Emun Abdu, MD, FAANS

Board Certified In Neurological Surgery

Education and Training

• 1995-1999 B.S. Laboratory Medicine: University of Washington. Seattle
• 2000-2004 Doctorate of Medicine: University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI
• 2004-2011 Neurological Surgery Resident: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
• 2011-2013 Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellow: Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle WA

Positions and Employment

• 1997 – 1998 Clinical Laboratory Research Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• 1998 – 2000 Research Assistant, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
• 1998 – 2000 Medical Technologist, Children’s Medical Center, Seattle, WA
• 2013 – 2017 Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Western Neurosurgery, Tucson, AZ
• 2017 – 2019 Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Surgery, Evergreen Health, Kirkland, WA

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

• 1998-current Ethiopian North American Health Association
• 2004-current Congress of Neurological Society
• 2004-current American Association of Neurological Surgery
• 2004-current Women in Neurosurgery
• 2004-2005 Oregon Health & Sciences University- Graduate medical education
• 2013-current Society of Neurointerventional Surgery
• 2013-current American Heart /Stroke Association; Tucson-Board Member

Honors

• 1997 American Association of Clinical Pathologists Scholarship for Merit Undergraduate
• 1997 University of Washington, Scholarship for Academic Achievement
• 1999 University of Washington, magna cum laude
• 2000  University of Michigan, Medical School, Full Scholarship for Merit

Laboratory Research Activities and Interest

• - Role of Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) in promoting axonal outgrowth in cultured central and peripheral neurons. Mentor: Dr Pamela Lein Ph.D., University of California, Davis
• - Effects of soluble epoxide inhibitor in rat model of spinal cord injury Mentor: Dr Pamela Lein Ph.D., University of California, Davis
• - Effect of soluble epoxide hydrolase in rat model of ischemic sciatic nerve injury Mentor: Dr Pamela Lein Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Presentations

• "Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) promote axon outgrowth in cultured peripheral neurons": Oral presentation at Western Neurosurgical Society (WNS) Meeting October 2010, Sante Fe, NM
• "Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) promote axon outgrowth in cultured peripheral neurons": Oral Presentation at Swedish Neuroscience Institute Seattle, WA. Grand Rounds November 2011
• "Glossopharangeal Neuralgia Associated with Syncope": Oral Presentation at Swedish Neuroscience Institute Seattle, WA. Combined Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Grand Rounds February 2012 
“Moya Moya Disease”: Oral Presentation at the Sixth Annual Cerebrovascular Symposium, Seattle WA. May 2012

Publications

• Nevrekar D, Abdu E, Selden NR: Craniectomy for a Bilobed Dermoid Cyst in the Temporal Fossa and Greater Wing of the Sphenoid Bone. Pediatric Neurosurgery 45:46-48, 2009.
• Golshani K, Abdu E, Bhardwaj A: Neuromonitoring in Ischemic Stroke, in Bhardwaj A, Ellegala D, Kirsch J (eds): Acute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury: Evolving Paradigms and Management (Neurological Disease and Therapy). New York: Informa Healthcare USA, 2008.
• Abdu E, Bruun DA, Yang D, Yang J, Inceoglu B, Hammock BD, Alkayed N, Lein PJ: Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids enhance axonal growth in primary sensory and cortical neuronal cell cultures. Journal of Neurochemistry 2010
• Raslan AM, Nasseri M, Bahgat D, Abdu E, Burchiel KJ: Motor cortex stimulation for trigeminal neuropathic or deafferentation pain: an institutional case series experience. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 2010
• Abdu E, Newell DW: Minimally invasive treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurosurgical Focus 32:5:E17, 2012
• Newell DW, Abdu E: Moya Moya Disease: Current Concepts. Curẽus, June 2012