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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS

@abdelbarrspine

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Neurosurgeon, Minimally-Invasive Spine Surgeon. Father, husband, son. Views here are my own.

Durham, NC
Joined August 2018
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Eid Mubarak (Blessed Eid) from our family to yours, to all our family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
8 months
Spending the weekend writing Letters of Recommendations to highly deserving applicants for residency. I’ve been honored that these amazing individuals have trusted me to be their mentor and can’t wait to see their continued success. The future is bright! #match2024 .
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 years
Board-Certified! All praise is due to God for this. My heartfelt thanks to my wife, my kids and my parents and siblings for their support and patience. Also, to the mentors I have had to make this possible. It takes a village.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 years
Extremely proud of my wife and best friend Mai Elmallah for being named new Division Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology at @DukeHealth . @HeForShe
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Happy World Neurosurgery Day! This is birthday of Dr. Harvey Cushing, father of modern neurosurgery, founder of Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery, which by the Grace of God I am a graduate of. Wore my @BWHNeurosurgery digs to daughter's basketball game
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
So proud of my amazing daughter @MariamA_2023 who was named a @Society4Science #RegeneronSTS Scholar! Only 300 young scientists are selected for this honor! .
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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So proud of our oldest daughter @MariamA_2023 who graduated from @NCSSM ! She will be attending @MIT where she will also playing on the women’s basketball team in the fall. We are so grateful for all those that helped us get here. #grateful #womeninstem
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Honored to be selected to this program. Looking forward to leaning much and working with colleagues on great projects! @DukeMedSchool @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Duke Spine
1 year
Congratulations to neurosurgeon Muhammad Abd-El-Barr ( @abdelbarrspine ) for being selected for this prestigious program. @Dukeneurosurg @DukeMedSchool
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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Proud of superstar @DukeMedSchool student @ChiddyShalita for presenting our work on decreased opioid use in ultraminimally invasive spine surgery @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine @CNS_Update
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Patient underwent L4-S1 laminectomy elsewhere, continued radiculopathy.Underwent an awake, bilateral endoscopic transforaminal foraminotomy/discectomy. Local anesthesia. On OR table, patient improved. Patient was discharged within a few hours of surgery. @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 months
My mother underwent emergency surgery in Cairo .By the Grace of God, her condition is improving. It was great seeing the universal principles of compassion, professionalism and integrity of medicine and nursing being practiced. #grateful #blessed
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
It was an honor hosting @Alsalmi_Sultan_ at @DukeSpine this week. Dr. Sultan is an excellent surgeon from #SaudiaArabia He is a rising superstar. He was able to see a wide variety of cases- spine endoscopy, robotics, deformity. Looking forward to increasing collaborations!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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Congrats @QTabarestani matched Vanderbillt Neurosurgery. @dawsykes Cornell NSG. @mkellyhedrick UW NSG. @ChiddyShalita Stanford Integrated Vascular Surgery. Dr. Samah Morsy Rutgers Radiology. @Vishvenkatraman Beth Israel NSG. @eowolo_med MGH NSG. The future is bright!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Wishing all those that celebrate a Blessed Eid! May the year be filled with happiness, success, peace and tranquillity.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
5 years
Spent the afternoon teaching first year Duke medical students spine anatomy. The future is bright! @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg @DukeMedSchool
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, Dr. Mostafa Abd-El-Barr. Thank you baba for instilling in us a love for God, a love for our families, a love for knowledge and for serving our fellow humans.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Proud of @DukeMedSchool students who had numerous presentations accepted @CNS_Update .The topics range from awake surgery to robotics to bioethics. @dawsykes @QTabarestani @mkellyhedrick @KhoiThanMD @Twilli7 The future of Neurosurgery is bright! @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
To all my friends, colleagues and acquaintances that celebrate, wishing you and your loved ones a Blessed Ramadan. May it be full of blessings, happiness and compassion for those less fortunate than us.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
10 months
Great on call team @Dukeneurosurg ! Quick coffee before cases. Dr. Alex Suarez is Chief Resident and Ana is PA. Intern and junior resident too busy to join but we got them coffee. #teamwork
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Today is Mothers’ Day in most of the Arab world. To my amazing mother, Dr. Ebtesam Abd-El-Basset, may God continue to bless and protect you. I'm lucky to be married to an amazing mother, Dr. Mai ElMallah–who continues to amaze me with her brilliance, perseverance and gentleness
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
10 months
A little late, but wanted to congratulate my favorite (and only) son Mostafa on graduating from middle school. So proud of the young man you have become. May God protect you and continue to bless you.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 months
Great first day @AANS /CNS Spine Summit. The endoscopic special course was packed. It was great to see the excitement around this enabling technology and the great care that it affords to our patients.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
4 years
Had the pleasure of operating with 2 of our 3 graduating chiefs this weekend.They are bound for greatness. @rshervin . Ranjith Babu. @Twilli7 @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 years
New pub: We use the robot to access Kambin's triangle safely. Kudos to Duke medical student @TfromTexas , @dawsykes @y_timothy Dustin Donnelly @KhoiThanMD Rory Goodwin Dhanesh Gupta @walterfwiggins @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
5 months
Thrilled to work with 2 great surgeons, educators, mentors and friends- @AliBaajMD @NaderDahdaleh on this important enterprise. There are so many talented students, residents, fellows that need a ‘boost up’ to fulfill their true potential.
