Dr. Nayef Soufan is a German board-certified neurosurgeon with around 11 years of solid experience in the German healthcare system. Since 2020, he has been working as a neurosurgical consultant at Barmherzige Brüder Hospital in Regensburg, a hospital certified as a trauma center, brain tumor center, and skull base center.

He has extensive practical experience in managing a wide spectrum of neurosurgical conditions, with particular expertise in brain tumors, cerebrovascular disorders, complex spinal interventions, and traumatic brain and spine injuries. During his career, he has performed over 2,000 brain and spine surgeries.

With a special focus on modern minimally invasive surgery (MIS), Dr. Soufan integrates MIS principles and intraoperative imaging technologies into both brain and spine surgeries, delivering high-class, personalized care.

Dr. Soufan holds the Basis Certificate in Spine Surgery from the German Spine Society (DWG) and the Eurospine Diploma. He is also an active member of AO Spine and the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).

His approach to patient care involves thorough preoperative evaluation, meticulous surgical planning, and comprehensive postoperative follow-up.

Area of Interests

• · Brain tumor surgery in adults and children

  · Pituitary adenomas

  · Cerebrovascular pathologies and aneurysm surgery

  · Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia

  · Treatment of hydrocephalus in both pediatric and adult patients

  · Disorders of the craniocervical junction

  · Spinal cord tumor surgery

  · Spinal trauma of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine

  · Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for spinal fractures

  · Tumors of the spinal column, including stabilization procedures and vertebral body replacement

  · Treatment of spinal infections

  · Microdiscectomy for herniated discs

  · Microsurgical decompression for spinal canal stenosis

  · Cervical disc arthroplasty

  · Lumbar fusion surgery in minimally invasive techniques (TLIF, ALIF, XLIF, OLIF)

  · Revision surgeries of the brain and spine

  · Non-surgical treatment of back pain, including spinal injections for facet joints and spinal nerves

  · Radiofrequency denervation of the facet and sacroiliac joints

  · Spinal cord stimulation for pain therapy

  · Peripheral nerve surgery

Nationality: Syrian, German