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Neurosurgery September 25, 2025

 Mohammad HamoThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery is pleased to welcome Mohammad Hamo.

Hamo joins the department as a research technician in the lab of James Garber Galbraith Endowed Chair of Neurosurgery James Markert, M.D., MPH. He is currently a fourth-year medical student at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and is expected to graduate in May 2027. Hamo earned his undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences, with a minor in English, from the University of South Alabama.

His research interests include neurosurgery and neuro-oncology, with previous work focused on oncolytic virotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme, machine-learning approaches to neurosurgical outcomes and radiomics-based analyses of brain tumors. Outside the lab, Hamo is training for a marathon, enjoys playing basketball and spends time fishing in local rivers.


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