Majid Aziz
Abu Dhabi,UAE
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work history
Division Chief & Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
2018.11 - 2026.03
Lead for complex epilepsy and epilepsy surgery in collaboration with Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Manchester, UK
2017.02 - 2018.11
Clinical Lead for Northern Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds, UK
2016.05 - 2017.02
Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Leeds, School of Medicine
Rats of Tabruk Fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy and EEG
Royal Children's Hospital
Melbourne
2015.02 - 2016.05
Locum Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Manchester
2014.08 - 2015.01
Complex Movement Disorders Fellow
Evelina Children's Hospital
London
2013.08 - 2014.07
Specialty Trainee in Paediatric Neurology
North West Deanery
Manchester
2010.08 - 2014.07
Specialty Trainee in Paediatrics and Neonates
North West Deanery
Manchester
2004.08 - 2010.07
Education
FRCPCH -
Royal College of Paediatric And Child Health
UKRats of Tabruk Fellowship - Pediatric Epilepsy and EEG
Royal Children's Hospital
Melbourne, AustraliaCertificate of completion of training (CCT) - Paediatric Neurology
General Medical Council / RCPCH
UKCertificate in Medical Leadership in Practice - undefined
Manchester Business School | University of Manchester
UKMRCPCH - undefined
Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health
UKBachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB;BS) - undefined
Frontier Medical College, Bahria University
Abbottabad, PakistanSkills
EEG Interpretation:
- Routine scalp EEG, sleep-deprived EEG, prolonged video-EEG monitoring (vEEG) for pre-surgical evaluation
Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)
- Multi-trajectory depth electrode placement planning using ROSA/Renishaw robotic assistance or frame-based stereotaxy
- Target selection for deep epileptogenic foci
- SEEG signal interpretation across multiple anatomical targets for 3D epileptogenic zone delineation
Subdural Electrode Management
- Grid/strip electrode coverage planning for cortical surface mapping
Electrocorticography (ECoG)
- Intraoperative ECoG interpretation for seizure onset zone confirmation during resection
- Tailored resection guidance based on intraoperative spike mapping
Cortical Stimulation Mapping (CSM)
- Language Mapping: Cortical and subcortical stimulation for eloquent cortex identification (Broca's, Wernicke's, basal temporal language areas) in awake or asleep pediatric patients
- Motor/Sensory Mapping: Pre-central and post-central gyrus localization, including face/hand/leg representation mapping
IONM for SDR surgery
Neuroimaging Coregistration & Integration
- MRI-PET coregistration for focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) detection
- SISCOM (Subtraction Ictal SPECT Co-registered to MRI) interpretation for seizure onset localization
- Functional MRI (fMRI) interpretation for language/motor lateralization and surgical planning
- Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography for visual pathway and corticospinal tract preservation planning
Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Management
Lumbar Puncture
- Diagnostic CSF acquisition
- Opening Pressure monitoring
- Intrathecal medication delivery
Botulinum Toxin Administration
- Dystonia and spasticity management
- Salivary gland for drooling
- Migraine headache
Ketogenic diet initiation and monitoring
Affiliations
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health – UK (Membership no – 125485)
- General Medical Council (GMC) – UK (Reg no: 6057532)
- Department of Health, Abu Dhabi. UAE. (License no GD 23269)
- British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA)
- International Child Neurology Association (ICNA)
- International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
- American Epilepsy Society (AES)
- Emirates Medical Association – Vice President of Emirates Child Neurology Chapter
- Child Neurology Society of Pakistan
- Asian Oceanic Child Neurology Association (AOCNA)
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
- Dafsari HS, Deneubourg C, Singh K...., Aziz M, ElGhazali G, Mattas L, .. Jungbluth H. Mutations in the Key Autophagy Tethering Factor EPG5 Link Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Disorders Including Early-Onset Parkinsonism. Ann Neurol. 2025 Nov;98(5):932-950.
- Nou-Fontanet L, Ousingsawat J, Aziz M, Maroofian R, Karimiani EG, Fernández-López A, Candela-Cantó S, Rumià J, Domínguez AM, Schreiber R, Kunzelmann K, Ortigoza-Escobar JD. Case Report of Pediatric HPCA-Associated Dystonia: Analysis of Ca2+ and K+Channel Dynamics and Experience With Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Nov;172:46-52.
