Dr Mohammad Ashraf

Honorary Clinical Fellow (Undergraduate Medical School)

email: Mohammad.Ashraf@glasgow.ac.uk

Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Science, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, G51 4TF

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3863-5872

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2025

Gillespie, C. S. et al. (2025) Hyponatremia incidence after subarachnoid hemorrhage and association with outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. World Neurosurgery, 195, 123616. (doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.123616) (PMID:39732459)

Ahmed, S., Nadir, M. A., Iftikhar, A., Ashraf, H. and Ashraf, M. (2025) Demographic and regional mortality trends in patients with asthma in the United States (1999–2020): a CDC WONDER analysis. Journal of Asthma, (doi: 10.1080/02770903.2025.2458519) (PMID:39950971) (Early Online Publication)

Gillespie, C. et al. (2025) Diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage: Systematic evaluation of CT head diagnostic accuracy and comparison with the 2022 NICE guidelines. Brain and Spine, 5, 104200. (doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2025.104200)

Shahzad, M., Ashraf, M. and Muquit, S. (2025) Early use of targeted blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension presenting with bilateral subdural hematomas and acute infarcts. Surgical Neurology International, 16, 24. (doi: 10.25259/sni_833_2024) (PMID:39926469) (PMCID:PMC11799713)

2024

Ashir Shafique, M. et al. (2024) Trends of mortality due to traumatic brain injury in the USA: A comprehensive analysis of CDC WONDER data from 1999 to 2020. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, (doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1800952) (Early Online Publication)

Iqbal, J. et al. (2024) Demographic and regional patterns of epilepsy-related mortality in the USA: insights from CDC WONDER data. Surgical Neurology International, 15, 450. (doi: 10.25259/sni_592_2024) (PMID:39777187) (PMCID:PMC11704444)

Gardee, A., Goonewardena, E., Lub, S., Ashraf, M. , Ismahel, H. , Chaudhary, A., Nasser Al-Salloum, L. and Border, S. (2024) White matter dissection: lessons from the United Kingdom National Neuroanatomy Undergraduate Competition 2023. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, (doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1796649) (Early Online Publication)

Gardee, A., Goonewardena, E., Lub, S. and Ashraf, M. (2024) Impactful medical school experiences and choosing a career in neurosurgery: A new beginning for the national undergraduate neuroanatomy competition. Surgical Neurology International, 15, 398. (doi: 10.25259/sni_704_2024)

Rahman Osman, A., Sescu, D., Chansiriwongs, A., Eiamampai, N., Ismahel, H. , Ashraf, M. , Tsonis, I., Bodkin, P. and Abdulrauf, S. I. (2024) Neurosurgical skills conference for medical students: a before and after study. Surgical Neurology International, 15, 380. (doi: 10.25259/sni_660_2024) (PMCID:PMC11544461)

Ahmed, S., Nadeem, Z. A., Kamran, U., Ashfaq, H., Ashraf, H., Ashraf, M. and Farooq, M. (2024) Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in the management of hypothalamic hamartomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis. World Neurosurgery, 190, 463-469.e6. (doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.08.009) (PMID:39122113)

Ashraf, M. and Hodaie, M. (2024) Editorial. A plea for surgical equity in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. [Response]. Journal of Neurosurgery, 141(3), pp. 844-848. (doi: 10.3171/2023.11.jns232229) (PMID:38608301)

Ashraf, M. et al. (2024) Long-term outcome of microvascular decompression for typical trigeminal neuralgia with autologous muscle: an analysis of 1025 patients from a developing country. Journal of Neurosurgery, 141(3), pp. 849-859. (doi: 10.3171/2023.9.JNS231473) (PMID:38608302)

Ashraf, M. (2024) Letter to the editor regarding “Gender differences in medical students’ perception of neurosurgery: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan”. World Neurosurgery, 187, pp. 266-267. (doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.04.089) (PMID:38970188)

Ahmed, S., Anwer, A., Abdullah, M., Ashraf, M. , Iqbal, J., Siddiq, J., Ahmed Khan, N. and Khan, H. (2024) Trends in traumatic brain injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center review of patient charts from Pakistan. Cureus, 16(4), e58745. (doi: 10.7759/cureus.58745) (PMID:38779274) (PMCID:PMC11110921)

Ashraf, M. et al. (2024) Shaping perceptions and inspiring future neurosurgeons: the value of a hands-on simulated aneurysm clipping workshops at a student-organized neurosurgical conference. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 19(1), pp. 26-36. (doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1778634) (PMID:38751389) (PMCID:PMC11093635)

Hutton, D. et al. (2024) Dundee Annual Neurosurgery Skills Event (DANSE) — improving the availability and affordability of neurosurgical skills workshops for medical students. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 19(1), pp. 63-72. (doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1785481) (PMID:38751396) (PMCID:PMC11093633)

