Overview
Dr. Akbari specializes in pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the medical staff in 2022. He also is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also is director of Clinical Research in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery in the Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. Previously, Dr. Akbari was an attending physician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Akbari earned his medical degree and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also completed a residency in neurosurgery and served as chief resident at Washington University. He completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham.
Dr. Akbari is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. His top areas of expertise are Chiari Malformation Type 1, Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Laminectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 35 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Stroke.
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Locations
601 5th Street South, Suite 500, Suite 500, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
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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- Distinguished
- Posterior Fossa DecompressionDr. Akbari isDistinguished. Learn about Posterior Fossa Decompression.
- Advanced
- Chiari MalformationDr. Akbari isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation.
- Chiari Malformation Type 1Dr. Akbari isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 1.
- Chiari Malformation Type 2Dr. Akbari isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 2.
- HydrocephalusDr. Akbari isAdvanced. Learn about Hydrocephalus.
- SyringomyeliaDr. Akbari isAdvanced. Learn about Syringomyelia.
- Experienced
- ApoplexyDr. Akbari isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Brain HerniationDr. Akbari isExperienced. Learn about Brain Herniation.
- Brain TumorDr. Akbari isExperienced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Cerebellum Agenesis HydrocephalyDr. Akbari isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Akbari isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Akbari isExperienced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.