Syed Ather Enam (born November 1961) is a Pakistani

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, Biological neural network, neural circuits, and glia, and their Behavior, behavioral, biological, and psycholo ...

, a professor of

neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the specialty (medicine), medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system ...

Aga Khan University Aga Khan University is a private research university based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a non-profit institution and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. It was founded in 1983 as Pakistan's first private university. Starting in 2000, t ...

, and founding president of Pakistan Society of Neuro-Oncology (PASNO).

Education and career

Enam honed his surgical expertise before returning to Pakistan to develop a state-of-the-art neurosurgery programme at the Aga Khan University. He has trained a new generation of surgeons for Pakistan. The first

awake craniotomy Awake craniotomy is a Neurosurgery, neurosurgical technique and type of craniotomy that allows a surgeon to remove a brain tumor while the patient is awake to avoid brain damage. During the surgery, the neurosurgeon performs cortical mapping to id ...

in Pakistan was performed by Enam. It is a type of procedure performed on the brain while a patient is awake and alert.

Awards

* 2017: Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan's one of the highest civilian award, for Enam's work in the field of medicine

References

1961 births Pakistani neurosurgeons Academic staff of Aga Khan University Dow Medical College alumni University at Buffalo alumni Living people {{Pakistan-academic-bio-stub