User:Nassim Abi Chahine
Nassim Abi Chahine | |
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Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Citizenship | Lebanese |
Alma mater | International Medicine.
Mainly influenced by the physician and surgeon Halim Abi Chahine[4] Other influences: Amir Abdelnour M.D[6] Antoine Aouad M.D[7] Antoine Nachanakian Chawki Nohra M.D[10] Joe Hatem M.D[11] Moussa Alaywan M.D[14] Nagib Geahchan M.D[15] Rami Chemaly M.D[16] Sami El Rahi M.D[17] Sami Salem M.D[18][19] |
Known for | Neurosurgery and Regenerative Medicine, Stem cell therapy in Lebanon, Stem cell treatment[20][21][22] Success of heparin use in intraventricular haematoma treatment[23] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurology/Neurosurgery/Neuro transplantology |
Nassim Halim Abi Chahine M.D. General Neurosurgeon, born on 12 May 1977 in Amioun a central village in north Lebanon, Grandson of Halim Nassim Abi Chahine[24], who was one of the earliest Lebanese surgeons. Qualified from the Medical University of Lodz[25] Poland. Student of the renowned Professor Bogdan Bronislaw Goetzen[26][27] the Polish anatomist and neuro-angiologist.
Education
Qualified from the Medical Academy of Lodz[28] and Medical University of Lodz[29] Poland, receiving his European board and graduating on the 24th of May 2002.
Completion of an 8 year residency in surgery including a full length 6 years in neurosurgery at Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut Lebanon[30] in association with University of Balamand[31]. Specialty diploma issued on the 31st of December 2010.
Professional performance
- - Cooperated in educating medical students in the Lebanese University[33], Saint Joseph University[34], University of Balamand.
- - Appeared in more than 2000 medical posts on the World Wide Web with 160.000 citations on Google 2011 [35].
Intellectual possessions
- 1. HG80 issues in the management of children with brain tumors and biallelic mismatch gene repair[36]
- 2. Spinal extradural arachnoid cysts April 2007
- 3. A rare etiology of myelopathy: Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula October 2007
- 4. Dandy-Walker malformation: Surgical treatment of 17 cases[37] April 2008
- 5. Kyphoplasty, state-of-the-art[38] October 2008
- 6. First global case of brain abscess caused by Kluyvera[39] April 2008
- 7. Treatment of Long Standing Multiple Sclerosis with Regentime Stem Cell Technique[40]
- 8. Success of heparin use in intraventricular haematoma treatment[41] October 2009
- 9. How to Maximize the Success of Stem Cell Autografts for Neuroregeneration[42] March 2015
- 10. Bone marrow derived stem cell therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus[43]
- 11. Autologous Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis[44]
- 12. Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for refractory scleroderma: A report of 2 cases[45]
- 13. Treatment of Cerebral Palsy with Stem Cells: A Report of 17 Cases[46]
Areas of Expertise
Brain Surgery
- - Tumors, all approaches
- - Epilepsy surgery
- - Pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease
- - Bleeding management
- - Malformations’ surgical expertise (Arnold-Chiari malformation, Dandy-Walker syndrome)
- - Shunting, Hydrocehalus and ventricular derivations.
Skull and Face Surgery
- - Skull plasty
- - Para-orbital reconstructive surgery
- - Post-traumatic facial repair
Neck Surgery
- - Cervical discs surgeries
- - Cervical instrumentations
- - Vertebral tumors management
- - Spinal and spinal roots tumors management
- - Spinal roots surgery
- - Neck muscles surgery
Back Surgery
- - Kaneda approach for thoracic vertebral column pathology
- - Intra- and extra-axial cord tumors’ surgical management
- - Vertebroplasty: Kyphoplasty, Stentoplasty and Cementoplasty
- - Myelomeningoceles repair
- - Instrumentations: Classic, transcutaneous, endoscopic and navigation
- - Thoraco-Lumbar junction management
- - Expertise in spinous spacers
- - Cauda Equina, Filum Terminale and Tethered Cord Surgeries
- - Lumbo-peritoneal shunts
- - Disc surgery [classic and micro-incision techniques]
- - Sacral and coxygeal surgery
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- - Nerve Grafting, transplantation, transposition and micro-suturing techniques
- - Peripheral nerves tumors’ surgical management
- - Nerve Liberation techniques
- - Brachial plexus surgery
- - Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
Miscellaneous competencies
Neuropsychology
Autologous Adult Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells Transplantation
Pioneering in Neuroregeneration, inventor of the Regentime Procedure[47]
The Regentime Procedure is for organ regeneration, mainly efficient in early stages of different organ degenerations.
Summary of the Regentime (Registered Mark) technique:
- Transplantation of In-Vivo Proliferated and Mobilized Autologous Adult Bone Marrow Derived Human Progenitor Cells Ex-Vivo Incubated with Organ-Specific-Xeno-Ultra-Filtrates.
Membership
- - Moderator of the ‘MedHelp International Neurosurgery forum’.
- - Member of the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society The society for operative neurosurgery
- - Member of WALN, the World Association of Lebanese Neurosurgeons.
- - Cofounder of the WALN-Young Neurosurgeon Committee.
- - Member of the ‘Lebanese Society of Neurosurgery’.
- - Member of the wikiproject Lebanon, writing about Lebanon’s people and scientists.
- - Elected Residents Representative at Saint George Hospital Beirut in 2006 and 2008.
- - Member of the The Resident Teaching Committee at Saint Georges Hospital Beirut.
Current research
Regeneration of Spinal Cord Myelopathic Segment Using Autologous Adult Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells
Didactic Activities
- I. Associate lecturer of the Master degree of Actualites en neurologie (The latest in neurology) in the physiotherapy subspecialty Reeducation en neurologie (Neurological rehabilitation), at the Faculty of Medicine Saint Joseph University Beirut (Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning in Lebanon)[48].
- II. Presented the annual conference on Surgical knots, sutures, stitches, needles, instruments, incisions and wounds healing for PGY-1, PGY-2 residents of surgery, Med 3 and Med 4, with a fundamental hands-on demonstration and practice.
- III. Trained in surgical and clinical skills hundreds of students from both The Lebanese University and The University of Balamand, between years 2002 and 2010.
- IV. Lecturer at the in-service nursing program of Saint George Hospital and the Red Cross nursing studium, Tripoli Lebanon.
- V. Visiting lecturer at the Doctorate degree in Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy[49] Saint Joseph University Beirut (Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning in Lebanon)
Achievements
- Pioneer of a new method of treatment of intra-ventricular hematomas; a life saving procedure in repetitive external derivation closure. Results and Methods of this new management were published in October 2009. (Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery 615 - AOC Draft + Queries 25.5.09.pdf).
- Writer of the theory of FF syndrome and The Lebanese Dancer syndrome having great success between students.
Extracurricular activities
- Expert in ES Teck, a biofeedback device, manufactured by LD TECK Miami Florida[50], developed by the French physician Albert Maarek[51], the human body screening device in 4 minutes, a sophisticated version of the EIS (Electro-Interstitial Scanner) and the ESG (Electro-Somato-Gram).
Contact
www.mybestdoctor.org
n.abichahine@mybestdoctor.org
nassim@wp.eu
Mobile:
+ 961 308 24 98
+ 961 789 438 60
Telefax:
+ 961 695 11 00
References
- ^ http://nauka-polska.pl/dhtml/raporty/ludzieNauki?rtype=opis&objectId=44131&lang=pl
- ^ https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdan_Bronis%C5%82aw_Goetzen
- ^ http://www.cancer.org.lb/history/index.htm
- ^ http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Halim_Nassim_Abi_Chahine
- ^ http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/when_was_halim_abi_chahine_born
- ^ http://www.curanetwork.com/themes/light/EN_1_4488_ALL_Profiles.aspx
- ^ http://www.lsneuro.org/membersList.html
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/boghos-karavetian/43/8b1/17
- ^ http://www.stgeorgehospital.org/STGHB/programAMC.pdf
- ^ http://www.ul.edu.lb/faculte/ourPeople.aspx?branchId=50
- ^ http://www.umcrh.com/?q=physicians&page=4
- ^ http://lebanesemedicaljournal.org/files/board.htm
- ^ http://www.cancer.org.lb/history/board_admin.htm
- ^ http://www.mybestdoctor.org/linkfile/Brain%20Abscess.pdf
- ^ http://www.chu-nds.org/envedette-fr-44.html
- ^ http://www.lsradio.org/files/members.php?type=members&action=view&id=-1&qrstart=60&search=&sortby=&filter=&sortdir=DESC&membercateg=20&stypes=20&dtypes=
- ^ http://cell4life.com/index.htm
- ^ http://www.mybestdoctor.org/linkfile/Kyphoplasty%20State%20of%20the%20art.pdf
- ^ http://applications.emro.who.int/library/Databases/wxis.exe/Library/Databases/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xic&base=imemr&form=A&user=guest&lang=i&nextAction=search&indexSearch=%5EiCR%5ExCR%20%5EyINVERTED%5EuCR_&exprSearch=Abi%20Chahine,%20Nassim
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_treatments#China
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogenesis
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_therapy
- ^ http://www.panarabneurosurgery.org.sa/journal/volume13October2009.html
- ^ http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/when_was_halim_abi_chahine_born
- ^ http://www.umed.lodz.pl/eng/
- ^ http://nauka-polska.pl/dhtml/raporty/ludzieNauki?rtype=opis&objectId=44131&lang=pl
- ^ https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdan_Bronis%C5%82aw_Goetzen
- ^ http://www.umed.lodz.pl/eng/
- ^ http://www.umed.lodz.pl/eng/
- ^ http://www.stgeorgehospital.org/STGHB/home.asp
- ^ http://www.balamand.edu.lb/english/index.asp
- ^ http://central-military-hospital.c.hospitals-by-alphabetical-order.lebanonhospitals.tel/
- ^ http://www.ul.edu.lb/
- ^ http://www.fm.usj.edu.lb/
- ^ http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=nassim+abi+chahine&cp=18&pf=p&sclient=psy&source=hp&aq=0v&aqi=&aql=&oq=nassim+abi+chahine&pbx=1&fp=c54f5f23f003895b
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303984809_HG-80ISSUES_IN_THE_MANAGEMENT_OF_CHILDREN_WITH_BRAIN_TUMORS_AND_BIALLELIC_MISMATCH_GENE_REPAIR_DEFICIENCY_SYNDROME
- ^ http://www.panarabneurosurgery.org.sa/journal/April2008/454%20-%20(p25-30).pdf
- ^ http://www.panarabneurosurgery.org.sa/journal/October2008/p36-45%20(497).pdf
- ^ http://www.panarabneurosurgery.org.sa/journal/April2008/503%20-%20(p112-115).pdf
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281712114_Treatment_of_Long_Standing_Multiple_Sclerosis_with_Regentime_Stem_Cell_Technique
- ^ http://www.panarabneurosurgery.org.sa/journal/October2009/p%20118-121%20(615).pdf
- ^ omicsonline.org/open-access/how-to-maximize-the-success-of-stem-cell-autografts-for-neuroregeneration-2157-7633-1000271.pdf[predatory publisher]
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311453698_Bone_marrow_derived_stem_cell_therapy_for_type_2_diabetes_mellitus
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309549644_Autologous_Bone_Marrow_Derived_Stem_Cells_for_the_Treatment_of_Multiple_Sclerosis
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311222013_Mesenchymal_stem_cell_therapy_for_refractory_scleroderma_A_report_of_2_cases
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303322524_Treatment_of_Cerebral_Palsy_with_Stem_Cells_A_Report_of_17_Cases
- ^ www.rengentime.com
- ^ http://www.fm.usj.edu.lb/
- ^ http://www.usj.edu.lb/en/files/inst.html
- ^ http://www.ldteck.com/
- ^ http://www.bewellcolombia.com/2010/06/14/dr-albert-maarek-inventor-of-the-es-teck/p7310299/
See also
External links
- http://www.lsns.org/en/index.html
- http://www.lebweb.com/site/lebanon-amioun-42222
- http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/amioun.htm
- http://www.fallingrain.com/world/LE/3/Amioun.html