Saleem Abdulrauf

Saleem Abdulrauf is an American physician specializing in neurosurgery in Washington, DC, who has helped develop high-flow brain bypass surgery, a less invasive procedure for treating intracranial aneurysm than methods used previously.

He is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at George Washington University and the Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at the Abdulrauf Institute of Neurosurgery. He is the Founding Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery at Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri.

He has served as a visiting professor to over 100 universities around the globe. He has authored the main reference textbook for brain bypass surgery titled ''Cerebral Revascularization'' in which Abdulrauf details extra-cranial to intracranial bypass surgery.

He is considered the world authority on "Awake" surgery for Brain Aneurysms, Arterio-venous-Malformations (AVMs), and EC-IC Bypass.

Abdulrauf has served on the boards of multiple neurosurgical societies, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the World Federation of Skull Base Societies (WFSBS).

He is the Global President of the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society [http://wedns.org Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society]

The [https://auneurosurgery.org/ Abdulrauf University of Neurosurgery], the first university of neurosurgery was named after him.

He is the author of the non-fiction book ''[http://threeinvaders.com Three Invaders]''. Provided by Wikipedia