Comprehensive neurointervention training and service capacity in the Middle East & North Africa (NITA-MENA) study
The MENA neurointervention capacity meets less than 20% of population needs, with pronounced socioeconomic disparities resulting in substantial preventable mortality and disability. Strategic expansion to 28 regional training hubs producing 171 annual fellows may achieve workforce adequacy within 8.4 years, requiring coordinated international investment and policy reform.
Authors
- Pandian Jd
- Faisal Alghamdi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-255X)
- Adnan H. Siddiqui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9519-0059)
- Gillian L Gordon Perue
- E Gurkas
- Hosam Maher Al-Jehani
- Ehab S. Mohamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2422-4790)
- Asmaa Mohamed Mahmoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2432-3424)
- Maher Saqqur
- Umair Rashid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3157-4379)
- Nada Nasr
- Ibrahim Alnaami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6433-1990)
- S Ortega-Gutierrez
- Ryna Then
- Farid Aladham
- Farouk Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9763-2968)
- Malek Mansour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8814-6431)
- Yahia Imam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4623-733X)
- Violiza Inoa
- Atilla Özcan Özdemir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-1751)
- Syed I. Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-8030)
- Abdulrahman M Alshamy
- M. Shata hamdy
- Amina El Khamlichi
- Nadia Hammami
- Mohammed Ghorbani
- Hany El Hamadani
- Abdulmonem I. Saied
- Ahmed Ossama
- Seby John
- Mahmoud Galal
- Mohamed Alaa Habib
- Khalid Sobh
- Mostafa Mahmoud
- Adnan Qureshi
- Hany Zaki Eldeen
- Ashfaq Shuaib
- Mohammed Wasay
- Seon Kyu Lee
- M. Shazam Hussain
- Tamer Hassan
Institutions
- Ain Shams University (EG)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Cornell University (US)
- Tanta University (EG)
- Tripoli Central Hospital (LY)
- National Institute of Pathology (IN)
- Dr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Christian Medical College (IN)
- Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital (SA)
- Semmes Murphey Foundation (US)
- Al-Azhar University (ID)
- Centre Hospitalier Ibn Sina (MA)
- Jacobs (United States) (US)
- King Abdullah Medical City (SA)
- Lawrence General Hospital (US)
- The Neurological Institute (US)
- Cairo University hospitals (EG)
- Children's Specialized Hospital (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Eskişehir Osmangazi University (TR)
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- University of Missouri (US)
- King Khalid University (SA)
- Alexandria University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurological Research
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01616412.2026.2613987
- Primary Topic
- Neurology and Historical Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00