Youssef G. Comair
Experienced in Pineocytoma

Dr. Youssef G. Comair

Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Bethesda
10215 Fernwood Road, Suite 412, Suite 412, 
Bethesda, MD 
Offers Telehealth
44 Years of Experience

Experienced in Pineocytoma
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Bethesda
10215 Fernwood Road, Suite 412, Suite 412, 
Bethesda, MD 
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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 Pineocytoma. 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. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Pineocytoma.

Graduate Year
1982
Residency
University of Montreal Hospitals, Neurosurgery, 1989
Specialties
Neurosurgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in TX
Board Certifications
American Board Of Neurological Surgery
Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Canada
Fellowships
University of Montreal Hospitals, Neurosurgery, 1989
Hospital Affiliations
Suburban Hospital
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Arabic
French
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Bethesda
10215 Fernwood Road, Suite 412, Suite 412, Bethesda, MD 20817
Call: 301-896-6069
Other Locations
Sibley Memorial Hospital
5215 Loughboro Road Northwest, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20016
Call: 443-997-1508

Clinical Research

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13 Total Publications

A mouse model of classical trigeminal neuralgia via intradural compression of the trigeminal nerve.
A mouse model of classical trigeminal neuralgia via intradural compression of the trigeminal nerve.
Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Published: December 08, 2025
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