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Ali A. Baaj MD
5 months
I’m thrilled to welcome @NaderDahdaleh and @abdelbarrspine to the Board of Directors of Neuro Global - a new nonprofit established to help students and trainees from underserved regions across the world advance their neuroscience education in the US.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Honored to give a talk during the Plenary Session of the Congress of Egyptian Neurosurgery on Robotics in Spine Surgery, but more importantly, happy to share the stage with so many great colleagues from the African and Arab world. @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine ESNS CAANS @WFNSHQ
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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Wishing everyone Eid Mubarak - a Blessed Eid. On these days of celebration, we remember God's gifts on us - faith, health, family and friends. We also remember those less fortunate than us and strive to make their situations better with our prayers, thought and actions.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Excited to work with @DukeMedSchool superstar @dawsykes and @Duke_Anesthesia colleague @RealMilesBerger on understanding short and long term effects of general and spinal anesthesia on our spine surgery patients. Thanks to @AOSpineNA for the generous funding. @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
5 years
Successfully completed first robotic spine surgery. The future is here. @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
As a physician of color and spine surgeon, the death of Dr. Phillips hits close to home. We try our very best to help people in their times of need and even the best of us have complications.We need constructive action to help keep our schools, hospitals, places of worship safe.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
8 months
Team ⁦⁦ @Dukeneurosurg ⁩ ⁦ @CNS_Update ⁩. Dream team! ⁦ @KhoiThanMD ⁩ ⁦⁦ @OGdukeneurosurg ⁩ ⁦⁦ @LadNeurosurgery ⁩ Mike Haglund Rory Goodwin
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Happy Ramadan to all those that observe. In this month of spiritual awakening, let us be grateful for all the blessings that we have been blessed with. Let us also remember and help those that are not as fortunate.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Congratulations to all the medical students that matched today! For those that didn't, please don't let this stumble define you. Take some time, and come back stronger. Many of the folks that you admire have stumbled along the way.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Patient is a 81 y.o. underwent an awake, tubular ‘over the top’ decompression. He had immediate resolution of his symptoms and went home a few hours after surgery. We are able to provide excellent care for more patients and have great outcomes. @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
One of the most gratifying parts of my job is seeing trainees flourish and become compassionate doctors, technically skilled surgeons and leaders in the field. Here, 2 of our PGY6 @Dukeneurosurg are helping in a case. @ESankey1 @VikramMehtaMD @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
'Day in the Life of a Neurosurgeon': It's a long road,full of ups and downs, but I hope this can be a motivation for others to pursue their dreams. Thanks @AndreasSeas @princeantwi Prince Antwi BOOST Science Program at Duke University @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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It was great seeing Dr. Nino Chiocca @EAChiocca as part of the Dr. Allan Friedman lectureship @Dukeneurosurg I was lucky enough to be trained by him. An amazing surgeon and scientist, but more importantly a great human and mentor. @BWHNeurosurgery
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 years
Exciting times for patients and physicians @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg . This work is done in collaboration with colleagues @guptad1 @jeffgadsden Chakib Ayoub @walterfwiggins
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Duke Neurosurgery
3 years
With technology pinpointing the spinal nerves, Muhammad Abd-El-Barr ( @abdelbarrspine ) is able to percutaneously enter the disc while avoiding all bony and nervous structures to perform an awake 2 level interbody fusion, allowing the patient to go home the same day. @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
So excited to give Grand Rounds for my home Department @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine this morning - Advances in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Exciting times for patients, surgeons and learners.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
This is why we do what we do. Helping patients makes all the hard work, sacrifice worth it. Another happy patient after an awake spine fusion. ⁦ @DukeSpine ⁩ ⁦ @Duke_Anesthesia
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
