Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, M.D. Neurosurgeon

Selected Publications

• Fuentes AM, Tos SM, Ironside N, Mantziaris G, Shinya Y, Musmar B, Salim HA, Adeeb N, Ogilvy CS, Kondziolka D, Alaraj A, Park MS, Dmytriw AA, Zeineddine H, Mccarthy F, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Abdelsalam A, Baskaya M, Ataoglu C, Sanchez-Forteza A, Essibayi MA, Keles A, Muram S, Riina H, Rezai A, Hanalioglu S, Erginoglu U, Pöppe J, Simonato D, Li YL, Kandregula S, Lakhani DA, Griessenauer CJ, Kasem RA, Spiotta AM, Puri AS, Singh J, Kuhn AL, Burkhardt JK, Starke RM, Sekhar LN, Levitt MR, Altschul D, Haranhalli N, McAvoy M, Foreman P, Zaidat OO, AlMajali MH, Shakir HJ, See AP, Abla AA, Patel A, Nguyen A, Koch MJ, Srinivasan VM, Chen PR, Blackburn S, Bulsara KR, Kan P, Kim L, Choudhri O, Tjoumakaris SI, Jabbour P, Savardekar A, Cuellar HH, Lawton MT, Guthikonda B, Morcos J, Sheehan JP, MISTA Consortium. Predictors of complete obliteration and favourable outcome after single-modality treatment for low-grade arteriovenous malformations: a multicentre study. Eur Stroke J. 2026 Aug 5; 11(8):. doi: 10.1093/esj/aakag103 PMID: 42673144.
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• Mohiuddin M, Vaca B, Haynal E, Bin-Alamer O, Zaki P, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Zenonos GA, Perez HA, Lopez-Gonzalez M, Gersey ZC. A Pathway to Chordoma Treatment: A Review on CDKN2A and Therapeutic Targeting. Cancers (Basel). 2026 Aug 19; 18(16):. doi: 10.3390/cancers18162688 PMID: 42649999.
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• Bin-Alamer O, Haider MA, Balasubramanian K, Mittal A, Pathuri S, Botros D, Gersey ZC, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Rennert RC, Menacho ST, Couldwell WT. Transformation of vestibular schwannomas into malignant peripheral sheath tumors: a systematic review and pooled analysis of patient characteristics and survival outcomes. J Neurooncol. 2026 Aug 14; 179(1):. pii: 39. doi: 10.1007/s11060-026-05722-0 PMID: 42599576.
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• Abou-Al-Shaar H, Albalkhi I, Bin-Alamer O, Head JR, Mallela AN, Wegner RE, Kite T, Mahase SS, Nolan K, Zacharia BE, Bailey D, Lee CC, Yang HC, Bowden GN, Hajikarimloo B, Lin M, Yu C, Chang E, Amezquita-Contreras C, Blanco AI, Esquenazi Y, Kumar P, Palmer JD, Franzini A, Picozzi P, Cotrufo PP, Douri K, Mathieu D, Grover P, Williams SC, Sinha S, Comon C, Jalal A, Sirajudeen N, Markov M, Ku0131lu0131ç T, Rustamov R, Ku0131lu0131ç D, Harary PM, Hori YS, Park DJ, Chang SD, Düzkalir AH, Peker S, Urgošík D, Lišu010dák R, Warnick RE, Tripathi M, Bhatta R, Kumar N, Andrade A, Mureb M, Bernstein K, Martínez Moreno N, Martínez-Álvarez R, Zada G, Sheehan JP, Kondziolka D, Niranjan A, Hadjipanayis CG, Lunsford LD. The role of stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of vestibular schwannoma in octogenarians: an international multi-institutional study. J Neurosurg. 2026 Aug 7; ():1-8. doi: 10.3171/2026.2.JNS252486 PMID: 42566794.
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• Gersey ZC, Plute T, Gupta P, Fernandes Cabral DT, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Abdallah H, Muthiah N, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Zenonos GA, Gardner PA. Techniques to Reduce Iatrogenic Nasal Seeding in Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery for Skull Base Chordoma. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2026 Aug; 87(4):e115-e119. doi: 10.1055/a-2646-2209 PMID: 42404185.
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• Muthiah N, Gersey ZC, Abdallah H, Fernandes Cabral DT, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Choby G, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA, Zenonos GA. An institutional review of clinical outcomes for skull base chordoma: an analysis of 269 cases over 19 years. J Neurosurg. 2026 Jul 3; ():1-11. doi: 10.3171/2026.1.JNS251263 PMID: 42398106.
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• Gopakumar A, Bhatia S, McKay W, Frederico SC, Sharma N, Anand SK, Sridhar S, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Mallela AN, Andrews EG, Zenonos GA. Utility of Percutaneous Meckel's Cave Methylprednisolone/Bupivacaine Injection for Patients With Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia With Concomitant Continuous Pain. Neurosurgery. 2026 Jun 16; ():. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000004139 PMID: 42301230.
