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neurosurgery

Houston, Texas

A full range of modern neurosurgical specialties and techniques are provided by top BCM neurosurgery specialists.
Department of Neurosurgery
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Youssef G. Comair, M.D., FRCSC

Professor and Vice Chair
Chief of Service, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgeons
    Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

Medical School

  • St. Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

Residency

  • Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University & Affiliated Hospitals, Montreal, Canada

Fellowship

  • Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada

Primary Neurosurgical Interests

  • Clinical: Epilepsy surgery, brain tumors, brain mapping and surgery in eloquent brain, pituitary tumors, parasellar tumors, Chiari malformations and syringomyelia, trigeminal neuralgia, radiosurgery, and surgery for movement disorders - Parkinson’s disease and torticollis

Contact Information

Clinic: Baylor Clinic
6620 Main Street, Suite 1350
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-798-4696
Fax: 713-798-3739

Mail: Department of Neurosurgery
1709 Dryden, Suite 750
Houston, TX 77030

Selected Publications

  • Mikati MA, Naasan G, Tarabay H, El Yamen S, Baydoun A, Comair YG. Intracarotid propofol testing a comparative study with amobarbital. Epilepsy Behav 2009 (in press).

    Mikati MA, Yehya A, Darwish H, Karam P, Comair YG. Deep brain stimulation as a mode of treatment of early onset pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2009; 13:61-64.

    Tawil A, Comair YG, Nasser H, Hourani R, Rebeiz J, Chamoun R. Periossteal osteoblastoma of the calvaria mimicking a meningioma. Pathol Res Pract 2008; 204:413-422.

    Chamoun RB, Mikati MA, Comair YG. Functional recovery following resection of an epileptogenic focus in the motor hand area. Epilpsy Behav 2007; 11:384-388.

    Mikati MA, Comair YG, Rahi A. Normalization of quality of life three years after temporal lobectomy: a controlled study. Epilepsia 2006; 47(5):928-33.

    Wyllie E, Comair YG, Kotagal P, Bulacio J, Bingaman W, Ruggieri P. Seizures outcome after epilepsy surgery in children and adolescents. Ann Neurol 1998; 44(5):740-748.

    Luders HO, Comair YG, Bleasel AF, Holthausen H. Recovery of function following lesions of eloquent brain areas. Adv Neurol 1997; 73:335-346.

    Ying Z, Comair YG, Bingaman W, Bushey M, Touhalisky. Induced expressions of NMDAR2 proteins and differential expressions of NMDAR1 splice variants in dysplastic neurons of human epileptic neocortex. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1998; 57(1):47-62.

    Rhoten RL, Comair YG, Shedid D, Chyatte D, Simonson MS. Specific repression of the preproendothelin-1 gene in intracranial arteriovenous malformations. J Neurosurg 1997; 86(1):101- 108.

    Books

    Tamaraz J, Comair YG. Atlas of Regional Anatomy of the Brain Using MR with Functional Correlates. Springer Verlag, Berlin. January 2000.

    Luders H, Comair YG. Epilepsy Surgery, 2nd Ed. Lippincott Raven, New York. February 2000.

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