- Iruzubieta P, Alves CAPF, Al Shamsi AM ..., A, Al Tenalji A, Aziz M, .., Maroofian R. Clinical and neuroradiological spectrum of biallelic variants in NOTCH3. EBioMedicine. 2024 Sep;107:105297.
- Salimi Dafsari, Hormos & Deneubourg, Celine & Singh, Kritarth & Maroofian, Reza & Suprenant, Zita & Kho, Ay & Ingham, Neil & Steel, Karen & Sheshadri, Preethi & Baur, Franciska & Hentrich, Lea & Gerisch, Birgit & Zamani, Mina & Alves, César & Siddiqui, At & Dafsari, Haidar & Salari, Mehri & Lang, Anthony & Harris, Majid Aziz, Michael & Jungbluth, Heinz. (2024). Mutations in EPG5 are associated with a wide spectrum of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. medRxiv 2024.06.12.24308722; doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.12.24308722
- Chari et al. UK Children's Epilepsy Surgery Collaboration. The UK experience of stereoelectroencephalography in children: An analysis of factors predicting the identification of a seizure-onset zone and subsequent seizure freedom. Epilepsia. 2021 Aug;62(8):1883-1896.
- Shtawi, Mouayad Al and Aziz Majid and ALakkad, Ashraf and Shubbar, Imad A Case Study of Oxcarbazepine-induced Stevens-johnson Syndrome. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal, (2022). 17(1), 1-6.
- Watson L, Aziz M, Vassallo G, Plant N and Webb N. Bladder dysfunction and hypertension in children with Guillain–Barré syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014 Sep;29(9):1637-41.
- Goenka A, Aziz M, Riley P and Vassallo G. Complex regional pain syndrome involving face. Eur J Pediatr. 2014;173(3): 397-400.
- Aziz M, Vassallo G. Cerebral palsy: An overview and the role of a paediatric neurologist in the evaluation of children with complex needs for cochlear implant. Cochlear Implants International. 2013;14, S4-S7.
- Aziz M, Stivaros S, Fagbemi A, Vassallo G. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in conjunction with inflammatory bowel disease. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2013 Mar;17(2):208-11.
- Majid A, Talat K, Colin L, Caroline R, Helen K, Christian D. Heterogeneity in spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1. J Pediatr Neurosci 2012;7:197-9
- Banka S, Blom HJ, Walter J, Aziz M, Urquhart J, Clouthier CM, Rice GI, de Brouwer AP, Hilton E, Vassallo G, Will A, Smith DE, Smulders YM, Wevers RA, Steinfeld R, Heales S, Crow YJ, Pelletier JN, Jones S, Newman WG. Identification and characterization of an inborn error of metabolism caused by dihydrofolate reductase deficiency. Am J Hum Genet. 2011 Feb 11;88(2):216-25
- Diagnostic yield of next-generation sequencing in neonatal onset epileptic encephalopathies. e-poster presentation at the ICNC2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. May 2024.
- Drowning in Children: Retrospective Analysis of Incident Characteristics and Predicting Neurological Outcomes" e-poster presentation at the ICNC 2024 Cape Town, South Africa. May 2024.
- Diagnostic yield of Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing in pediatric neurological disorders. A UAE Tertiary hospital experience. International Child Neurology Congress. Antalya, Turkey, Oct 2022.
- Pediatric stroke: Clinical presentation, risk factors and outcomes. A single tertiary centre 10-years retrospective review from the UAE. 14th EPNS Congress 2022, Glasgow. UK. June 2022
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in Emirati Children: A 5-year retrospective review of visual outcome and recurrence risk. 14th EPNS Congress 2022, Glasgow. UK. June 2022
- Genotype and Phenotype of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. A 10-year retrospective review in a single tertiary center in UAE. 16th SEHA International Pediatric Conference, Abu Dhabi. UAE. March, 2022
- Hemispherotomy in children; seizure control, complications and neuro-cognitive outcomes. Exploring New Frontiers; 11th Pediatric Neurology Conference. Karachi. Pakistan. February 2020
- Epilepsy Surgery for Paediatric Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial tumours (DNET) – The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Experience. 33rd International Epilepsy Congress (IEC), Bangkok. June 2019
- The value of Magnetoencephalography (MEG) for localisation of seizure onset zone in MRI and FGD-PET imaging negative focal epilepsy in children - A single centre experience. British Paediatric Neurology Annual Conference, Liverpool, January 2019.
