Dr. Isma Azam Zico is a Consultant Neurosurgeon with extensive experience in minimal invasive, cranial, spinal, and skull base surgery, he served as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He completed his MBBS from Dhaka Medical College Hospital, obtained his MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and earned his MS in Neurosurgery from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka.

He began his career as an Assistant Surgeon at Kazipur Union Centre before progressing through surgical training in general surgery and orthopaedics at Sir Salimullah Medical College. He then specialised in neurosurgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, advancing from Registrar to his current role as Assistant Professor. Dr. Zico has pursued extensive subspecialty training through numerous international live and cadaveric workshops in skull base surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, endovascular neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation, hydrocephalus endoscopy, and paediatric neurosurgery, working alongside internationally renowned faculty including Juha Hernesniemi, Atul Goel, Tipu Aziz, and W. T. Couldwell, among others.

Cranial / Brain Tumor Surgery

CP Angle Tumor

Meningioma: Convexity, Parasagittal, TSM, Sphenoid Wing, Olfactory Groove, Clinoidal, Tentorial, Temporal Base, Cavernous Sinus, Petroclival, Cerebellar Convexity, Petro-tentorial, Dorsum Sellar, Diaphragma Sellar, CP Angle, Falco-tentorial, Falcine, Intraosseous, Intraventricular, Intraparenchymal

Glioma: Insular, Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Periatrial, Occipital, Cerebellar

Craniopharyngioma

Pituitary Macroadenoma

Intraventricular Tumor

Posterior Fossa Hemangioblastoma

Pineal Tumor

Foramen Magnum Meningioma

Brainstem Cavernoma

Brainstem Glioma

Chiari Malformation

Trigeminal Schwannoma

Vascular Neurosurgery

Aneurysm Clipping

Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)

EC-IC Bypass

Carotid Endarterectomy

Others Neurosurgery

Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV)

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunt

Lumbo-Peritoneal Shunt

Decompressive Craniectomy

Cranioplasty

Eosinophilic Granuloma

Skull Metastasis

Intracranial Metastasis

Trigeminal Neuralgia — Microvascular Decompression (MVD)

Olfactory Neuroblastoma

Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration

Colloid Cyst

Hemifacial spasm

Optic Pathway Glioma

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

Medulloblastoma / Intracranial Dermoid – Epidermoid

Sellar – Suprasellar Paraganglioma

Sellar – Suprasellar Schwannoma

Rathke’s Cleft Cyst

Temporal Cavernoma

Intraorbital Tumor

Jugular Fossa Lesion

Fibrous Dysplasia

Enterogenous Cyst

Arachnoid Cyst

Clival Chordoma

Spinal Surgery

Intramedullary Spinal Tumor

Extramedullary Spinal Tumor

Atlanto-Axial Dislocation (AAD)

Occipito-Cervical Fusion

Odontoid Fracture

Hangman’s Fracture

Cervical 360° Stabilisation

Dorsal Ligamentum Flava Calcification

Traumatic Lateral Mass Fixation

Degenerative Lateral Mass Stabilisation

Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion (ACDF)

Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL)

Cervical Posterior Microforaminotomy

Dorso-Lumbar Fixation

Arachnoid Cyst

Epidural Abscess

Prolapsed Lumbar Intervertebral Disc (PLID)

Meningomyelocele

Tethered Cord Syndrome

Spondylolisthesis (Open & MISS)

Sacral Chordoma

Hirayama Disease

Dorsal Disc Prolapse

Pott’s Disease

Spinal Metastasis

Plasmacytoma / Multiple Myeloma

Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

Epidural Hemangioma

Ewing Sarcoma