Research Fellowship year of Dr. Mahmood Hassan in MGH
Hassan@medscape.com
Education :

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2000 ~ onwards
Clinical Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona

February 1999 - April 1999
Observer Neurosurgeon
Children's Hospital & Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

May 1999 - August 1999
Attending Neurosurgeon
Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

July 1998 - December 1998
International Fellow of the Congress of Neurological Surgery
Barrow Neurological Institute in the Neurosurgery Department.

1997 - 1998
Research Fellow in Surgery of the Harvard Medical School in the Massachusetts General Hospital. The effects of pharmacological agents in reducing the extent of damage inflicted by permanent and temporary occlusion of major cerebral vessels of rats was studied during the year long tenure of Dr. Mahmood Hassan. This study produced significant resuts. This study revealed that Sodium Channel bloker used as an antiarrhythic agent can modulate the expression of lipid peroxidation product following middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats and this may suggest a new mechanism that can play an effective role as a neuroprotective agent in stroke. Thsi study will lead to a clinical trial with this as a potent neuroprotectant in stroke on evolution.

1993 - 1997
Post-graduation Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery of Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan. Clinical oriented research protocol on shunt related complications in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus in the ward and reported about the susceptibility of shunt devices with siphon regulatory properties to external pressure, valve implantation site and posture in the Journal of Neurosurgery. (Hassan M, Higashi S, Yamashita J: Risks in using siphon-reducing devices in adult patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus: bench test investigations with Delta valves, J Neurosurg 84:634-641,1996)

The degree of Ph.D. in neurosurgery was awarded as the dissertation on Risks in using siphon-reducing devices in adult patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus: bench test investigations with Delta valves was accepted by the Kanazawa University School of Medicine in March 1997

1992 - 1993
Research Student

Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan. Studied delayed neuronal death in primate hippocampus.

1993 - 1995
Advanced Clinical Training

Neurosurgery (Residency), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan. Extensive clinical duties in neurosurgical ward, operation room as operator and assistant, included in all clinical group of residents on rotation as per the training course curriculum.

1992 - 1992
Assistant RegistrarPlastic Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.

1990 - 1992
Emergency Medical Officer, RIHD (orthopedic Hospital) Dhaka, Bangladesh

1986 - 1989
Medical Officer, Bangladesh Health Services.

Honors / Awards

• 1974 Distinction in SSC., position in Board Examination.
  
• 1976 Distinction in HSC., position in Board Examination.
  
• 1992 Japanese Government Scholarship
  
• 1996 Best Essay of the year, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
  
• 1996 Cosmo Cosmic Award for Essay, Japan

  At Present:1997, June 1- Till now

  Neurosurgical service

  Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S.A.

• Field of Interests

  Intracranial pressure regulation, Cerebrovascular disprders and General Neurosurgery

  Language proficiency:

  Bangla Both spoken and written

  English Both spoken and written

  Japanese Spoken only

  Arabic Reading only

  Selected Publications:

  Publications:

• Alleyne Cargill, Hassan M (/b>, Joseph M. Zabramski: The Efficacy and Cost of Prophylactic and Periprocedural Antibiotics in Patients with External Ventricular Drains. Neurosurgery (Accepted for publication, July 2000.
• Lee EJ, Ayoub IA, Harris, FB, Hassan M, Ogilvy CS, Maynard KI: Mexiletine and magnesium independently, but not combined, protect against permanent focal cerebral ischemia in Wistar rats, J NEUROSCI RES, 1999, Vol 58, Iss 3, pp 442-448
• Hassan M, Higashi S, Yamashita J: Risks in using siphon-reducing devices in adult patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus: bench test investigations with Delta valves, J Neurosurg 84:634-641,1996
• Hassan M, Higashi S, Yamashita J: Antisiphon devices and nomal pressure hydrocephalus. Letter, J Neurosurg 85: 1192-1193. 1996
• Ikeda K, Yamashita J, Futami K, Hassan M, Tanaka S: [Surgical Indication of the Trans-Choroidal Approach for Vascular Lesions in and Around the Interpeduncular and Ambient Cisterns: From a Surgical Microsurgical Study Using Cadaver Surgery for Cerebral Stroke 23: 139-144, 1995 [Japanese]
• Higashi S, Futami K, Matsuda H, Yamashita J, Hashimoto M, Hasegawa M, Tokuda K, Hassan M, Hisada K: Effects of head elevation on intracranial hemodynamics in patients with ventriculo-peritoneal shunts, J Neurosurg 81:829-836, 1994
• Higashi S, Hassan M, Futami K, Kida S, Tokuda K, Yamashita J: Shunt flow changes in postural ICP alterations: An in vitro simulation, Intracranial Pressure 9 : 577-578, 1994

Presentations:

• Hassan M,, Higashi S, Yamashita J: CSF flow regulation: Introduction of an optimum shunt flow simulation. J Douglas Miller Memorial meeting (03-5); Edinburgh, UK. October 16th-18th, 1996.
• Hassan M, Hassan M, Hasegawa M, Nitta H, Yamashita J: Unusual Multiple Intracranial Meningioma: Case Report.The Brain Tumor Surgery -1 of Japanese Society for Brain Tumor Surgery (B-19); Fukui, Japan. September 12-13, 1996.
• Hassan M,, Yamashita J: When Developing countries can expect services from computer. General Session: Internet Communication (1)- 8. The 6th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comuter in Neurosurgery. January 25, 1997. Kobe , Japan.
• Ikeda K, Kawamura T, Hassan M, Yamashita J: New development of the cranionavigation system for skull base surgery ("cranionavigator"). 11 th International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; July 6-10, 1997. (Abstract Submitted).
• Hassan M,, Higashi S, Yamashita J: May Assisted or auto regulatedshunt valves address the shunt related complications effectively?. Tenth International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and neuromonitoring in brain injury, May 25-29, 1997 Williumsburg, Verginia. USA.(Abstract Submitted)
• Hassan M,, Yamashita: Selection of the appropriate valve in ventricular shunt surgery. Proceedings of The 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese college of Surgeons; IS2-4. June 19-21, 1996. Tokyo, Japan.
• Hassan M,: Modern Surgical techniques in developing Countries: Role of Developed Nations. Proceedings of The 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese college of Surgeons; IS2-5. June 19-21, 1996. Tokyo, Japan.
• Hassan M,, Higashi S, Yamashita J: Risks of the use of siphon-reducing devices in adult patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus: Bench test investigations with Delta valve; Proceedings of The 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society; 3I1-1203:1995, Nagoya, Japan.
• Hassan M,, Higashi S, Yamashita J: Selection of the appropriate valve type in ventricular shunt surgery: Introducing a new model for shunt flow simulation Proceedings of The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery 208:1995, Shimane, Japan.
• Hassan M,: Shunt flow simulation of Delta valve: Effect of valve position, body position and subcutaneous pressure Proceedings of The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society 3-P11-3-1661;1994, Tokushima, Japan.

Global Thinking...

My Essay titled Dear Earth, We must Save You" won the highest honor in THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST 1995 arranged by Ishikawa Prefecture Cultural center of Japan.

• My work was among the first 101.......

Cosmo Cosmic Dream Award

There were 1080 works received during the application period from June 1, 1995 through September 30,1995. 101 works were first selected by the Cosmo Cosmic Award team. My essay titled: was awarded a special trophy and Yen 50,000 in recognition of a wonderful piece of work by the committee.