Isam A. Khoja MBBS
Chairman, Neurosurgery
Consultant, Neurosurgery
Years of Experience: 18
Education
Medical School
1989
Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Residency
1989 - 1991
Resident, Neurology
Prince Sultan Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Residency
1992 - 1993
Resident, General Surgery
Washington Hospital Center, US
Residency
1995 - 2000
Resident, Neurosurgery
Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada
Fellowships
Fellowship
2001
Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Canada
Fellowship in Spine Surgery
Fellowship
2000 - 2001
University of Montreal, Canada
Fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery
Fellowship
1993 - 1994
National Institute of Mental Health, US
Research Fellowship, Basic Science
Fellowship
1991 - 1992
Johns Hopkins Hospital, US
Research Fellowship, Functional Neurosurgery
Membership
- American Association of Neurosurgery
- Society of Neuroscience
- American Medical Association
- North American Spine Society
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Erie County Medical Society
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- International Spine Arthroplasty Society
License
- Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Work Experience
2014
Renewed American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS)
2004
American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS)
2000
Canadian Board of Neurological Surgery
2014 – Present
Consultant, Neurosurgery
International Medical Center in Jeddah, KSA
2001 – 2014
Consultant, Neurosurgery
UPMC Hamot Hospital, Pennsylvania, US
Achievements & Career Highlights
- Honorary cited for participation in a desert mobile medical, field in Kuwait during the Desert Storm War, 1991
- Penfield-McNaughton award in Neurosurgery, 1999
Publications
- Thermal and Pain Sensation Evoked by Micro-electrode simulation in the Area of Human Ventro-Caudal Nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 70, No. 1, July 1993
- Disturbances in Cell Recognition Molecules (N-Cam and L1 Antigen) in the CSF of Patient with Schizophrenia. Experimental Neurology, 131(2):266-273, February 1995.
- GFAP and Other Extracellular Matrix Molecules Level in the Basal Ganglia of Mice with Cortical Lesions.
- Secondary Changes in the Striatum after Injecting L1 antigen in Parkinson Model Mice.
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