One of the region’s few fellowship-trained neurosurgical oncologists, Ahmed M. Meleis, M.D., serves as serves as director of spinal oncology and associate professor of neurosurgery. He specializes in the advanced surgical treatment of primary and metastatic tumors of the spine and brain. He also sees adult patients with neck and back pain caused by degeneration or herniated disks.

He completed his fellowship training at the prestigious University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He completed his residency training at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, N.J., where he also received his medical degree. His research interests focus on the outcomes of surgery and radiation treatment for spinal tumors.