Dr Azizi bin Abu Bakar

Procedure Focus:

• Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Repair
• Brain Bypass (Stroke)
• Congenital Malformation (Brain & Spine)
• Craniofacial Reconstruction
• Fast-track Surgery

Procedure Performed:

• Brain and Spine Tumour Removal (Biopsy, Excision)
• Brain Revascularisation (Brain Bypass - Direct and Indirect)
• Carotid Endarterectomy
• Cranial and Craniofacial Reconstruction
• CSF Diversion (Endoscopic, Shunt)
• Epilepsy Lesion Removal, Vagal Nerve Stimulator Insertion
• Fastrack Neurosurgery
• Repair of Brain Aneurysm (Clipping, Trapping)
• Repair of Brain and Spine AVM
• Repair of CSF Leak
• Repair of Spina Bifida Aperta and Occulta
• Release of Tethered Spinal Cord
• Surgery for Degenerative Spine
• Surgery for Spasticity (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy, Baclofen Pump)
• Surgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm

Conditions Treated:

• Brain Abnormality at Birth and Adulthood
• Brain Attack (Stroke, TIA, Brain Blood Clot, Carotid Artery Narrowing, Moyamoya Disease and Moyamoya-like Syndrome)
• Brain Water Disturbances (Hydrocephalus, Syringomyelia)
• Diseases of Peripheral Nerves
• Epilepsy, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm
• Spina Bifida (Open Spina Bifida at Birth, Lipomeningocele, Split Spinal Cord, Tethered Spinal Cord)
• Spinal Degeneration
• Traumatic Injury of Brain and Spine
• Tumour of Brain, Nerve and Spine (Primary and Metastatic)
• Vascular Malformations of Brain and Spine (AVM, Aneurysm, Cavernoma, Fistula)

Awards:

• Excellent Service Awards 2005, 2007 and 2010

Post Graduate Qualifications:

• Master of Surgery (UKM)
• Fellowships in Vascular & Pediatric Neurosurgery  
• Neurosurgery Fellowship (Australia)

Medical School:

• MBBS (UM)