Mazin Al Tamimi
MAZIN AL TAMIMI, MD
5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas TX 75390-8855
Cell phone: (303) 514-3920
Present Appointment
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX.
Clinical Appointment
01/2008- 12/2012 Interventional Pain Management, Colorado Spine and Pain Management,
Littleton, CO.
01/2008-01/2009 Clinical Assistant Professor, Interventional Pain Management, department of
Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO.
05/2006-12/2007 Assistant Professor, Interventional Pain Management, department of
Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO.
07/2004-04/2006 Attending physician, Interventional Pain Management Division, Marshfield
Clinic, Marshfield, WI.
05/1997-05/2000 Specialist in Neurosurgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
01/1994-04/1997 Specialist in Neurosurgery, Kuwait University Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen.
03/1992-12/1993 Specialist in Neurosurgery, Basra Teaching Hospital, Basra, Iraq.
Postdoctoral Training
01/2014- 12/2015 Assistant instructor, Clinical Fellow Spine Surgery, Department of Neurological
Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX.
01/2013- 12/2013 Clinical Fellow Pediatric Neurosurgery, Childrens Medical Center, University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX.
07/2003- 06/2004 Clinic Fellow Interventional Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
06/2000- 07/2003 Resident, Internal Medicine, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital,
Far Rockaway, NY.
01/1987- 02/1992 Resident, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.
08/1985- 12/1986 Resident, Neurosurgery, Basra Teaching Hospital, Basra, Iraq.
08/1984- 07/1985 Intern Surgery, Basra General Hospital, Basra, Iraq.
Education
1984 MD Basra University School of Medicine, Basra, Iraq.
Board Certifications
1. Diplomate, Subspecialty of Pain Medicine, 09/ 2004 (American board of Psychiatry & Neurology).
2. Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP), 03/ 2006.
3. Diplomate, American Board of Pain Medicine, 02/ 2005.
4. Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 08/ 2003.
5. Diplomate, Iraqi Board of Neurosurgery.
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Licensure and other Certifications .
2003 Licensed physician in State of California, Colorado and Texas, Wisconsin(inactive), Indiana (inactive), and Pennsylvania(inactive).
1999 FRCS part I (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeon of Ireland).
1998 ECFMG (Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduated-United State) Standard Certificate.
1992Fellow of Iraqi Commission for Medical Specialization inNeurosurgery.
Academic Appointment
01/2008-01/2009 Clinical Assistant Professor, Interventional Pain Management, Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Health Science center, Denver, CO
05/2006-12/2007 Assistant Professor, Interventional Pain Management, Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Health Science center, Denver, CO.
01/1994-04/1997 Lecturer in Neurosurgery, Sana’a UniversitySchool of Medicine, Sana’a,
Yemen.
03/1992-12/1993 Lecturer in Neurosurgery, Basra University School of Medicine, Basra, Iraq.
Awards and Honors
Class Rank: Valedictorian at Basra University School of Medicine in 1984.
1992 Iraqi Medical Association awards for the outstanding doctor in Neurosurgery training program.
1984 President’s and University awards for the highest ranked student in the final year medical school
Highest honors earned in: Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatric, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Microbiology.
Honors earned in: Gynecology and Obstetric, Physiology, Preventive Medicine.
Publications and Presentations
Book chapter:
Zachary D Johnson, Megan Still, Steve Hong, Salah G Aoun, and Mazin Al Tamimi. The surgical management of pain. In: Pain Management for Clinicians: A Guide to Assessment and Treatment; Springer, 2020. P 743-762.
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1. Johnson DJ, MD; Aoun SG, MD; Ban VS, MBBChir MRCS MSc; El Ahmadieh TY, MD; Kafka B, MD; Wolfe C, MD; Adogwa O, MD; Bagley CA, MD, MBA; Al Tamimi M, MD. BertolottiSyndrome with Articulated L5 Transverse Process Causing Intractable Back Pain: Surgical Video Showcasing a Minimally Invasive Approach for Disconnection. Operative Neurosurgery (Accepted)
2. Zachary K. Christian, BA*; Salah G. Aoun, MD *; OlusojiAfuwape, MD, PhD; Emmanuel Adeyemo, BS; Umaru Barrie, BS; Olatunde Badejo, BS; Luke J. Dosselman, BS; Kristen Hall, BS; Valery Peinado Reyes, PA; Tarek Y El Ahmadieh, MD; Mazin AL Tamimi, MD; Carlos A. Bagley MD, MBA. Electronic Communication Patterns Could Reflect Preoperative Anxiety and Serve as an Early Complication Warning in Elective Spine Surgery Patients with Affective Disorders: A Retrospective Analysis of a Cohort of 1199 Elective Spine Patients. World Neurosurgery (Accepted)
3. Aoun SG, Plitt A, El Ahmadieh TY, Al Tamimi M, Whitworth L. Traumatic Lumbar Interdural Cyst With Intradural Expansion and Compression of the Cauda Equina: Case Report and Surgical Video. Cureus 11(6): e4824. doi:10.7759/cureus.4824
4. Achal P. Patel, Ben Kafka, Mazin AL Tamimi. Pseudomeningocele and percutaneous intrathecal lead placement complication for spinal cord stimulator. Journal Of Neuroscience volume, 59 January 2019, 347-349.
5. Achal P. Patel , Salah G. Aoun, Mazin Al Tamimi. Intraneural Posterior Interosseous Nerve Lipoma with Complete Paralysis: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus 10(5): e2689. doi:10.7759/cureus.2689.
