Wael H. Mostafa, MD, PhD
Physician, Neurosurgery
Phone: (217) 383-3507
Email: Wael.Mostafa@carle.com
Research Interests
- Fluorescence guided resections of brain tumors
- High field MRI studies of brain tumors and intracranial hemorrhage
- Medical student projects (Mostafa Lab)
- Collaborative work with University of Illinois in AI and machine learning
Education and Training
- Fellowship, CAST Accredited Fellowship Program, Indiana University- Goodman Campbell Brain & Spine, Indianapolis, IN, 2017-2018
- Fellowship, CAST Accredited Fellowship Program, Indiana University - Goodman Campbell Brain & Spine, Indianapolis, IN, 2016-2017
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2007-2010
- Residency, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 2011-2016
- Residency, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2003-2010
- PhD, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2010
Publications
- Williamson JN, Mulyana B, Peng RH, Jain S, Hassaneen W, Miranpuri A, Yang Y. How the Somatosensory Systems Adapts to the Motor Change in Stroke: A Hemispheric Shift? Med Hypotheses. 2024 Nov;192:111487. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2024.111487. Epub 2024 Sep 24. PMID: 39525858.
- Yonk MG, Lim MA, Thompson CM, Tora MS, Lakhina Y, Du Y, Hoang KB, Molinaro AM, Boulis NM, Hassaneen W, Lei K. Improving glioma drug delivery: A multifaceted approach for glioma drug development. Pharmacol Res. 2024 Oct;208:107390. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2024.107390. Epub 2024 Sep 2. PMID: 39233056.
- Bhatta R, Han J, Liu Y, Bo Y, Lee D, Zhou J, Wang Y, Nelson ER, Chen Q, Zhang XS, Hassaneen W, Wang H. Metabolic tagging of extracellular vesicles and development of enhanced extracellular vesicle based cancer vaccines. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 5;14(1):8047. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43914-8.
Academic (or Faculty) Appointments
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor