Wajd N Al-Holou, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Co-Director, CNS Tumor Registry
Medical School
Office:
University of Michigan
Neurosurgery
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, 3470 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5338
Neurosurgery
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, 3470 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5338
Email:
[email protected]
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Wajd N Al-Holou, MD
Assistant Professor
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Qualifications
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Clinical FellowUniversity of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Neurosurgical Oncology, United States
2016 - 2017
Postdoctoral Fellowship
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ResidencyUniversity of Michigan, Neurosurgery, Ann Arbor, United States
2009 - 2016
Residency
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Chief ResidentUniversity of Michigan, Neurosurgery, Ann Arbor, USA
2015 - 2016
Chief Resident
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MDUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
2004 - 2009
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BSUniversity of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, United States
2000 - 2003
Recent Publications
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Terman S, Al-Holou WN, Kilburg C, Garton HJL, Maher CO. 2011 Apr 4;Proceeding / Abstract / PosterThe prevalence and natural history of pineal cysts in adults
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Al-Holou W. 2026 Sep 1;PresentationAcademic Neurosurgical Oncology: How to Start a Brain Tumor Practice
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Tripathy A, Harake ES, Ahmad A, Sharba N, Li A, Saleh S, Sagher O, Heth JA, Altshuler D, Hollon TC, Thompson BG, Pandey AS, Umemura Y, Al-Holou WN. J Neurosurg, 2026 Jul 31; 1 - 13.Journal ArticlePredicting postoperative hospice enrollment following stereotactic brain biopsy: a retrospective study and risk score development.
DOI:10.3171/2026.2.JNS251994 PMID: 42537242 -
Al-Holou W. 2026 Sep 1;PresentationBuilding a Comprehensive Clinical and Translational Brain Tumor Program
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Vo T, Savary C, Jackson ER, Douglas AM, Murdoch HJ, Jayaraman R, Bessler N, Persson ML, McEwen H, McLachlan T, Duchatel RJ, Petraello B, Agnihotri S, Anastas J, Baker SJ, Becher OJ, Castel D, Chavez L, Koldobskiy MA, Deogharkar A, Mota M, Dirks PB, Doherty R, de la Nava D, Duncan B, du Chatinier A, Galban S, Marques JG, Hanson CM, Hara T, Herrington C, Ji S, Jones C, Kleinman CL, Krug B, Lin FY, Lu QR, Messinger D, Mody RJ, Mukherji D, Parthasarathy A, Peterson E, Phoenix TN, Pichumani K, Prensner JR, Ramakrishna S, Ramsoomair CK, Sajjakulnukit P, Sarmashghi S, Syed S, Tamplin OJ, Trout M, Freytag S, Valvo VM, Wahl DR, Al-Holou WN, Wechsler-Reya RJ, Koschmann C, Venneti S, Filbin MG, Dun MD. Neuro-Oncology Pediatrics, 2026 Jun 7; 2 (3): wuag036Journal ArticleCutting through complexity: Spatial multi-omics in the fight against diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma/diffuse midline glioma
DOI:10.1093/neuped/wuag036 -
Syed S, Tripathy A, Ji S, Alomary Y, de la Nava Martin D, Mota M, Chakravarthy R, Huang D-L, Wang Z, Li Z, Zhang Q, Lawrence T, Wahl D, Koschmann C, Venneti S, Rehemtulla A, Al-Holou W. Neurosurgery, 2026 Apr 24; 72 (Supplement_1): 109 - 109.Proceeding / Abstract / Poster393 THY1: A Therapeutically Targetable Mediator of Treatment Resistance in H3K27M Pediatric Tumors
DOI:10.1227/neu.0000000000003964_393 -
Chanoch-Myers R, Hara T, Greenwald AC, Hoefflin R, Bussema L, Weisman HR, Nieblas-Bedolla E, Gurramkonda J, Bekezhankyzy Z, Jucht A, Fernandez E, Spitzer A, Hon Fung J, Biella C, Al-Holou W, Camelo-Piragua S, Behnan J, Galli R, Wakimoto H, Suva ML, Tirosh I. Nature Communications, 2026 Mar 12;Journal ArticleA blueprint for local and distal glioblastoma invasion programs
DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-70470-8 -
Li A, Saleh S, Sharba N, Guivatchian E, Sagher O, Sullivan SE, Heth JA, Hollon TC, Thompson BG, Pandey AS, Umemura Y, Al-Holou WN. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 2026 Mar 1; 152 (3):Journal ArticleMinimizing the risks of stereotactic brain biopsy in suspected central nervous system lymphoma: a retrospective database study
DOI:10.1007/s00432-026-06458-0 PMID: 41886097
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