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• Huq S, Gatesman TA, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Raleigh DR, Hadjipanayis CG, Bayley JC, Zenonos GA, Pearce TM, Marker DF, Agnihotri S, Gardner PA. Genomic hallmarks of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate-associated meningiomas. Neuro Oncol. 2026 Jun 8; ():. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noag136 PMID: 42258618.
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• Abou-Al-Shaar H, Albalkhi I, Garcia JH, Peto I, Choby G, Wang EW, Snyderman CH, Gardner PA, Zenonos GA. Endoscopic endonasal and transcranial approaches to sellar/suprasellar arachnoid cysts: indications and outcomes. J Neurosurg. 2026 Sep 1; 145(3):715-720. doi: 10.3171/2026.1.JNS251728 PMID: 42247700.
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• Ishaque M, Mantziaris G, Tos SM, Hajikarimloo B, Fuentes AM, Bin-Alamer O, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Peker S, Samanci Y, Pelcher I, Begley S, Goenka A, Schulder M, Tourigny JN, Mathieu D, Hamel A, Briggs RG, Yu C, Zada G, Giannotta SL, Speckter H, Palque S, Tripathi M, Kumar S, Kaur R, Kumar N, Rogowski B, Shepard MJ, Johnson BA, Trifiletti DM, Warnick RE, Dayawansa S, Mashiach E, De Nigris Vasconcellos F, Bernstein K, Schnurman Z, Alzate J, Kondziolka D, Sheehan JP. Active surveillance versus stereotactic radiosurgery for Koos grade I and II vestibular schwannoma in patients aged 60 years or older. J Neurosurg. 2026 Sep 1; 145(3):732-742. doi: 10.3171/2026.1.JNS242756 PMID: 42139729.
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• Albalkhi I, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Morcos JJ. Vestibular schwannoma microsurgery in the era of multimodal treatment: advances in technique and patient selection. J Neurooncol. 2026 Apr 28; 177(3):. doi: 10.1007/s11060-026-05589-1 PMID: 42047915.
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• Abou-Al-Shaar H, Wrigley R, Passeri T, Tang A, Albalkhi I, Adida S, Patel A, Mallela AN, Zenonos GA, Gardner PA. Pattern of Intracranial Meningiomas Associated With Prolonged DMPA Use: Systematic Review of Synthetic Progestins and Case Series of DMPA-Associated Intracranial Meningiomas. Neurosurgery. 2026 Apr 21; ():. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000004031 PMID: 42012174.
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• Gjesdal BJ, Hoang A, Gopakumar A, Albalkhi I, Musmar B, Mallela AN, Mathkour M, Adeeb N, Labib MA, Dehdashti AR, Hadjipanayis CG, Couldwell WT, Sasaki-Adams D, Morcos JJ, Abou-Al-Shaar H. Complications and outcomes after supracerebellar transtentorial approach for mediobasal temporal lobe intra-axial tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosurg Rev. 2026 Apr 7; 49(1):. pii: 341. doi: 10.1007/s10143-026-04274-1 PMID: 41944911.
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• Abou-Al-Shaar H, Albalkhi I, Bin-Alamer O, Mallela AN, Gupta P, Gersey ZC, Niranjan A, Gardner PA, Hadjipanayis CG, Lunsford LD. The role of salvage stereotactic radiosurgery for tumor progression following incomplete microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannoma. J Neurosurg. 2026 Jun 1; 144(6):1403-1409. doi: 10.3171/2025.9.JNS25738 PMID: 41650397.
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• Abou-Al-Shaar H, Zenonos GA, Gardner PA. Letter: Management of Major Arterial Injuries: A Critical Complication of Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery. Oper Neurosurg. 2026 Mar 1; 30(3):493-494. doi: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001890 PMID: 41452157.
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• Bhatia S, Sharma N, Gopakumar A, Frederico SC, Kann MR, Shanahan RM, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Mallela AN, Zenonos GA, Andrews EG. Percutaneous glycerol rhizotomies are effective in achieving immediate but not long-term pain reduction in patients with trigeminal neuralgia: A contemporary cohort analysis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2026 Jan; 260():109240. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109240 PMID: 41273985.
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• Abou-Al-Shaar H, Albalkhi I, Shariff RK, Mallela AN, Fazeli PK, Tos SM, Mantziaris G, Meng Y, Bernstein K, Kaisman-Elbaz T, Abofani H, Lin YY, Lee CC, Tripathi M, Upadhyay R, Palmer JD, Nabeel AM, Reda WA, Tawadros SR, Abdelkarim K, El-Shehaby AMN, Emad RM, Peker S, Samanci Y, Wegner RE, Shepard MJ, Liscak R, Simonova G, Almeida T, Benjamin C, Kondziolka D, Sheehan JP, Niranjan A, Hadjipanayis CG, Lunsford LD. Outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary metastases: an international multi-institutional study. Pituitary. 2025 May 29; 28(3):69. doi: 10.1007/s11102-025-01542-z PMID: 40442537.
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