- Ketogenic diet in infants under 1 year of age; The Greater Manchester experience. 6th global symposium on ketogenic therapies for neurological disorders (keto 2018), Jeju Island. South Korea. October 2018
- Implications of focal cortical dysplasia in Paediatric NF 2. Poster Presentation at The Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference. Paris, France. November 2018
- Comparison in outcomes of dominant vs non-dominant temporal lobectomy for epilepsy. Poster presentation. 32nd International Epilepsy Congress, Barcelona. Spain. September 2017.
- IVIG for Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Which Regimen Should I Choose? Oral Presentation at the 11th EPNS Congress, Vienna, Austria. May 2015
- Facial weakness in children: It's not Bell's when alarm bells are ringing. Oral poster presentation at the 11th EPNS Congress, Vienna, Austria. May 2015
- CNS involvement in children with haemophagocytic lymphocytosis (HLH), a ten-year retrospective review. Presentation at the British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) annual conference, January 2014, Southampton, UK.
- Autonomic dysfunction in children with Guillain–Barré syndrome. Oral presentation at the 10th European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) conference, Brussels. Belgium. September 2013.
- Movement disorder in children with anti-NMDA encephalitis. Oral presentation at the 17th International congress of Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, Sydney. Australia. June 2013
TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Course director Emirati Pediatric Epilepsy Course (EPEC)
- Educational supervisor for British Paediatric Neurology Distance Learning Course. BPNA
- Instructor for Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET) Courses - BPNA
- Pediatric Residency Faculty member in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, involved in the development and quality assurance of training program.
- Clinical bedside teaching for paediatric membership (MRCPCH) and Arab board clinical exam.
- Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health - MRCPCH clinical examiner.
- Educational and clinical supervisor for paediatrics trainees during their rotation in neurology in SKMC.
- Scientific chair of national and international child neurology conference.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
- Vice President Emirati Child Neurology Chapter of Emirates Medical Association
- Member SEHA sentinel events committee. SKMC. Abu Dhabi. UAE
- Co-chair SEHA genomics council. Abu Dhabi. UAE
- Expert reviewer for DHA for complaints and litigation cases
- Clinical Lead for Northern Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service, Manchester. UK
- Paediatric Neurology Dept lead for clinical audit in Leeds General Infirmary. UK
- Member of Clinical governance committee overseeing clinical pathways and proformas. Introducing of policies and procedures at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
- Contributed to clinical pathways for children presenting with first seizure to emergency department in SKMC.
- Contributed to SEHA guidelines on management of New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE) including Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)
REFEREES
- Omar, Ismayl, Consultant Pediatric Neurologist, oismayl@seha.ae, +971 2 819 0000, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 51900, Tel no: +971 2 819 0000 (Work), Fax no: +971 2 610 0739
- Jihad, Saleh Al Mistairihi, Chair of Department of Paediatrics, jsaleh@seha.ae, +971 2 819 0000, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 51900, Wok Tel no: +971 2 819 0000 (Work)
Timeline
Division Chief & Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
2018.11 - 2026.03
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
2017.02 - 2018.11
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist
Leeds General Infirmary
2016.05 - 2017.02
Rats of Tabruk Fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy and EEG
Royal Children's Hospital
2015.02 - 2016.05
Locum Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
2014.08 - 2015.01
Complex Movement Disorders Fellow
Evelina Children's Hospital
2013.08 - 2014.07
Specialty Trainee in Paediatric Neurology
North West Deanery
2010.08 - 2014.07
Specialty Trainee in Paediatrics and Neonates
North West Deanery
2004.08 - 2010.07
Rats of Tabruk Fellowship - Pediatric Epilepsy and EEG
Royal Children's Hospital
Certificate in Medical Leadership in Practice - undefined
Manchester Business School | University of Manchester
MRCPCH - undefined
Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB;BS) - undefined
Frontier Medical College, Bahria University
FRCPCH -
Royal College of Paediatric And Child Health
Certificate of completion of training (CCT) - Paediatric Neurology
General Medical Council / RCPCH