
German board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in brain tumors, spine surgery, and minimally invasive techniques
Experience
12 years
Languages
Arabic, English, German
Location
UAE
Sees
children, adults, seniors
Dr. Nayef Soufan is a German board-certified neurosurgeon with 11 years of experience in the German healthcare system. He previously worked as a neurosurgical consultant at Barmherzige Brüder Hospital in Regensburg, a major trauma center recognized for brain tumor and skull base surgery. He is now practicing at Saudi German Hospital, bringing extensive expertise in both brain and spine conditions.
Dr. Soufan has performed over 2,000 brain and spine surgeries, with particular skill in brain tumors, cerebrovascular disorders (including aneurysms), complex spine interventions, and traumatic injuries. He specializes in modern minimally invasive surgery techniques, using advanced imaging technology like neuronavigation to guide procedures. His surgical interests span pituitary adenomas, trigeminal neuralgia relief, spinal cord tumors, disc herniation repair, and spinal fusion using keyhole approaches (TLIF, ALIF, XLIF, OLIF).
Dr. Soufan is committed to thorough preoperative planning, careful surgical execution, and comprehensive follow-up care. He treats both adults and children and is equally experienced in non-surgical pain management options, including spinal injections and radiofrequency nerve ablation for chronic back and neck pain.
Special interests: minimally invasive spine surgery, intraoperative neuronavigation, brain tumor surgery in children and adults, pituitary adenoma surgery, spinal fusion techniques, pain management with spinal injections and ablation.
Extracted from the doctor's hospital profile — patient-friendly terms
Bachelor's degree in Medicine
Faculty of Medicine Damascus University, Syria
Master's degree in Neurosurgery
Damascus University, Syria
German Board Certification in Neurosurgery (Facharzt)
Munich, Germany
Eurospine Diploma
London, UK · 2022
Basic Certificate in Spine Surgery
German Spine Society (DWG), Germany · 2023
Neurosurgical Consultant
Barmherzige Brüder Hospital Regensburg, Germany
Consultations are available in Arabic, English, German.
Yes — this doctor sees children.
Commonly treated: Herniated Discs, Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Pituitary Adenomas, Spinal Canal Stenosis, Spinal Cord Tumors, Spinal Fractures, Spinal Infections, Trigeminal Neuralgia.
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