Alimran Clinic Neurosurgery & Pain Medicine · Basra
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Lead consultant · Clinical profile

Hussein Imran Mousa Muhammed

Founder and lead consultant of Alimran Clinic. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgical Department, Basra Teaching Hospital, and Iraq Director for Middle East Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

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Hussein Imran Mousa Muhammed

5,000+

Operations performed by the lead consultant

25

Years of neurosurgical practice behind the clinic

4

Departments — surgery, pain medicine, physiotherapy, rehabilitation

6

Clinic days a week, including an out-of-hours on-call roster

Appointments

2006 — present
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Alsadr Teaching Hospital, Basra. Consultant status conferred 17 January 2016.
2022 — present
Iraq Director, Middle East Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery; Board of Directors member, MESSFN.
2016 — present
Supervisor of Arabian Board neurosurgery junior doctors.
1999 — 2000
Senior House Officer, General Surgery, Basrah General Hospital.

Education

1996
MBChB, Medical College of Basra, Iraq.
2000 — 2005
Postgraduate neurosurgical training, Iraqi Medical Board Centre, Baghdad.
2005
Fellowship, Iraqi Board of Medical Specialization — Neurosurgery.
2017
Fellowship in Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital.
2013
Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management, Mobi Pain Clinic, Mumbai.

Memberships

  • European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2022
  • European Stroke Organization 2020
  • World Stroke Organization 2020
  • International Spinal Cord Society 2020
  • North American Spine Society 2016
  • International Association for the Study of Pain 2015
  • AOSpine 2011
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2010

Published research

2013
Elevated white blood cell count as a predictor for severe polytrauma Thi-Qar Medical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 50–57. ISSN 1992-9218.
2014
Efficacy of Botox injections around scalp nerves for prevention of chronic daily headache Int. Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 49–58.
2014
Civilian gunshot injuries in Basra Int. Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 1–10.
2014
Indications and non-indications for epidural drain use in lumbar spine surgery up to three levels Int. Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 10–16.
2015
The outcome of paediatric gunshot head injuries Int. Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 99–108.

Conference papers & training

Yokohama 2016
16th World Congress on Pain (IASP) — pulsed radiofrequency for chronic headache.
Dubai 2016
Annual International Spine Conference — sandbag use and CSF leak after spine surgery.
Tampa 2014
American Society for Pain Management — ultrasound-guided pain interventions workshop.
Zug 2012
Minimally Invasive Spine Workshop, DePuy, Switzerland.
Beirut 2010
Cadaveric bioskills in advanced spinal approaches, under Boston University Medical School supervision.
Chandigarh 2009
Advanced training in Professor Destandau's endoscopic spine technique, Gian Sagar Medical College.