Dr. Khaled Al Rawashdeh

Dr. Khaled Al Rawashdeh is a consultant neurosurgeon at Istishari Hospital in Amman — one of Jordan's premier private hospitals with a strong reputation for complex surgical subspecialty care. Over 18 years of neurosurgical practice, Dr. Al Rawashdeh has built a comprehensive program in cranial and spinal surgery, with particular emphasis on brain tumor resection and degenerative spinal disease.

Jordan's position as a regional medical hub for the Arab world means that Dr. Al Rawashdeh regularly receives referrals for neurosurgical evaluation from Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Libya, and other countries where neurosurgical capacity is limited. He has extensive experience evaluating patients with complex brain tumors including gliomas, meningiomas, and metastatic disease, as well as patients with acute traumatic brain injuries who require emergency surgical intervention.

In spinal surgery, Dr. Al Rawashdeh performs both cervical and lumbar procedures, including minimally invasive discectomy and laminectomy for radiculopathy and myelopathy, and instrumented fusion for spinal instability. He uses intraoperative neuromonitoring for high-risk spinal cases to maximize safety.

Dr. Al Rawashdeh is also experienced in hydrocephalus management, including ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion and endoscopic third ventriculostomy. He communicates fluently in Arabic and English and is committed to providing equitable access to neurosurgical expertise across the Arab region.

Dr. Al Rawashdeh completed his MBBS at the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine and undertook his General Surgery foundation training in Amman. He travelled to the United Kingdom for Neurosurgery higher surgical training, completing his FRCS (Neurosurgery) following training at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust — a leading UK neurosurgery centre with a high-volume brain and spinal surgery programme. He completed additional fellowships in skull base surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery at affiliated European centres. He holds active membership in the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). His FRCS (Neurosurgery) from the Royal College of Surgeons is internationally recognised as one of the most rigorous neurosurgical training pathways in the world.

Dr. Al Rawashdeh's neurosurgical repertoire encompasses cranial and spinal procedures across the full spectrum of complexity. In cranial surgery, he performs craniotomies for tumour resection (gliomas, meningiomas, metastases, pituitary tumours), evacuation of subdural and extradural haematomas, and aneurysm clipping for selected cases. In spinal surgery, he performs anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), lumbar microdiscectomy, posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF), and laminectomy for stenosis. He uses the operative microscope and endoscopy for minimally invasive approaches. He manages ICP monitoring in the neurointensive care setting for patients with traumatic brain injury, and treats hydrocephalus with VP shunting and endoscopic third ventriculostomy. He also performs awake craniotomy for eloquent cortex tumours using neuromonitoring.

Dr. Al Rawashdeh has published in the British Journal of Neurosurgery and the Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery on topics including outcomes of glioma surgery in Jordanian and Arab patients and the management of traumatic brain injury in a high-volume Middle Eastern hospital. He participates in the Jordan Neurosurgery Society and presents at regional and international neurosurgery conferences. He serves as a mentor for neurosurgery residents at the Jordan Medical Council training program.

Istishari Hospital's international patient programme is accustomed to receiving patients from conflict-affected countries seeking neurosurgical care. Dr. Al Rawashdeh consults in Arabic and English and regularly reviews overseas MRI and CT imaging for pre-operative assessment. He provides written surgical consultation reports for second-opinion requests from patients who cannot travel immediately. Video consultations are available for initial assessment of brain tumour or spinal pathology, allowing patients to determine whether surgery is indicated and plan their travel to Amman accordingly. Amman is accessible by direct flights from across the Arab world, Europe, and North America, and Jordan's stable security environment makes it a preferred medical destination for patients from conflict-affected neighbouring countries.

Dr. Al Rawashdeh has been recognized by the Jordan Neurosurgery Society for contributions to neurosurgical training and education in Jordan. He received the Istishari Hospital Surgical Excellence Award and serves as a faculty member at regional neurosurgery training workshops organized by the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. He has been commended by the EANS for his participation in the EANS Young Neurosurgeon Forum and has received recognition from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Alumni Association for his contributions to neurosurgery in Jordan. His FRCS training has been acknowledged as a model of international surgical training pursued by Jordanian surgeons.