Dr Amal Abou-Hamden is a neurosurgeon based in Adelaide, South Australia. She completed her medical studies at the University of Adelaide and her neurosurgical training in Adelaide and Melbourne. She subsequently completed specialist post-graduate fellowships in epilepsy surgery at the Austin Hospital followed by 2 postgraduate fellowships at the University of Toronto: A Neurovascular Fellowship at the Toronto Western Hospital and a Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids. Her current appointments are: - Staff neurosurgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Women's and Children's Hospitals - Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Adelaide - Specialist Neurosurgeon at theThe Memorial and Wakefield Hospitasl.