How time flies! @FaithCRobertson was @harvardmed student when I was a resident @BWHNeurosurgery and now resident @MGHNeurosurg . Walid Ibn Essayed was junior resident and now chief resident @BWHNeurosurgery . Amazing to see the great things they are doing and will do.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Come see case of an awake octagenerian who had 3 level fusion,went home in less than 24 hours during session 'Problems and Solutions Using Cutting Edge Solutions' this afternoon. Thanks @andrewchanMD for his help on the case. @spinesection @AANSNeurosurg @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Professional accolades are nice, but the real joy is when you get unexpected messages like this. Patient is a 79 year old (now 80!) who underwent awake spine surgery almost a year ago. @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Huge congratulations to superstar @DukeU medical student @ChiddyShalita on successfully defending his Master's Thesis today as part of the Duke Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP). The future is bright! Honored to serve as his mentor through this.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
11 months
In NYC for annual neurosurgery softball tournament. @Dukeneurosurg did well but our day ended early.perfect time for first in person meeting with @awakespinesurg Dr. Alok Sharan!A great friend and mentor
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Treat the patient, not the x-ray. Patient underwent an awake endoscopic foraminotomy/discectomy with only local anesthesia. On the OR table, she said that her pain was improved. 2 months later, she is back to walking 3 miles/day. @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Looking forward to attending @CNS_Update , reconnecting with old friends and colleagues and making new ones. If you have a chance, check out these presentations from amazing medical students. The future of Neurosurgery is bright! @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 months
Welcome! @Dukeneurosurg ! Can’t wait to work and learn with you all.
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Duke Neurosurgery
2 months
Help us roll out the blue carpet for these three as they prepare to join us at Duke Neurosurgery! #Match2024 #LetsGo !!💫 🎉 Tyrone DeSpenza @YaleMed @tdespenza Julia Duvall @harvardmed @juliabduvall Benjamin Succop @UNC
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
4 months
During these holidays, I'm #grateful for all of God's blessings. These include family, friends and the privilege to take care of people at their most critical times. Also thinking and praying for all those not so fortunate to have such great care. @DukeHealth @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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As an individual doctor,you can help a certain number of patients.But with teaching and research, you have the chance to help people beyond your circle of influence.Just received this text from a doc in the Middle East who used our method of awake spine surgery for his patient.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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Most enjoyable parts of academic medicine is seeing your mentees take on mentorship roles.Great seeing Dr. Kelly Wackerle, @DukeSpine fellow impart her surgical knowledge to Dr. Tara Dalton @taraedalton1 (left), Dr. Sam Spellicy @SamSpellicy (right) junior residents
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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Using Novel Segmentation Technology to Define Safe Corridors for Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Fusion @QTabarestani David Salven @dawsykes Alyssa Bartlett. Mounica Paturu, Chris Dibble. Chris Shaffrey. Wilson Ray. John Chi. @walterfwiggins
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Thank you @KhoiThanMD for the kind invitation! Looking forward to discussing how enabling technologies such as awake surgery, instrument-tracking, robotics and endoscopy are allowing us to better take care of our patients. @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Sunday morning lab session. Working to make surgery safer, more efficient for our patients. Excited about our upcoming solutions! ⁦ @Dukeneurosurg ⁩ ⁦ @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Helping patients and their loved ones get back to what they enjoy doing is the most gratifying part of #spinesurgery . Here, one of my patient's loved ones made me this awesome plate after successful surgery. @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 years
Always a highlight of my year is giving a lecture to Duke medical students about the awesomeness that is spine surgery. @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Happy #NationalWomenPhysicianDay !Ebtesam Abd-El-Basset.Mai ElMallah.Turkia Abdelal,Randa ElMallah. @wenyalindabi @Twilli7 @FaithCRobertson @Sarah_E_Hodges @kellyryanmurphy @taraedalton1 @mkellyhedrick , @B_Grace_Futch Medicine is better because of these amazing people!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
4 years
Newest article from our group showing that stand alone cervical cages are associated with less dysphagia than traditional plate and screw systems. @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Attending @CNS_Update in SF? Plan on attending this lunch seminar.See how we are doing awake, endscopic-assisted fusions and patients go home same day on no narcotics. @OGdukeneurosurg Peter Angevine @DebBhowmick14 John Knightly @nschaudhrymd Noojan Kazemi @andrewchanMD
