Mouness Obeidat

Head of Neuro Oncology Surgery

Education and Training

2021 – 2022: Training in Gamma Knife Neurosurgery, National Hospital of Neurosurgery, UK
2019 – 2021: Neurosurgery Oncology Fellowship, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK
2018 – 2019: Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK
2016 – 2017: Spine Neurosurgery Fellowship, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK
2012: World Federation of Neurological Society (WFNS) Fellowship, The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College of London, UK
2008 – 2012: Neurosurgery Resident, King Abdullah University Hospital, JUST, Jordan
2014: Higher Specialty Degree (Master’s Degree) in Neurosurgery, JUST, Jordan
2007: Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Jordan

Board Certifications

2016: European Board of Neurosurgery FEBNS
2016: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeon FRCS (Surgical Neurology SN) 1
2015: Jordanian Board of Neurosurgery
2014: MRCS (Membership of Royal College of Surgeons, England) Exam

Experience

2021– 2022: Gamma Knife and Lateral Skull Base Approaches Training, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen’s Square, UK
Projects and activities related to the University of Oxford Hospital Trust:

Project: Activation of group III mGLuRs cell type-specific effects on IPSCs in GABAergic neurons of the human neocortex, Neuroscience Biology Department, University of Oxford, UK
Project: Implementation of an electronic whiteboard, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2018)
Oversight: Audit of Junior Doctors’ handover sheet (complete cycle), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK (2017)
Teaching: New in-house accredited PG certificate in advance neuroscience care and rehabilitation at University of Oxford, UK
Teaching: Students of medicine, University of Oxford, UK

University of Oxford, John Radcliﬀe Hospital, Oxford, UK

2016 - 2017: Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship
2018 - 2019: Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship
2019 - 2021: Neuro-Oncology Surgery Fellowship

June 2018: Endoscopy in Neurosurgery hands-on course, Kings College, London, UK
May 2018: XLIF Spine Instrumentation course, Madrid, Spain
2016: Certificate of Good Clinical Practice GCP, London
2014 – 2016: Specialist Registrar in Neurosurgery, The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen’s Square, London, UK
2008 – 2014: Neurosurgery Resident, King Abdullah University Hospital, JUST, Jordan
2007 – 2008: Internship, Princess Basma Hospital, Jordan

Workshops and Conferences

November 2019: White Matter Dissection Course, Braga, Portugal
June 2018: Endoscopy in Neurosurgery hands-on course, Kings College, London, UK
May 2018: XLIF Spine Instrumentation course, Madrid, Spain
December 2017: Anterior Spinal Approaches and Osteotomies course, Cambridge University, UK
December 2017: Human Factor training course, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
November 2017: Advanced Neurosurgical Techniques cadaveric course, Newcastle Hospital
October 2017: Good Clinical Practice for Researchers, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
July 2017: Advanced Trauma Life Support ATLS
July 2017: Management and Leadership Nuts and Bolts course, Oxford, UK
May 2017: Train the Trainer course, Oxford Centre, UK
2017: Statistics for Medical Professionals, Stanford Centre for Continuing Medical Education, USA
2017: Writing in Science, Stanford Centre for Continuing Medical Education, USA
2017: Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS), Oxford
March 2015: Basic International Neurosurgical Course, Term I, Course IV, Antalya, Turkey
February 2015: Endoscopic Trans-Sphenoidal and Cranial Approaches Workshop, University College of London Hospital, London, UK
March 2014: 2nd Workshop on Virtual 3D Planning and Virtualization in Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
2014: EVD Workshop, The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College of London, UK
September 2012: Cervical spine Approaches Course - Practical Cadaveric Hands-On Workshop, University College of London Hospital, London, UK
March 2012: Basic International Neurosurgical Course, Term I, course I, Antalya
October 2011: Hands-On Microsurgery Workshop, Amman, Jordan
January 2009: The Middle East Workshop organized by World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), World Federation-Education Committee, World International Initiative Committee (WIIC) in collaboration with Ibn Al- Haytham Hospital, The Jordanian Society of Skull Base Surgery, Amman, Jordan
Basic Life Support BLS Certification, American Heart Association

Professional Memberships

Member of the Jordanian Medical Council
Member of AO Spine
Member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Society (EANS)
World Federation of Neurological Society (WFNS) Fellow
Member of the General Medical Council (GMC), UK
Member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Member of Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), England

Publications

Endoscopic Ipsilateral Interhemispheric approach for resection of selected deep medial brain tumours, Chris Mckinnon, Laurent Livermore, Mouness Obeidat, Puneet Plaha. World of neurosurgery Journal. 2020
Lumboperitoneal shunt insertion without fluoroscopy guidance: Accuracy of placement in a series of 107 procedures, Sabah Al-rashid, Haider Kareem, Neeraj Kalra, Linda D'Antona, Mouness Obeidat, Bhavesh Patel, Ahmed Toma. F1000Research Open for science, 25/4/2017
Decompressive cervical laminectomy and lateral mass screw-rod arthrodesis. Surgical analysis and outcome. Moh'd M Al Barbarawi, Ziad A Audat, Moutasem M Obeidat, Tareq M Qudsieh, Waleed F Dabbas, Mouness H Obaidat and Anas A Malkawi . Al Barbarawi et al. Scoliosis 2011, 6:10

Presentations:

Surgical management of Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 with progressive cervical kyphosis, SBNS, Oxford 2017
C1/C2 fixation techniques, BASS, Nuffield Orthopaedics Centre, Oxford, 2017
Microsurgical resectability, outcomes and complications of skull base meningiomas according to location, EANS meeting, October 2017
Comparison of microscopic transoral vs endoscopic endonasal odontoiectomy for fixed anterior compression of the cervico-medullary junction, EANS meeting, October 2017
Activation of group III mGluRs has cell type- specific effects on IPSCs in GABAergic neurons of the human neocortex, Federation of European Neuroscience Society FENS virtual forum July 2020

Academic Rank

Assistant Member

Contact Information

Email Address: mo.15790@khcc.jo
Phone Number: 0096265300460 - 6270