Translational Neurosurgery

Edited by:   Adam E.M. Eltorai (Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA), Jeffrey A. Bakal, PhD (Division General Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada), Maleeha Ahmad (UHS and HCA Healthcare Systems, Riverside, California, USA)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 276mm,  Width: 216mm, 
ISBN:   9780323905091
ISBN 10:   0323905099
Series:   Handbook for Designing and Conducting Clinical and Translational Research
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   05 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Dr Adam E. M. Eltorai, MD, PhD completed his graduate studies in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology along with his medical degree from Brown University. His work has spanned the translational spectrum with a focus on medical technology innovation and development. Dr. Eltorai has published numerous articles and books. Dr Jeff Bakal PhD, P.Stat. is the Program Director for Provincial Research Data Services at Alberta Health Services which operates the Alberta Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) data platform and Health Service Statistical & Analytics Methods teams. He has over 10 years of experience working with Health Services data and Randomized Clinical Trials. He completed his PhD jointly with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the School of Physical Health and Education at Queen's University. He has worked on the methodology and analysis of several international studies in business strategy, ophthalmology, cardiology, geriatric medicine and the analysis of kinematic data resulting in several peer reviewed articles and conference presentations. His current interests are in developing statistical methodology for time-to-event data and the development of classification tools to assist in patient decision making processes. Maleeha Ahmad, MD, FRCS, FACS is a neurosurgeon with advanced fellowships spanning skull base, neurosurgical oncology, and stereotactic radiosurgery. Her work bridges the operating room, neurosurgical systems design, and the frontier of intelligent healthcare. With over a decade of expertise and more than 1,000 citations to her peer-reviewed publications, she is recognized as an authority in translational neurosurgery, with leadership across clinical trials, academic service lines, and editorial roles in leading neurosurgical publications. Having worked both within and beyond traditional academic silos—including ten years in academic medicine—she brings an outcomes-driven perspective shaped by high-volume integrated care systems. Her current focus lies in translating data-rich insights—from artificial intelligence and radiogenomics to global health frameworks—into advanced, safe, and patient-centric neurosurgical decision-making. As Lead Book Editor of Translational Neurosurgery, she curates this volume as a blueprint for the discipline’s next evolutionary leap.