Dr. Charbel is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the field of Neurosurgery who specializes in the surgical treatment of aneurysms, the diagnosis and management of stroke and ischemic cerebrovascular disease, complex intracranial and skull base tumors, spine tumors and a variety of other neurosurgical problems.

An inventor and entrepreneur, Dr. Charbel has been awarded multiple patents and honors, including the UIC 2002 inventor of the year award. His discoveries are in use worldwide.

Dr. Charbel earned his medical degree in 1984 from St. Joseph’s University in Beirut, Lebanon. He began his Neurosurgical Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and completed his Chief Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Charbel is a past president of the World Association of Lebanese Neurosurgerons, current president of the Chicago Neurological Society (2005) and a director of the Societe de Neurochirurgie de Langue Francaise (1999-2005). He is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Chicago Medical Society, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Illinois Neurosurgical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers/Society of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Institute of Medicine of Chicago, Neurosurgical Society of America, Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Society of Neurological Surgeons.

He is Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago.