Overview
Dr. Comair is an internationally recognized neurosurgeon and sees patients for a wide range of neurosurgical needs. He offers surgical therapy for diseases of the brain and spine and has pioneered awake craniotomies for the resection of intrinsic brain tumors. His surgical expertise also includes epilepsy surgery, deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, trigeminal neuralgia surgery, radiosurgery, and treatment for hydrocephalus and herniated disc repair. Dr. Comair received his medical degree from St. Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon, and completed his neurosurgery residency at Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. He completed fellowship training in brain tumor and functional neurosurgery at Montreal Neurological Institute. He has held adjunct faculty appointments at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Comair has educated scores of neurosurgical trainees in the Middle East, North Africa region, and the U.S., authored more than 120 publications in peer-reviewed journals and two leading textbooks of neurosurgery. He contributed chapters to more than 40 textbooks. Dr. Comair has received multiple awards and recognitions and has been an invited visiting professor to the most prestigious neurosurgery centers. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurosurgery and a fellow of the royal college of surgeons of Canada. He serves on the board of directors of the World Society of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery and has been elected to the pediatric epilepsy surgery committee of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Dr. Comair has held several prominent academic and clinical positions throughout his career, including assistant professor of neurosurgery and head of the pediatric epilepsy surgery section in the Department of Neurosurgery at the UCLA School of Medicine; attending neurosurgeon and head of the section of epilepsy surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation; professor and chair of the Division of Neurosurgery at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon; and professor and vice-chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Comair is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Delirium. His top areas of expertise are Brain Tumor, Glioma, Oligodendroglioma, Astrocytoma, and Awake Craniotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 13 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
10215 Fernwood Road, Suite 412, Suite 412, Bethesda, MD 20817
5215 Loughboro Road Northwest, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20016
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- AstrocytomaDr. Comair isExperienced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)Dr. Comair isExperienced. Learn about Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT).
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Comair isExperienced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Brain TumorDr. Comair isExperienced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Comair isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- Congenital Cardiovascular ShuntDr. Comair isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt.