Neurosurgery Department, UF College of Medicine
Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD
MUHAMMAD ABD-EL-BARR, MD, PhD received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He then obtained a Master's in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he maintained a perfect GPA and helped develop a microscope capable of in situ optical sectioning for the detection of epithelial cancers.
Muhammad subsequently enrolled in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program at Baylor College of Medicine, where he was a C. Thomas Caskey Scholar. Muhammad pursued his Ph.D. in the laboratory of Dr. Samuel Wu, where he studied electrophysiology of the retina. Muhammad published many papers in acclaimed journals such as Journal of Physiology (London) and Human Genetics. Muhammad won many awards in his graduate career including the Professor John J. Trentin Scholarship Award for maintaining a perfect GPA, the Beckman Platform Speaker Award as the top speaker at the College-wide Graduate School Scientific Symposium and the Deborah K. Martin Achievement Award in Biomedical Research, which is the highest accolade given by Baylor College of Medicine. Muhammad was also very involved in teaching medical students, as a TA for medical Neuroscience and Gross Anatomy and a mentor to several high school and college students.
Upon his return to medical school, Muhammad developed a great interest in Neurosurgery and specifically Functional Neurosurgery. He authored a chapter entitled "Mapping of the Human Visual System" to be published in the upcoming book, Clinical Brain Mapping by Yoshor, Mizrahi (eds). Muhammad was awarded the S. Carl Harvey Memorial Award in Gross Anatomy prior to his graduation. Muhammad is very interested in pursuing a career in academic Neurosurgery, in particular focusing on technology for improved detection and treatment of neurosurgical diseases and conditions. Muhammad is married and has three young children and enjoys spending time with his family, playing basketball and working out.
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