Dr. Ahmed Rizk Consultant Neurosurgeon
Years of Experience : 21
Nationality : Egypt
Languages Known : Arabic, English, German
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Professor Dr Ahmed Rizk graduated from Benha University, Egypt, with an MBBCh in 2002. He completed his residency and obtained a Master’s degree in Surgery/Neurosurgery before beginning his work as an Assistant Lecturer in 2007. Dr Rizk worked at Heliopolis Hospital and the Nasser Institute in Cairo until 2010, under the supervision of Professor Ali Kotb, a pioneer of skull base surgery in Egypt. Between 2010 and 2013, Dr Rizk completed a scholarship and fellowship at Tübingen University Hospital in Germany. In 2015, he earned his MD in Neurosurgery from Tübingen University and became a Facharzt (German Board–Certified Neurosurgeon). From 2010 to 2015, Dr Rizk was involved in advanced vestibular schwannoma and skull base surgeries under the supervision of Professor Tatagiba (University of Tübingen), as well as endoscopic pituitary surgeries under the supervision of Professor Bettag (Merciful Brothers Hospital, Trier). Until December 2025, he worked as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Merciful Brothers Hospital, Trier, Germany. In recent years, Dr Rizk has been responsible for minimally invasive and complex spine surgeries at the same institution. In 2025, he completed a North American fellowship programme specializing in complex, robotic, endoscopic, and minimally invasive spine surgeries. He is a licensed Neurosurgery Consultant in Germany, Egypt, and the UAE. Recently, he joined Burjeel Holdings and is currently practicing as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi.
Awards & Achievements
- 2010: DAAD-Fellowship for MD on Vestibular schwannoma surgery, Neurosurgery Department- Tübingen University, Germany
- 2015: MD on “Functional Results Following Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma” from Tübingen University, Germany
- 2015: Fellow of the European Board of Neurological Surgery (FEBNS)
- 2018: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery “Benha University”
- 2023: Spine surgery Diploma from the German Spine Society
- 2023: Conservative Spine Diploma from the German Spine Society
- 2025: NASS-Fellowship for minimally invasive Spine Surgery, USA
- 2025: Diploma of Neurosurgery under intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
Research & Publications
- Tatagiba M, Wang S, Rizk A, Ebner F, Van Eck A, Naros G, Horstamnn G. A comparative study of microsurgery and gamma knife radiosurgery in vestibular schwannoma evaluating tumor control and functional outcome. Neurooncology Advances. 2023 Nov 11;5(1). DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdad146
- Wang S, Ebner F, Rizk A, van Eck A, Horstmann G, Tatagiba M, Naros G. Comparing gamma knife radiosurgery with microsurgery and their risk-benefit ratio of tumor control and facial deterioration in large vestibular schwannomas (Koos III-IV). Neuro-Oncology, Volume 25, Issue Supplement_2, September 2023, Page ii92. DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noad137.307
- Rizk AR, Mehlitz M, Bettag M. Chances of Improvement in Cases of Vestibular Schwannoma Presenting with Facial Nerve Weakness: Presentation of Two Cases and Literature Review. JNLS Part B, 2019 Feb;80(1):40-45. DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1661414
- Naros G, Sandritter J, Liebsch M, Ofori A, Rizk AR, Del Moro G, Ebner F, Tatagiba M. Predictors of preoperative Tinnitus in Unilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma. Frontiers in Neurology, 2017; 8(378). DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00378
- Rizk AR, Adam A, Gugel I, Schittenhelm J, Tatagiba M, Ebner FH. Implications of Vestibular Schwannoma Consistency: Analysis of 140 cases regarding Radiological and Clinical features. World Neurosurg., 2017; 99:159-163. DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.11.082
Expertise
- Brain Tumors
- Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Microvascular Decompression
- Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery
- Navigation- and robotic-assisted Spine Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Syringomyelia and Spinal Cord Tumors أورام الدماغ
Membership
- German Society of Neurosurgeons (DGNC)
- International Fellow of American Association of Neurological Surgeons (IFAANS)
- North American Spine Society (NASS)
Blogs
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