Farooq, M., Tariq, S., Ashraf, M. and Chaurasia, B. (2024) Letter to the editor- involving medical students in Neurosurgery: A transformative experience. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 119, pp. 66-67. (doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.023) (PMID:37988768)

2023

Iqbal, J. et al. (2023) Role of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in addiction disorders. Surgical Neurology International, 14, 434. (doi: 10.25259/sni_662_2023) (PMID:38115391)

Ashraf, M. , Chaudhary, A., Ismahel, H. and Gillespie, C. S. (2023) Letter to the editor regarding “Systematic review of research, mentorship, and career resources for medical students pursuing neurosurgical training”. World Neurosurgery, 180, pp. 262-263. (doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.106)

Sajjad, F., Farhan Baloch, M., Ashraf, M. , Gillespie, C. S., Umar, H., Zafar, A., Zulfiqar, J., Ullah, I., Ali, S. and Ashraf, N. (2023) Focal dystonia and ataxic hemiparesis as the initial presentation of a thalamic tuberculoma: a diagnostic challenge in an immunocompetent pediatric patient. Surgical Neurology International, 14, 350. (doi: 10.25259/sni_581_2023) (PMID:37810325) (PMCID:PMC10559370)

Ismahel, H. et al. (2023) Tenth-anniversary Glasgow Neuro Society 2022 conference proceedings. Surgical Neurology International, 14, 335. (doi: 10.25259/sni_649_2023) (PMID:37810290) (PMCID:PMC10559481)

Khan, H., Waqas, S., Golani, S., Kadir, M. M. and Ashraf, M. (2023) Perceived usefulness of smartphone medical apps as theoretical and clinical learning aids among medical students in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study. Cureus, 15(7), e41682. (doi: 10.7759/cureus.41682) (PMID:37575774) (PMCID:PMC10413307)

Ashraf, M. , Gul Zahra, S., Farooq, M., Choudhary, N. and Ashraf, N. (2023) PMMA cranioplasty making by using open-source CAD software, PLA printers, and silicone rubber molds: technical note with two illustrative cases. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 18(2), pp. 420-422. 37397041. (doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768604) (PMID:PMC1031343)

Ashraf, M. , Iqbal, J., Husnain, A., Shahzad Hussain, S. and Ashraf, N. (2023) Rathke’s cleft cyst abscess from Klebsiella. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 14(2), pp. 358-360. (doi: 10.25259/jnrp_53_2023) (PMID:37181181) (PMCID:PMC1017417)

Ashraf, M. and Chaudhary, A. (2023) Comment on U S Seth, et al. (J Pak Med Assoc. 73: 69 -73, 2022) Effect of preoperative intravenous steroids on seroma formation after modified radical mastectomy. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(5), pp. 1151-1152. (PMID:37218262)

Ashraf, M. , Ahmad Cheema, H., Farooq, M., Mustafa, B., Anwer, A., Shahid, S. and Ashraf, N. (2023) Gender bias and ‘doctor brides’. A social dilemma of medical students in Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(5), pp. 1013-1023. (doi: 10.47391/jpma.6965) (PMID:37218227)

Azeem, S., Ashraf, M. , Ahmad Kamboh, U., Asif Raza, M., Farooq, M., Ahmad Cheema, H., Tariq, S., Choudhary, N., Shahzad Hussain, S. and Ashraf, N. (2023) Association of ABO blood group with delayed cerebral ischemia and clinical outcomes following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 18(1), pp. 108-116. (doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1760859) (PMID:37056873) (PMCID:PMC10089742)

Ashraf, M. et al. (2023) Role of a medical student neuro-society organized neurosurgical conference: the Glasgow neuro experience. Surgical Neurology International, 14, 70. (doi: 10.25259/SNI_755_2022) (PMID:36895225) (PMCID:PMC9990638)

Ashraf, M. , Naseeruddin, G., Gul Zahra, S., Ali Sultan, K., Ahmad Kamboh, U., Manzoor, M., Farooq, M., Ahmad, M. and Ashraf, N. (2023) Intracerebral hemorrhage as the first symptomatic manifestation of chronic myeloid leukemia (chronic phase): A case report and literature review. Surgical Neurology International, 14, 5. (doi: 10.25259/sni_897_2022) (PMID:36751457) (PMCID:PMC9899481)

2022

Ashraf, M. , Farooq, M., Ahmad Malik, M., Ali, S., Sohail, S., Shahzad Hussain, S. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Primary CNS lymphoma in an immunocompetent patient: an unusual case illustrating the usual problems facing brain tumour management in a lower-middle-income country. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 26(4), pp. 687-692. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v26i4.680)

