
Dr. Jonathan Wasserberg
Dr. Jonathan Wasserberg is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital in Abu Dhabi.
Dr Wasserberg graduated in Medicine from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1986. He trained in Neurosurgery in Glasgow, Scotland and passed the Neurosurgery examination and obtained his Certificate of Completion of neurosurgical training in 1997. Prior to joining Mediclinic, he was a consultant in Neurosurgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK from 1998 until 2013.
He then moved to Abu Dhabi working at Mafraq Hospital (2013-2019) and then at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (2020- May 2022). He has published over twenty academic papers on topics related to head injury, spinal injury, spinal tumours and spinal surgery. His interests are spinal problems, in particular disc pathology causing neck and arm pain and back and leg pain. He performs spinal injections and surgeries on the spine.
Special interests
- Spinal neurosurgery
- Spinal injections
- Radiofrequency neurotomy for back pain
- Lumbar microdiscectomy
- Lumbar fusion
- Cervical discectomy and fusion
Qualifications
- B.Sc (Hons)
- MB BChir (Cantab)
- FRCS(SN)
- CCT MSc (Healthcare Management and Leadership)