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Hayppy Mother's Day to my best friend, wife and mother to my kids Mai ElMallah! An amazingly smart, strong and successful person.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
11 months
Happy Father’s Day to my father - Dr. Mostafa Abd-El-Barr.He taught us the love of God,of our families and service to others.May God protect him and continue to bless him.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
8 months
One of the highlights of my year is talking to ⁦ @DukeMedSchool ⁩ medical students about ‘the future of spine surgery’. Always a lively discussion and refreshing to see the eagerness to learn and improve care for patients.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
11 months
Amazing time at annual @Dukeneurosurg faculty (and their kids) vs residents (and subIs) game. We had the opportunity to play at Cameron. Thanks a large part to the kids, faculty came out on top 74-71. Some of us got to live out their past:) @MariamA_2023 @sarra2025
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
85 (now 86) who underwent an awake, percutaneous fusion at L45 last year. She is able to enjoy life. She is very happy. In her words, “this is the future”. @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
10 months
To all my friends, colleagues and acquaintances who celebrate, Eid Mubarak! Blessed Eid! May it be full of happiness and joy.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Proud of @DukeMedSchool superstar @mkellyhedrick and her work on Bioethics. @CNS_Update . More great things to come! @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Congratulations to all those that matched! #Match2023 . For those that didn’t, please don’t let this define you. Many of those who have ‘made it’ tripped and fell (and continue to do so) on their way to success.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Loooking forward to finding the best way to treat patients with low back pain.Grateful for the expertise of @ChristineGoertz @OGdukeneurosurg @LadNeurosurgery @walterfwiggins Tim Dunn PhD @AndreasSeas Pranav Warman @dawsykes @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg @DukeOrtho @DukeRadiology
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Duke Spine
1 year
Spine faculty @OGdukeneurosurg and @abdelbarrspine awarded grant for machine learning proposal
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
New pub: Robotic navigation in spine surgery: Where are we now and where are we going? Always great to work with @y_timothy Christine Park @TfromTexas Shashank Rajkumar Edwin McCray @eowolo_med @KhoiThanMD @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine @DukeMedSchool
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
Proud of superstar @DukeMedSchool student @b_grace_futch and her work on cervical spine injuries @CNS_Update . More great things to come! @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
10 months
New academic year, new trainees. Recent weekend session with @Dukeneurosurg residents working with TrackX Technology, Inc. We worked on perc screw placement, entrance into Kambins triangle and lateral spine access.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
5 months
Great final day at @SaudiSpine Talk on ‘Evolution of Prone Lateral’ Abdulaziz Binsherbeen, Dominique A. Rothenfluh, Anwar Alrabiah. Talk on ‘Awake Endoscopic Surgery’, @AliBaajMD , Amro Habib. Thanks to @KonbazFaisal Konbaz, Dr. Abdulkarim Alrabie for kind invitation
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
As we get comfortable with endoscopic,have been impressed with the ability to do contralateral decompressions. We are now offering awake endoscopic- assisted decompressions and fusions for select patients.  Some of the amazing technology available @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
New pub: @y_timothy , Christine Park, Hanci Zhang as well as @rshervin @kellyryanmurphy Rory Goodwin Isaac Karikari @KhoiThanMD Christopher Shaffrey @SpineDocNHeels @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine @DukeOrtho
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
9 months
Great time ⁦ @DukeMedSchool ⁩ Annual Research was great seeing ⁦ @dawsykes ⁩.He spent the last year working with our group on awake spine surgery projects.The future is bright!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
6 months
Hard to celebrate much these days with all that’s going on in the world, but I did want to wish the incredible radiology techs we work with a Happy Rad Tech week! They are so valuable to us as surgeons and to our patients.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 years
Eid Mubarak, or Happy Eid to all celebrating. May this year be full of happiness, joy and peace.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Nothing beats having a nice day in the OR helping patients @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine and then watching @DukeMBB get an awesome victory with Dr. Allan Friedman. Great time!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 months
New pub:Advancing Prone-Transpsoas Spine Surgery: A Narrative Review and Evolution of Indications with Representative Cases $ @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
4 months
Ten years ago, published an article on The Origin and Evolution of Neuroendoscopy with mentor Dr. Al Cohen. Little did I know that I would be using this amazing technology in spine. Looking forward to discussing at Pan Arab Spine Society meeting
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
11 months
Recently,spent day with industry partners discussing exciting new avenues to help patients. It is only through close collaboration that we ensure newest technologies have the best interest of the patients ‘front and center’.The future is very bright for our patients!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 months
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science Day.lucky to be surrounded by mom, Dr. Ebtesam Abd-El-Basset, -wife, Dr.Mai ElMallah. Daughter- ‘Baba- when you have more than one angle, you need to know more Greek letters than theta’ Here’s to having more women in science.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Once in a while, your EPIC inbox has something nice in it:) Happy post op patient one year out from surgery. @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Amazing senior night @MariamA_2023 ! So proud of how hard you have worked on and off the court!Thanks to all the coaches, trainers who have helped! Missing one of our ballers @sarra2025 who had her own game. Can’t wait to see what you accomplish next!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 months
Amazing @dukechildrens Charity Stripe Challenge;watching my wife, Dr. Mai ElMallah pass the ball to @realgranthill33 for a free throw, alongside our kids @sarra2025 and Mostafa.Tough loss for @DukeMBB , but great game. Wishing all the kids of the world a safe and warm winter.
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
4 months
Congratulations to Dr. Chuan-ching Huang, visiting fellow from Taiwan for having his abstract achieve award-winning status at the upcoming @spinesection #spinesummit . Although he may have come to @DukeSpine to learn, I can say that I have learned much from him!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Sunday morning session with residents practicing pedicle screw placement, entrance into Kambin’s triangle and prone lateral. @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Huge Congratulations to @albanese_md Dr. Jessica Albanese, @DukeOrtho @DukeSpine fellow for being awarded the Albert Scholar Award at the upcoming AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Spine Summit meeting in Miami in April!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Great honor being plenary speaker @SaudiSpine sharing stage with my mentors and colleagues @AliBaajMD @Saleh_BaeesaMD @drfahadaj Ahmed Auode Fahd Alhelal. Great talks on how COVID has effected spine care for the future. @DukeSpine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
4 years
Looking forward to a great discussion! @DukeSpine @Dukeneurosurg @JohnHShinMD
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Mohamed A.R. Soliman
4 years
Topic: Spinal Cord Tumors Time: Jul 10, 2020 02:00 PM Cairo Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 914 4323 4902 Password: Thiotacid Come and Join us! @JohnHShinMD @abdelbarrspine
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
3 years
Always great to collaborate with medical students, residents and colleagues on academic pursuits.Latest paper discussing subaxial cervical spine injuries. @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine @KhoiThanMD @y_timothy @VikramMehtaMD @sankey
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Amazing time at the wedding of @kellyryanmurphy and @HDWackerleMD ! 2 great physicians and humans. Wish you all the best!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 years
New pub: @y_timothy , @VikramMehtaMD , Mostafa Gabr, @ESankey1 , Alexia Bwensa, Rory Goodwin, @IKarikariMD , John Chi, Intrigued - tune in #Dukespinesymposium this Saturday @Dukeneurosurg @DukeSpine @BWHNeurosurgery
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
6 months
Great honor to present o. Awake Endoscopic Surgery @SaudiSpine in Riyadh during a workshop chaired by @AliBaajMD @NayefDajim Amazing talks @SALEISSA @Saleh_BaeesaMD Sameh Abolfotouh Salahaddeen Khalifah Also great to meet new and old friends. #collaboration
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Neuromonitoring is so important to us spine surgeons, especially in MIS cases. Early morning session with the amazing neuromonitoring team at Duke. @DrAatifHusain @MoGaeed @ZWehab @Dukeneurosurg
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
1 year
Morning teaching session with @Dukeneurosurg residents on advances in Spinal Cord Injury. These close interactions helps ensure the residents get great education and I learn a lot as well!
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Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS
2 months
Another great day @spinesection .Gave a talk on the cost savings of #awakespinesurgery .Dr. Chuan-Ching Huang from Taiwan won an award for novel TLIF. This work was in collaboration @ebraxtonmd .Helped teached endoscopic spine surgery with Dr. Mark Mahan. #mentorshipmatters
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