Iqbal, J., Jahangir, K., Mashkoor, Y., Sultana, N., Mehmood, D., Ashraf, M. , Iqbal, A. and Hassan Hafeez, M. (2022) The future of artificial intelligence in neurosurgery: a narrative review. Surgical Neurology International, 13, 536. (doi: 10.25259/SNI_877_2022) (PMID:36447868) (PMCID:PMC9699882)

Athar, F. et al. (2022) Frequency of migraine according to the ICHD-3 criteria and its association with sociodemographic and triggering factors in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 82, 104589. (doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104589) (PMID:36268304) (PMCID:PMC9577507)

Farooq, M., Zahra, S. G., Ashraf, M. and Humayun, M. (2022) Comment on “A rare case of 9 years congenital muscular torticollis treated with complete unipolar sternocleidomastoid release: A case report and literature review”. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 99, 107586. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107586) (PMID:36096084) (PMCID:PMC9471963)

Ahmad Kamboh, U., Abid, S., Manzoor, M., Mehboob, M., Jamal, S., Ashraf, M. , Naseer u Din, G. and Ahmad, M. (2022) Delay in diagnosis of brain tumors: a dilemma for neurosurgical community due to spirituality and quackery in a developing country. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 26(3), pp. 543-549. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v26i3.796)

Ahmad Kamboh, U., Abid, S., Ullah, S., Manzoor, M., Sultan, K., Mehboob, M., Ashraf, M. , Jamal, S. and Ahmad, M. (2022) Virtual reality in neurosurgery- a neurostimulator – based postgraduate residency training: a novel step towards skillful young neurosurgeons. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 26(3), pp. 536-542. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v26i3.795)

Kamboh, U. A., Manzoor, M., Ashraf, M. , Chaudhary, N., Mehboob, M. and Ahmad, M. (2022) 11 years old female with synergistic presentation of cranial and spinal pathologies: myxopapillary ependymoma with hydrocephalus - a rare entity. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 26(2), pp. 321-326. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v26i2.697)

Kamboh, U. A., Ashraf, M. , Zahra, S. G., Raza, M. A., Manzoor, M., Mehboob, M., Farooq, M., Ahmad, M., Hussain, S. S. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Outcome of surgical treatment for neglected congenital muscular torticollis: a series of 28 adolescent patients. Surgical Neurology International, 13, 292. (doi: 10.25259/sni_314_2022) (PMID:35855133) (PMCID:PMC9282755)

Ashraf, M. , Kamboh, U. A., Raza, M. A., Choudhary, N., Mehboob, M., Hussain, S. S. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Lhermitte-Duclos Disease: a rare cerebellar hamartoma presenting following traumatic brain injury and a review of the literature. Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, 34(3(S1)), pp. 729-734. (doi: 10.55519/jamc-03-s1-9900) (PMID:36414605)

Ashraf, M. , Choudhary, N., Kamboh, U. A., Raza, M. A., Sultan, K. A., Ghulam, N., Hussain, S. S. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Early experience with patient-specific low-cost 3D-printed polymethylmethacrylate cranioplasty implants in a lower-middle-income-country: Technical note and economic analysis. Surgical Neurology International, 13, 270. (doi: 10.25259/sni_250_2022) (PMID:35855120) (PMCID:PMC9282781)

Ashraf, M. , Hussain, S. S., Farooq, M., Fatima, L., Majeed, N. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Isolated subdural hematoma due to dengue hemorrhagic fever: surgical intervention and review of the literature. Surgical Neurology International, 13, 244. (doi: 10.25259/sni_334_2022) (PMID:35855175) (PMCID:PMC9282807)

Ashraf, M. et al. (2022) Editorial: Glasgow Neuro Society 2021 Conference Proceedings. Surgical Neurology International, 13, 173. (doi: 10.25259/sni_268_2022) (PMID:35509535) (PMCID:PMC9063021)

Sarfraz, A., Sarfraz, Z., Ashraf, M. and Ashraf, H. (2022) Sustained ethical analysis of global dilemmas and country-level decision making during and post the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 38(4), pp. 1056-1063. (doi: 10.12669/pjms.38.4.4755) (PMID:35634626) (PMCID:PMC9121969)

Ashraf, M. , Kamboh, U. A., Raza, M. A., Khan, M. I., Sultan, K. A., Choudhary, N., Hussain, S. S. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Prospective elective neurosurgical theater utilization audit in Pakistan: problems in a public tertiary care hospital and proposed solutions from lower-middle-income country. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 17(1), pp. 58-67. 35873839. (doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1749110) (PMID:PMC9298559)

Farooq, M. et al. (2022) Prevalence of nomophobia and an analysis of its contributing factors in the undergraduate students of Pakistan. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 25(2), pp. 147-153. (doi: 10.1089/cyber.2021.0148) (PMID:35021897)

Ashraf, M. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Underage motorbike driving in Pakistan: a neurosurgical burden heading towards societal disaster. Surgical Neurology International, 13, 37. (doi: 10.25259/sni_1261_2021) (PMID:35242403) (PMCID:PMC8888190)

