Dr. Ammar Anwer's Profile

Brain & Spine Surgery

Dr Ammar Anwer passed his MBBS with distinction in physiology and opted Neurosurgery. He completed his Neurosurgical training from Neurosurgery department of a renown hospital in Lahore. During his training, his area of focus was endoscopic brain and spine surgery. He completed his fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery from Advanced Neuromodulation and Functional Neurosurgery center. During his fellowship, he was part of the team that pioneered spinal cord stimulation in Pakistan, pioneered Deep Brain Stimulation in private sector. He is currently serving as Head of Neurosurgery in University of Lahore. His main area of focus is Minimally invasive brain & spine surgery, Acoustic Neuroma Surgery, Awake Craniotomy, Cervical spine decompression & fixation, Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia, Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy, Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation for Writer’s Cramp, Endoscopic & Microscopic Arachnoid Cyst Surgery, Endoscopic & Microscopic Brain Tumor surgery, Endoscopic & Microscopic Spinal cord tumor surgery, Endoscopic Brain Abscess aspiration, Endoscopic Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula(CSF FISTULA) Surgery, Endoscopic excision of Intraventricular Brain Tumors, Endoscopic minimally invasive keyhole brain surgery, Endoscopic Pituitary Tumor Surgery, Endoscopic skull base tumor surgery (for meningioma and glioma), Epilepsy Surgery, Foot Drop Surgery, Head Injury Surgery (Extradural / Subdural / Depressed Fracture / Contusion), Lumbar interbody fusion for listhesis, Lumboperitoneal shunt, Micro endoscopic discectomy (MED) for Sciatica, MED for spinal stenosis, Micro vascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia, Microscopic Brain tumor Surgery, Microscopic spine tumor surgery, Neuromodulation, Neuronavigation, Percutaneous spinal fixation, Programming of Implantable Pulse Generators (IPGs), Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Surgical treatment of spinal cord injuries (Fixation / Decompression / Repair), Surgical treatment of spine fractures, Surgical treatment of Stroke (Brain Hemorrhage / Intracerebral bleed), Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, Wrist Drop Surgery