6. Aoun SG1, Bedros N2, El Ahmadieh TY3, Kreck J3, Mehta N4, Al Tamimi M3. Osteodiskitis of Lumbar Spine Due to Migrated Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Filter. World Neurosurgery 2018 May;113:298-303. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.02.154. Epub 2018 Mar 7.
7. Salah G. Aoun , Mary Ashley Liu, Megan Still, Tarek Y El Ahmadieh, Mazin Al Tamimi, Wayne Gluf. Dermoid cysts of the conus medullaris: Clinical review, case series and management strategies. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience Volume 50, April 2018, Pages 247-251.
8. Salah G. Aoun,, Tarek El Ahmadieh, Zack D. Johnson, Scott W. Connors, Mazin Al Tamimi. Reversible thoracic myelopathy after surgical decompression and removal of paddle neurostimulator lead and encasing fibrosis: Technical video case report. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 11 (2018) 29–30.
9. Mazin Al Tamimi, Salah Aoun, Wayne Gluf. Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Epidural Fibrosis Associated with Percutaneously Placed Spinal Cord Stimulation Electrodes: Case report and review of the literature. World Neurosurgery 2017 Aug, 104: 1051.e1-1051.e5
10. Alexander E. Yakovlev, Mazin Al Tamimi, Giancarlo Barolat, Sergey A. Karasev, Yuri A. Merkulov, Beth E. Resch and Victoria E. Yakovleva Spinal Cord Stimulation as Alternative Treatment for Chronic Post-herniorrhaphy Pain. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface Volume 13, Issue 4, October 2010, 2
11. Mazin Al Tamimi, MD, FIPP, Michael H. McCeney MD, and Jason Krutsch, MD. A Case Series of Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment of Myofascial Trigger Points and Scar Neuromas. Pain Medicine 2009 volume 10, Number 6, 1140-1143.
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12. Mazin Al Tamimi MD, Heather Rachel Davids MD, Matthew M. Langston MD and Jason Krutsch, MD, Alexander Yakovlev, MD and Giancarlo Barolat MD. Successful Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain with Subcutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Four Case Reports. Neuromodulation 2009 Volume 12, Number 3, 205-209.
13. Mazin Al Tamimi MD, Heather Rachel Davids MD, Giancarlo Barolat MD, and Theodore Ford, MD. Subcutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulator for Chronic Pelvic Pain. Neuromodulaton2008: 11: Number 4, 277-281.
14. Jason Krutsch, MD; Michael McCeney, MD; G.Barolat, MD; Mazin Al Tamimi, MD; Andrew Smolenski, MD. A Case Report of Subcutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Axial Back Pain Associated with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome. Neuromodulation 2008; 11: Number 2, 112-115.
15. Alexander Yakovlev, MD, Mazin Al Tamimi, MD, Hong Liang, PhD, and Maria Eristavi, Outcomes of Percutaneous Disc Decompression Utilizing Nucleoplasty for the Treatment of Chronic Discogenic Pain. Pain Physician 2007; 10:319-327• ISSN 1533-3159.
Abstract
1. Mazin Al Tamimi, MD, FIPP, Mindy N. Cohen, MD, Heather R. Davids, MD, Jason Krutsch, MD and Alexander Yakovlev, MD. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Interscapular Neuropathic Pain. Poster presentation at 24th AAPM Annual Meeting February, 2008- Orlando, FL.
2. Mazin Al Tamimi MD, FIPP, Matthew M. Langston MD, Heather Rachel Davids MD, and Jason Krutsch MD.Treating Post-Herpetic Neuralgia with Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – A Case Report. Poster presentation at 24th AAPM Annual Meeting February, 2008- Orlando, FL.
3. Mazin Al Tamimi, MD, FIPP, Heather Rachel Davids, MDand Jason Krutsch, MD. Successful Treatment of Post-Thoracotomy Pain Using Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – a Case Report. Poster presentation at 24th AAPM Annual Meeting February, 2008- Orlando, FL.
4. Jason Krutsch MD, Heather Rachel Davids MD, Giancarlo Barolat MD, Mazin Al Tamimi MD, FIPP. Successful treatment of atypical chest wall pain with peripheral nerve stimulation. Poster presentation at the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California on October 13- 17, 2007
5. Jason Krutsch, MD; Matthew Langston, MD; Mazin Al Tamimi, MD; and Giancarlo Barolat, MD. Spinal cord Stimulation to treat pain from cervical spinal cord injury. Poster presentation at the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California on October 13- 17, 2007.
6. Theodore Ford, MD, Mazin Al Tamimi, MD. Peripheral Nerve Stimulator for Chronic Pelvic Pain. Poster presentation at the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California on October 13- 17, 2007.
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7. Mazin Al Tamimi, MD, FIPP, Michael H. McCeney MD, and Jason Krutsch, MD. A Case Series of Pulsed RadiofrequencyTreatment of Myofascial Trigger Points and Scar Neuromas. Poster presentation at 23rd AAPM Annual Meeting February7-10, 2007 New Orleans.
8. Mazin Al Tamimi, MD. Ventrículo-Atrial and Ventrículo-peritoneal shunt. A comparative study and long term follow up. Poster presentation at the 19th annual scientific meeting of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 1995. And accepted as oral presentation in the 20th annual meeting of the same academy in July 1996.
9. Mazin Al Tamimi, MD. Postoperative infection in hydrocephalus. Presented as oral presentation in the 2nd annual scientific meeting of the ministry of health, Baghdad December 1991.
Thesis:
Mazin Al Tamimi, MD. Infantile Hydrocephalus in Iraq. Published as a thesis requirement for the Board of Neurosurgery 1991.
Financial relationships
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:04/08/2022Date updated:07/09/2024
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