Ashraf, M. , Ahmad Kamboh, U., Asif Raza, M., Ul Haq, N., Choudhary, N., Ali Sultan, K., Shahzad Hussain, S. and Ashraf, N. (2022) Usefulness of intraoperative computed tomography on extent of resection of large and giant pituitary adenomas. Experience from a developing country. World Neurosurgery, 157, pp. 13-20. (doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.114) (PMID:34619403)

2021

Ghulam, N., Sultan, K. A., Ashraf, M. , Choudhary, N., Kamboh, U. A., Ahmad, N., Raza, M. A., Latif, W., Hussain, S. S. and Ashraf, N. (2021) Prognostic factors for decompressive hemicraniectomy in severe traumatic brain injury patients with traumatic mass lesions: a prospective experience from a developing country. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 25(4), pp. 537-549. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v25i4.606)

Farooq, M., Mustafa, B., Sultan, K. A., Ashraf, M. , Ashraf, N. and Siddique, A. (2021) Extraosseous extradural ewing sarcoma of the thoracic spine: case report and literature review. Surgical Neurology International, 12, 542. (doi: 10.25259/sni_790_2021) (PMID:34754592) (PMCID:PMC8571188)

Ashraf, M. , Ali Sultan, K. and Shahzad Hussain, S. (2021) Letter to the editor regarding “The Challenges in Neurosurgery Training in a THird World Country”. World Neurosurgery, 154, pp. 176-179. (doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.003)

Sultan, K. A., Mustafa, B., Ashraf, M. and Farooq, M. (2021) Spinal extraosseous extradural Ewing’s Sarcoma: a systematic review. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 25(3), pp. 302-311. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v25i3.593)

Ashraf, M. (2021) The journey of enlightenment. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 71(8), pp. 1921-1923. (PMID:34418001)

Ashraf, M. , Ahmad Kamboh, U. and Ashraf, N. (2021) Intraoperative computed tomography scanner-guided craniovertebral junction surgery in a patient with an occipitalized C1. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 12(3), pp. 603-607. (doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1730088) (PMID:3429512) (PMCID:PMC8289552)

Kamboh, U. A., Mehboob, M., Ashraf, M. , Shahid, S., Sultan, K. A., Raza, M. A., Hussain, S. S. and Ashraf, N. (2021) Early experience with percutaneous transpedicular screw fixation for thoracolumbar fractures at a tertiary hospital in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 25(2), pp. 215-224. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v25i2.545)

Ashraf, M. , Shahzad Hussain, S., Ahmad Kamboh, U., Mehboob, M., Shahid, S. and Ashraf, N. (2021) Improvement in the quality of patient notes: a report of a closed loop audit quality improvement project at a neurosurgical department in Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 71(5), pp. 1515-1520. (doi: 10.47391/jpma.452)

Ashraf, M. , Ahmad Kamboh, U., Zubair, M., Ali Sultan, K., Asif Raza, M., Shahzad Hussain, S. and Ashraf, N. (2021) Prevalence of anemia in pediatric patients of traumatic brain injury and problems associated with management in a developing country: unfolding of an underrated comorbidity. Surgical Neurology International, 12, 75. (doi: 10.25259/sni_944_2020) (PMID:33767879) (PMCID:PMC7982091)

Ashraf, M. (2021) Neuro endovascular surgery in Pakistan, a service led by neurosurgeons on the horizon in Pakistan. A turf war: neurosurgery vs. stakeholders for Pakistan’s National Stroke Centre. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 24(4), pp. 381-385. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v24i4.499)

2020

Ashraf, M. , Choudhary, N., Hussain, S. S., Kamboh, U. A. and Ashraf, N. (2020) Role of intraoperative computed tomography scanner in modern neurosurgery – An early experience. Surgical Neurology International, 11, 247. (doi: 10.25259/SNI_303_2020) (PMID:32905376) (PMCID:PMC7468186)

Hussain, S. S., Kamboh, U. A., Raza, A., Tahir, H., Razzaq, R., Ashraf, M. and Ashraf, N. (2020) 5 years mortality of severe traumatic brain injury during the establishment of closed system neurocritical care unit in a resource constrained developing country. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 24(1), pp. 28-32. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v24i1.416)

Ashraf, M. (2020) Subspecialization, a cause of concern for neurosurgeons in Pakistan, an opinion piece and open discussion. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 24(2), pp. 92-94. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v24i2.449)

2019

Kamboh, U. A. and Ashraf, M. (2019) Steroid induced gastrointestinal perforation in a traumatic injury. Atypical complication to a common drug. Pakistan Journal Of Neurological Surgery, 23(3), pp. 243-246. (doi: 10.36552/pjns.v23i3.367)

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