Jehad Zakaria, MD

After receiving his doctor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, Wisconsin, Dr. Zakaria went on to complete his neurosurgery residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois.
Dr. Zakaria specializes in the treatment of a wide variety of neurosurgical pathologies, including brain and spinal tumors, brain and spinal trauma, spinal degenerative conditions, and peripheral nerve conditions.
He is passionate about providing outstanding and accessible neurosurgical care in the community through informed discussions with patients and their families. In addition to his formal training, Dr. Zakaria has numerous peer-reviewed publications and is a member of multiple professional neurosurgical societies including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

• Congress for Neurological Surgeons
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Publications 

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts

Patel A, Zakaria J, Bartindale MR, et al. Fetal Bovine Collagen Grafts for Repair of Tegmen Defects and Encephaloceles Via Middle Cranial Fossa Approach [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 13]. Ear Nose Throat J. 2020;145561320906906.

Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Meckel's Cave Epidermpoid Cysts: Case Discussion and Literature Review. Zakaria J, Sainai P, Yanovskaya M, Tsiang JT, Ravindran K, Johans S, Patel CR, Germanwala AV. Case Rep Neurol Med. Feb 2020.

Brachial Plexitis After Stem Cell Transplant. Zakaria J, Prabhu VC. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jan 11;136:74-76

Microvascular Decompression and Arachnoid Cyst Fenestration for Treatment of Medulla Oblongata Compression Caused by Arachnoid Cyst-Vascular Loop Complex. Zakaria J Wemhoff M, Anderson D. World Neurosurg. 2018 May;113:293-295. 2018.02.104.

Cortical Mapping in the Resection of Malignant Cerebral Gliomas. Zakaria J. Prabhu VC De Vleeschouwer S editor. Glioblastoma. Brisbane (AU): Codon Publications; 2017 Sep. Chapter 13.

Algharabli J, Kintner D, Wang Q, Begum G, Clark P , Yang S,Lin S, Kahle K, Kuo J, and Sun D. Inhibition of Na+-K+-2Cl cotransporter isoform 1 accelerates temozolomide-mediated apoptosis in glioblastoma cancer cells.. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 2012
Jun; 30(1): 33-48.

Liu Y, Kintner DB, Begum G, Algharabli J, Cengiz P, Shull GE, Liu XJ, Sun D. Endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ signaling and mitochondrial Cyt c release in astrocytes following oxygen and glucose deprivation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2010 Sep; 114(5): 1436-46.

Liu Y, Kintner DB, Chanana V, Algharabli J, Chen X, Gao Y, Chen J, Ferrazzano P, Olson JK, Sun D. Activation of microglia depends onNa+/H+ exchange-mediated H+ homeostasis. Journal of Neuroscience. 2010 Nov; 30(45): 15210-20.

Posters/Abstracts

Jehad Zakaria, Michael Wemhoff, Douglas Anderson; Kurt Grahnke. Arachnoid Cyst-Vascular Loop Complex Causing Symptomatic Compression of the Medulla Oblongata: Case Report and Discussion [abstract]. 2018 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting. April 28-May 2 2018. New Orleans. LA.

Jehad Zakaria, Kevin Swong, Vikram Prabhu; Kurt Grahnke. Delayed Cortical Spreading Depression Following a Subdural Hematoma Evacuation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [abstract]. 2018 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting. April 28-May 2 2018. New
Orleans. LA.

Jehad Zakaria; Michael Schneck; Douglas Anderson, Richard Czuma; Kurt Grahnke . Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Presenting As a Cerebellopontine Angle Mass: Case Report and Discussion. [abstract]. 2018 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting. April 28-May 2 2018. New
Orleans. LA.

Jehad Zakaria; Michael Schneck; Douglas Anderson, Richard Czuma; Kurt Grahnke . Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Presenting As a Cerebellopontine Angle Mass: Case Report and Discussion. [abstract]. 2018 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting. April 28-May 2 2018. New
Orleans. LA.

D. Kintner, V. Chanana, J. Algharabli, B. Gundlack, P. Ferrazzano, J. Olson, D. Sun.. (2010, October 14). Na+/H+ exchange-mediated H+ homeostasis is a key event for microglial activation.. Society for Neuroscience, Meeting.

Y. Shi, D.B. Kintner, J. Algharabli, P. Clark, P. Ezhilan, B. Gundlach, J.S. Kuo, D. Sun. (2010, October 15). Na-K-Cl cotransporter-mediated intracellular chloride and volume regulation In brain tumor stem cells. Society for Neuroscience, Meeting.

Yan Liu, Douglas B. Kintner, Xinzhi Chen, Jehad Algharabli, Julie Olson, Dandan Sun.. (2009, November 14). Activation of microglia following in vitro ischemia depends on Na+/H+exchange-mediated H+ homeostasis.. Society for Neuroscience, Meeting.

Oral Presentations

Changing Criteria for Attempts at Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Neuroma SurgeryK Grahnke, J Zakaria, C Szujewski, G Malina, Adriana Russ, Rebecca Rajasekhar, John P.Leonetti , Douglas E. Anderson - Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, 2018 (S01), A168

Facial Nerve Preservation in the Resection of Large Vestibular Schwannomas. Zakaria J, Grahnke K, Leonetti J, Anderson D. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting. Oct 2018, Houston, TX.