Practitioner Profile

Syed Abdullah Al Haddad

Neurosurgeon

Clinical Focus

- All intracranial tumours including tumours in the eloquent areas of the brain - awake brain surgery - All cranial and spinal trauma - Spinal degenerative diseases - Back pain and sciatica - Radicular arm pain - Facial pain- especially trigeminal neuralgia - Hydrocephalus

Procedure Focus

- Lumbar and cervical discectomy - Spinal decompression +/- instrumentation including minimal invasive lumbar spinal fixation (MIS) - Brain tumour resections using intraoperative mapping and awake brain surgery - Microsurgical intracranial and spinal surgery using Image guidance - Trigeminal neuralgia- Percutaneous glycerol rhyzotomy and microvascular decompression - Skull base approaches for tumours - Insertion of Spinal cord stimulators for Failed Back Syndrome

Qualifications

- MB Bch BAO (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) - LRCSI (Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) - LRCPI (Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland) - MRCS (Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons) - MSc (Master of Science, Trauma) - FRCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Neurology) - CCT (Certificate Completion of Training in Neurosurgery, UK)

Fellowship/Membership

- Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) - British Medical Association (BMA) - Associate Fellow of Faculty of Surgical Trainer- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - Executive member of Scottish Neuro-oncology (2012- March 2014) - Standards Committee member of Scottish Managed Service network (MSN) of Neurosurgery 2013 - Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh & Leeds Operative Neuro Anatomy courses - Founder of UK Aberdeen FRCS (SN) Viva course - Founder of Friends of Aberdeen Neurosurgery (FANS)

Spoken Languages

- English - Bahasa Malaysia

Sunway Medical Centre

No. 5 Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan 46150, Selangor, Malaysia

Opening Hours

Weekdays
8.30 AM-5.30 PM
Saturday
8.30 AM-1 PM

Accepted Insurance

AIGAllianzINGInternational SOSLonpacMCIS ZurichManulifePacificPrudentialRHB InsuranceUniAsia

Accepted Panel

Asia AssistanceCompuMedMediExpressPM Care

*Schedules may differ depending on specialist*

*Appointment has to be made 3 days in advance*