Neurosurgery Consultant

Roles and Responsibilities

• Diagnose complex medical problems by reviewing patient history, conducting neurological tests, and interpreting results.
  
• Counsel patients on neurological disorders and their background.
  
• Order neuroimaging studies, interpret results, and prescribe treatment as needed.
  
• Monitor behavioral and cognitive side effects of treatment and medication.
  
• Participate in research activities to stay up-to-date with advances in treatments.

• Overseeing and coordinating teams of surgeons and nurses in the operating theater.
• Operating microscopes for surgeries to perform microsurgeries.
• Ordering, performing, and interpreting results of diagnostic tests, such as MRIs, PET scans, and CT scans.
• Assessing and diagnosing patients, prescribing treatments, and monitoring the patients' progress.
• Meeting with families of patients in surgery and keeping them updated.
• Handling unscheduled emergency surgeries.
• Working with psychiatrists, therapists, and neurologists, and consulting with other departments.
• Performing basic administrative and business tasks, such as keeping records, writing prescriptions, and filling out paperwork.
• Keeping up with new discoveries and attending academic conferences.