Neurosurgery

Dr. Sirajeddin Belkhair

Consultant, Neurosurgery
Languages
EN, AR
Nationality
🇨🇦 Canadian
April 2025
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Pioneering A Whole New Kind of Spine Surgery

Minimally Invasive.
Maximally Effective.

Today’s spine surgery uses small incisions, ensures faster recovery, and delivers consistent results—reflecting our commitment to restoring your quality of life with simplicity and precision.
Neck Procedures
The cervical spine enables head movement and carries nerves that control arm and leg function. Common issues include herniated discs, degeneration, and stenosis, causing pain, stiffness, numbness, or weakness. Most cases are treated without surgery, but when needed, advanced methods like artificial disc replacement and microsurgery are used.
Middle Back Procedures
This part of the spine supports torso movement and contains nerves affecting balance and leg function. Common problems include degeneration, stenosis, and tumors, leading to back pain, balance issues, or bladder/bowel problems. Minimally invasive techniques can often resolve these conditions.
Lower Back Procedures
The lumbar spine carries body weight, enables movement, and houses nerves for leg and bladder function. Conditions like herniation, degeneration, stenosis, tumors, or fractures may cause pain, stiffness, or mobility issues. Today, most are treated successfully—often without hospitalization—using advanced techniques like artificial disc replacement and microdecompression.
Global Alignment
The spine functions best when its regions—cervical, thoracic, and lumbar—are in proper alignment. Structural issues in the bones or discs can lead to deformities like scoliosis (curved spine) or kyphosis (hunchback). Modern techniques such as minimally invasive correction, computer-assisted, and image-guided surgery have greatly improved treatment success.
Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement
Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
Cervical Microdecompression
Lumbar Microdecompression
Thoracic Microdecompression
Cervical Microdiscectomy
Qualifications
  • Canadian Board of Neurosurgery (FRCSC)
  • Master of Health Sciences (MHSc), University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Neurosurgical Residency, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • Fellowship in Open Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
  • Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery, University of Toronto
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
  • Member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS)
Areas of Expertise
  • Degenerative spinal disease
  • Complex spine tumor surgery
  • Minimally invasive spine surgery
  • Treatment of spinal injuries
  • Cervical and lumbar disc herniation
  • Spinal canal stenosis
  • Navigated and augmented reality spinal surgery
  • Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm
Brief Profile

Dr. Sirajeddin Belkhair is a Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon currently serving at The View Hospital. He brings extensive North American training and expertise in highly complex brain and spine procedures, contributing to advancing neurosurgical care in Qatar.

Prior to joining The View Hospital, he served as Chairman of the Neurosurgery Department and Director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at Hamad Medical Corporation (2019–2025), where he led major developments in neurosurgical services.

Dr. Belkhair has achieved several pioneering milestones in Qatar and the region, including performing the first awake brain surgery in Qatar, introducing epilepsy surgery with intraoperative EEG monitoring, and leading the first augmented reality–guided spine surgery in the Middle East. He also performed the first navigated spine surgery in Qatar’s private healthcare sector.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Belkhair is an active academic and researcher, with over 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. He previously held academic appointments in the United States, including Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Saint Louis University Hospital and institutions affiliated with Michigan State University.

Through his clinical excellence, research, and leadership, Dr. Belkhair continues to play a key role in advancing neurosurgery in Qatar and the wider region.

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