Assistant Professor (Clinician-Educator)
Department of Neurological Surgery

Specialties:

• Complex Spine Surgery
• Surgical Pain Management
• Functional Neurosurgery

Sub-Specialty Interests

• Complex Spinal instrumentation
• Adult Deformity Correction
• Minimally invasive/ image guided spine procedures
• Motion Preservation techniques
• Disc Arthroplasty (artificial disc replacement)
• Spinal oncology and trauma
• Management of Complex / Failed fusions
• Back pain diagnostic and Interventional procedures
• Surgical management of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders
• Neurosurgical procedures for chronic pain syndromes, facial and cancer pain
• Surgical management of refractory psychiatric disorders
• Peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injuries and tumors

Dr. Eltahawy brings unique expertise in the advanced surgical treatment of complex spinal conditions in addition to movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, tremor and dystonia. His areas of interest also cover neurosurgical procedures for pain, epilepsy and psychiatric disorders such as refractory chronic depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders. He combines the use of various cutting edge technologies in deep brain and motor cortex stimulation, neuro imaging, intra operative microelectrode recording, brain mapping, and neuro navigation and to maximize surgical precision and achieve excellent outcomes. He has introduced minimally invasive techniques for complex spinal instrumentation at the Detroit Medical Center
(http://www.dmc.org/VideoLibrary/).

After finishing his residency in Neurosurgery, Dr. Eltahawy spent one year in England as a specialist registrar and was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. He has also completed fellowships in Functional Neurosurgery and Neuro oncology at the University of Toronto and a Spine Surgery fellowship at Wayne State University.

Dr. Eltahawy holds several academic degrees from Ain Shams University in Cairo including a Masters in Surgery and a Doctorate in Neurosurgery and has published several articles in neurosurgery and movement disorder journals. He has been featured in the Detroit Hour medical miracles in 2006, and Top doctors in Detroit in 2007 and was selected in America’s Best Surgeons in 2007.

His clincal research interests include comparing the clinical outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty to fusion and indications of dynamic stabilization of the lumbar spine. He is collaborating with the psychiatry department to evaluate deep brain stimulation in rat model of addiction.

Academic Office Location:

• Harper Professional Office Building
  4160 John R,
  Suite #930
  Detroit, Michigan, 48201
  Phone:313-966-5007
  E-Mail: heltahawy@med.wayne.edu

Patient Office Locations:

• Harper Professional Office Building
  4160 John R., Suite #925
  Detroit, Michigan, 48201
  Phone: 313-831-0777
  Fax: 313-993-0303

• DMC Novi Office – Hechtman Building
  41935 W. 12 Mile Rd
  Novi, Michigan 48377

Patient Appointment Scheduling:

• Toll Free:
  877-486-7978
  877 4 UNS WSU

Hospital Privileges:

• Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
• Harper Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
• Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
• Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, Commerce Township, Michigan

Medical School:

• Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Residencies:

• 1994- 1999 Resident, Neurological Surgery Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
• 2000- 2001 Specialist Registrar in Neurosurgery, London, England

Fellowships:

• 2001- 2003 Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery University of Toronto
• 1-6/ 2004 Neurooncology: University of Toronto
• 2004- 2005 Spine surgery: Wayne State University

Certifications:

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
• Doctor in Neurological Surgery

Academic Appointments:

• 2003- present: Lecturer in Neurosurgery Ain Shams University (leave)
• March- Nov 2005 Instructor in Neurosurgery, Wayne State University
• Present: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University