Summers 2013 & 2014
Note to Medical Students 2013
“I (…) had the opportunity to practice my psychomotor and surgical skills on the neurosurgical simulation machines and prototypes; I practiced daily! (…) My stay here in the center exceeded my expectations as I was warmly welcomed and professionally guided.” [full PDF]
Note to Medical Students 2014
“I (…) shadowed renowned pediatric neurosurgeons [who] wrote me resounding recommendations to boost my future career (…) NeuroSim helped me develop my leadership qualities, my research techniques, and my psychomotor skills.” [full PDF]
Publications
Fares, Jawad. Fares, Youssef. “Neurosurgery in Lebanon: History, Development and Future Challenges” World Neurosurgery, vol. 99, 2017, pp. 524-532. [PDF]
Impact of Acute Stress on Psychomotor Bimanual Performance during Simulated Tumor Resection Task
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Journal of Neurosurgery, 2017
Khalid Bajunaid, MD, MSc, Muhammad Abu Shadeque Mullah, MSc, Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, MD, Fahad E. Alotaibi, MD, MSc, Jawad Fares, BSc et al.
Bimanual Psychomotor Performance in Neurosurgical Resident Applicants Assessed Using NeuroTouch, a Virtual Reality Simulator
[PDF]
Journal of Surgical Education, 2016
Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, Khalid Bajunaid, Muhammad A.S Mullah, Ibrahim Marwa, Fahad Alotaibi, MSc, Jawad Fares
Neurosurgical virtual reality simulation metrics to assess psychomotor skills in the resection of intracranial tumor
[PDF]
International Journal of Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2015
Hamed Azarnoush, Gmaan Alzhrani, Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, Fahad Alotaibi, Nicholas Gelinas-Phaneuf, Valérie Pazos, Nusrat Choudhury, Jawad Fares et al.