HekmatKhodrZarzourMD(He/Him)

Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Interventional Neuroradiology

Hekmat Zarzour, M.D. Division Chief of Neuroscience Jefferson, New Jersey Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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Office
445 Hurffville Crosskeys Rd
Ste B16
Sewell, NJ 08080
Phone+1 617-710-5000

Fax+1 856-256-7595

Summary

Dr. Hekmat Zarzour is a neurosurgeon, At Sewell, New Jersey.
Associate Professor at the department of neurosurgery Jefferson University, Division Chief of Neuroscience Washington Township, Jefferson, New Jersey.
He received his medical degree from Voronezh State Medical Academy, completed his Neurosurgical Residency at Mount Sinai, and completed a Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He has practiced for 19 years and speaks multiple languages, including Russian and Arabic.
He specializes in
Cerebrovascular neurosurgery
Interventional neuroradiology
Neurosurgical oncology
Spine surgery, including minimally invasive spine surgery
Endovascular Neurosurgery
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Carpal tunnel syndrome
He has more than 70 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2013 - 2016
SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2012 - 2013
SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of MedicineChief Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2011 - 2012
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2009 - 2011
Childrens HospitalFellowship, Adult and Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disorders, 2009 - 2011
Voronezh State Medical AcademyClass of 1998, MD

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2016 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2017
MO State Medical License 2011 - 2013
MA State Medical License 2011 - 2012
IA State Medical License 2007 - 2007
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctors South Jersey, 2017-2021

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
The Neurosurgeon as a Stroke Specialist
Fadi Al Saiegh, Nohra Chalouhi, Richard F. Schmidt, Pascal Jabbour, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris
Neurosurgery. 2019-09-01
5 citations
The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccines on Stroke Outcomes: A Single-Center Study.
Kareem El Naamani, Abdelaziz Amllay, Ching-Jen Chen, Stephen Capone, Rawad Abbas
World Neurosurgery. 2023-02-01
6 citations
Woven EndoBridge versus stent-assisted coil embolization of cerebral bifurcation aneurysms.
Kareem El Naamani, Ching-Jen Chen, Rawad Abbas, Ahmad Sweid, Georgios S Sioutas
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2022-12-01

Journal Articles

Association of a Distal Intradural-Extracranial Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysm With Chiari Type I Malformation: Case Report
Mascitelli JR, Zarzour HK, Bederson J, Neurosurgery, 1/5/2015
Perioperative outcomes in minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery: A systematic Review
Branko Skovrlj, Patrick Belton, Hekmat Zarzour, Sheeraz A Qureshi, World J Orthop, 1/1/2015
Sinus thrombectomy for purulent cerebral venous sinus Thrombosis utilizing a novel combination of the Trevo stent retriever and the Penumbra ACE aspiration catheter: t...
Mascitelli JR, Pain M, Zarzour HK, Baxter P, Ghatan S, Mocco J, BMJ Case Rep, 1/1/2015
Surgical limitation in convexity meningiomas en-plaque: is radical resection necessary
Sarkiss Ch, Zarzour HK, Shrivastava R, Manuscript Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 1/1/2015
Cerebral Vasospasm Following Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Macroadenomas: Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature
Puri AS1, Zada G, Zarzour H, Laws E, Frerichs K., Neurosurgery, 1/1/2012
Trigeminocardiac Reflex in a Child during Pre-Onyx DMSO Injection for Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Embolization A Case Report
Puri AS, Thiex R, Zarzour H, Rahbar R, Orbach DB, Interv Neuroradiol, 1/1/2011
Fractionated Stereotactic Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy using a Serial Tomotherapy in the Therapeutical Concept for Skull Base Tumor
Ammirati, M, Zarzour, H, Grecula, J, Filipce, V, Acta Neurochirurgica The European Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2008
Intraoperative Rupture of Cerebral Aneurysm--Incidence and Risk Factors [Article in Russian]
Kheireddin AS, Filatov IuM, Belousova OB, Pilipenko IuV, Zolotukhin SP, Sazonov IA, Zarzur KhKh, Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko, 1/1/2007
Rupture of the Dissecting Vertebral Arterial Aneurysm [Article in Russian]
Kheireddin AS, Filatov IuM, Tissen TP, Zarzur KhKh, Kolokol'nikov AE, Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko, 1/18/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

Youmans Neurological Surgery
Chapter: Skull and Skull Base Tumors, Overview.
Zarzour, H. Ammirati, MEditors: Youman, JR.WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 6th,
Principles and Practices of Neuro-Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Chapter: Presentation and Clinical Features of Tumors of the Skull Base and Cranial Nerves
Zarzour, H, Ammirati, MEditors: Mehta, Chang, Vogelbaum, and Guha.Demos Medical Publishing

Lectures

Hemodynamics in Intracranial Vascular Malformations
Henry Ford - 1/14/2015
Skull base approach.
Mount Sinai - 1/1/2014
Spinal Angiogram
Mount Sinai - 1/1/2014
Moyamoya Case Complicated by a Bleeding Distal Anterior Choroidal Artery Dise Aneurysm.
Saint Louis, MO - 1/28/2013
Spinal cord injury, management and strategy.
Mount Sinai - 1/1/2013
Tuberculum sella meningioma, transcranial vs endoscopic
Mount Sinai - 1/1/2013
Deep venous system.
Saint Louis University - 1/1/2013
Pseudoaneurysm of the basilar perforator artery, combined microsurgical-endovascular approach.
Saint Louis University - 1/1/2013
Spinal cord malformation.
Saint Louis University - 1/1/2013
13th Annual Hands-on Course on Ec-IS Bypass
Saint Louis, MO - 1/1/2013
Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base - A Hands-On Cadaver Workshop
Saint Louis, MO - 1/1/2013
Posterior fossa venous draining.
Saint Louis University - 1/1/2012
Trigeminocardiac Reflux during Embolization using Onyx in a Child
Boston, MD - 1/1/2010
Focal Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Brain Metastases.
1/20/2008
Fractionated Stereotactic Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy using a Serial Tomotherapy in the Therapeutical Concept for Skull Base Tumor.
1/1/2008
Intraoperative Aneurysm Rupture: Incidence and Risk Factors.
Glasgow - 1/2/2007
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