Dr. Ammar Al Najjar

Dr. Ammar Al Najjar is a German board-certified Consultant Neurosurgeon with extensive experience in a maximum-care hospital serving a population of nearly one million people. He specializes in complex brain surgery, including tumors (gliomas, meningiomas, metastases, schwannomas, and pituitary tumors), stereotactic biopsies, traumatic brain injuries, intracranial hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, skull base surgery, and arachnoid cysts. His spine expertise covers degenerative spine disease, spinal tumors, deformities, infections, fractures, cervical myelopathy, and advanced fusion techniques using minimally invasive and image-guided navigation approaches. Dr. Al Najjar also treats Chiari malformation, peripheral nerve disorders, and performs pediatric neurosurgery. He has significant experience in intensive care and in the invasive management of chronic pain, including spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal pump therapy. In addition to his clinical work, he is active in spinal infection research and serves as a mentor and supervisor for medical students through an academic collaboration with the University of Southampton.