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