k
Radio interview:
Invited for a local city interview to speak about the mission of the Rick Hansen Wheels on Motion in Toronto city and awareness for spinal cord injury after personally raising the highest funds as an individual (2004).

JOURNALS

EDITORIAL IN NEUROSURGICAL JOURNALS:
2015 February - Current
Reviewer at WORLD NEUROSURGERY
www.worldneurosurgery.org
2016 July - Current
Reviewer at Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
www.journals.elsevier.com/clinical-neurology-and-neurosurgery
2019 Jan – Current
Neurosurgical Review
2019 March Scientific Abstract Reviewer for The Saudi Association of Neurosurgical Society 13th Congress meeting in Al-khobar, Saudi Arabia (SANS)
http://kr.net.sa/sans2018/
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
Journal: World Neurosurgery
Title: International perspectives in the management of cerebral aneurysms: A study of 46 countries.
Year: 2013
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Michael D. Cusimano MD, Olesya Falenchuk.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.092. [Epub ahead of print]).
Journal: The Spine Journal
Title: Clinical and Surgical Predictors of Perioperative Complications in Patients with Degenerative Cervical
Myelopathy: Results from the Multicenter, Prospective AO Spine International Study on 479 Patients.
Year: 2014
Authors: Michael Fehlings, Lindsay Tetreault, Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC et al
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.08.039
Journal: Journal of Neurotrauma
Title: Lack of standardization in the use of the Glasgow Coma Scale. Results of international surveys.
Year: 2014
Authors: Florence C.M. Reith, Paul M. Brennan, Andrew Maas, Graham M. Teasdale
Acknowledgement: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3843
Journal: Acta Neurochirurgica
Title: International Differences in the Management of Intracranial Aneurysms: Implications for the Education of the Next Generation of Neurosurgeons.
Year: 2015
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Michael D. Cusimano MD, Olesya Falenchuk.
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-015-2494-5
Journal: British Journal of Neurosurgery
Title: Practices and controversies in the management of asymptomatic aneurysms: Results of an international survey.
Year: 2015
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Michael D. Cusimano MD, Olesya Falenchuk.
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1096906
Journal: Clin Neurol Neurosurg
Title: Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord following nitrous oxide anesthesia: A systematic review of cases.
Year: 2018
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, F. Signorelli
DOI: TBA
Journal: Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 173 (2018) 163-168].
Title: Corrigendum to "Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord following nitrous oxide anesthesia: A systematic review of cases".
Year: 2018
Authors: Patel KK, Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC
DOI: TBA
Journal: Acta Neurochirurgica supplement
Title: Insights into the past and future of atlantoaxial stabilization techniques.
Year: 2019
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Agnieszka Kramarz, Minou Behboudi
DOI: TBA
Journal: Acta Neurochirurgica supplement
Title: The High Cervical Antero Lateral Retropharyngeal Approach.
Year: 2019
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Gunness V.R.N
DOI: TBA
Journal: Acta Neurochirurgica supplement
Title: The Far Lateral Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction: an Update
Year: 2019
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Tomasz Klepinowski
DOI: TBA
Journal: Acta Neurochirurgica supplement
Title: Extreme Lateral Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction: an Update
Year: 2019
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Tomasz Klepinowski
DOI: TBA
Journal: Acta Neurochirurgica supplement
Title: Occipito-cervical fusion: An updated Review.
Year: 2019
Authors: Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC, Norbert Wąsik1
DOI: TBA
Journal: Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 173 (2018) 163-168].
Title: Corrigendum to "Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord following nitrous oxide anesthesia: A systematic review of cases".
Year: 2019
Authors: Patel KK, Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC
DOI: TBA
Journal: Pan African Medical Journal 32, 13
Title: Ipsilateral brain cavernoma under scleroderma plaque: a case report
Year: 2019
Authors: Vimal Raj Nitish Gunness , Nabeel Alshafai MD, FRCSC
DOI: TBA
NON-PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
Article: The Canadian Spine Society News 2012
Title: The criteria for surgical management of thoracolumbar metastatic spine tumors with no neurology and no instability
Author: Nabeel Alshafai, David Yen
Article: Al-Yum News paper 2007 (Arabic leading newspaper in KSA)
Title: Impact of head injury in Saudi Arabia secondary to traffic road accident (In Arabic)
Author: Nabeel Alshafai
Article: In Department of Surgery, King Faisal University, School of medicine, Newsletter -1996
Title: Extra-medullary thoracic spine hematopoiesis causing spinal cord compression in thalassemia patient “case report”
Author: Nabeel Alshafai (Med. Student), Prof. Abdelwahab Ibrahim
Article: In Department of Surgery, King Faisal University, School of medicine, Newsletter -1995
Title: Salivary glands tumors epidemiological analysis of the last 10 years experience at King Fahad University Hospital (1986-1995).
Author: Nabeel Alshafai (Med. Student), Prof. Shyam Parashar

INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS::
  • Global Assessment of Neurosurgeons Socioeconomic Status. ID 41641. New Orleans, May 2018.
  • Insights into the past and future of atlantoaxial stabilization techniques. New Orleans, May 2018.
  • High Anterolateral Cervical Approach is this a twilight zone? Submandibular, Retropharyngeal (Prevascular). Gunness V. R. N, Shatha Al Harbi, Radoslaw Trzcinski. WFNS congress, Istanbul. August 23rd 2017.
  • Neurosurgeons’ Socioeconomic Status Across the World and Compared to Other Specialties. Maksim Son, Thana Namer. WFNS congress, Istanbul. August 23rd 2017.
  • Training conditions of post-graduate European neurosurgical trainees: a perspective of the faculty. Son M. The Alshafai lab research day. Barcelona, March 21st, 2017.
  • Innovation in neurosurgical Exam Simulation W. Al Duais & U. Ulasavets. The Alshafai lab research day. Barcelona, March 21st, 2017.
  • Endoscopic endonasal approach to the CCJ: assessing the actual limits of the approach A. Mikhalkova. The Alshafai lab research day. Barcelona, March 21st, 2017.
  • Anatomical measurements of high anterior cervical: a cadaver based study Gunness V.R.N. The Alshafai lab research day. Barcelona, March 21st, 2017.
  • The future of Condylar screw in craniocervical junction stabilization. M. Dibenedetto. The Alshafai lab research day. Barcelona, March 21st, 2017.
  • C1/C2 transarticular screw: anterior vs posterior approach. A. Kramarz, N. Wąsik. The Alshafai lab research day. Barcelona, March 21st, 2017.
  • Addressing areas of knowledge gap & oral exam skills deficiencies in Neurosurgical Residents. Al Duais W, Son A, Ulasavets U, Abdulkadir M. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Are European residencies long enough? Results of a multinational survey Son M.The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Internal Auditory Meatus from a Neurosurgeon’s Perspective. Isaakidis D, Mikhalkova A. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Redefining extreme lateral approaches beyond the condyle. A tiger land neurosurgeons should know Spina A, Klepinowski T, Dolgopolova J. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Literature review and meta-analysis. Nemeiko I. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Radiological lines for the Extended Endonasal approach to the dens. Where are we now? Torres S, Fallatah B, Wierzba A. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • High Cervical Anterolateral Retropharyngeal Approach Is this the twilight Zone Gunness VRN, Al Harbi S, Trzcinski R. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Condyle screw for occipitocervical fixation. temporary fashion or the new first choice Dibenedetto M, Wasik N, Behboudi M. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Atlantoaxial instrumentation in the hands of the future neurosurgeon Zvirgzdina D, Sargsyan N, Kramarz A. The Alshafai lab research day. Krakow, December 3rd 2016.
  • Clinical and Surgical Predictors of Perioperative Complications in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results from the Multicenter, Prospective AOSpine International Study on 479 Patients. The 15th European Congress of Neurosurgery. The 15th European Congress of Neurosurgery. EANS Prague, Czech Republic, October 14, 2014.
  • Clinical and Surgical Predictors of Complications following surgery for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Results from the multicenter, prospective AO Spine International study on 479 patients. 12th annual AOSNA Fellow Forum. Paper won selection for oral presentation. Banff, Alberta, Canada. March 27-29, 2014.
  • Global Differences in the Present and Future Management of Cerebral Aneurysms. The 15th World Federation of Neurosurgery congress meeting (WFNS). Soul, South Korea. September 8, 2013.
  • Management of spinal metastasis to the thoraco-lumbar region in neurologically intact patients (taking into account stability and sensitivity to adjuvant therapy). Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen’s University, Department of Surgery. William Ersil resident research day. October 19, 2012.
  • Present and future trends in the treatment of patients with cerebral aneurysms internationally. 9thAsian Congress of Neurologic Surgery. Istanbul, Turkey. September 2-5, 2012.
  • International trends in the management of intracranial aneurysms: Implications for the education of the next generation of neurosurgeons. 14th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Rome, Italy, October 9-14, 2011.
  • An international survey of asymptomatic incidental aneurysm management: The gap between ISUIA and practice. 14th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Rome, Italy, October 9-14, 2011.
  • An international survey of present and future trends in treatment of patients with cerebral aneurysms. 14th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Rome, Italy, October 9-14, 2011.
  • Brain Aneurysm Treatment: An international survey of the effectiveness and limitations of endovascular and open techniques, accepted for oral presentation at the CNS meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2008.
  • The inter-observer reliability and clinical value of the radiologic methods for assessing spinal canal compromise and cord compression in acutely spinal cord injured individuals. ASIA, Denver, Colorado, USA. May 14-16 2004.
  • Clinical and Surgical Predictors of Perioperative Complications in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results from the Multicenter, Prospective AOSpine International Study on 479 Patients. Lindsay Tetreault, HBSc; Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD; Branko Kopjar, MD, PhD, MS; Paul M. Arnold, MD; Gamaliel Tan, MBBS, FRCS; Pierre Cote, CD, PhD; Nabeel S. Alshafai, MBBS, FRCS, FEAN
  • Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS).Orlando, Florida. December 3 – 6, 2014
  • Clinical and Surgical Predictors of Complications following surgery for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Results from the multicenter, prospective AO Spine International study on 479 patients. Canadian spine society meeting in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Feb 25-March 1st 2014
  • How common and how significant are traumatic brain injuries among adolescents? The 15th World Federation of Neurosurgery congress meeting (WFNS). Soul, South Korea. September 8, 2013.
  • Value of Radiologic Parameters for assessing neurological status and predicting neurological outcome after acute traumatic spinal cord injury. Abstract Presentation in the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting, ASIA, Denver, Colorado USA, May 14-16 2004.
  • Inter-observer reliability and clinical value of radiological parameters to quantitate spinal canal compromise and cord compression after acute spinal cord injury: Preliminary results of a prospective validation study. Canadian spine society meeting, Sun Peaks, BC, Canada 2004.
  • Surgical trial in acute spinal cord injury study (STASCIS): rationale, design and preliminary results. Canadian spine society meeting, Sun Peaks, BC Canada 2004.