Younes Houari

Dr. Younes Houari is presently Clinical Assistant Instructor in Neurology at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in New York City(SUNY). After his Baccalaureate obtained in French Lycée Descartes in 1988, he entered King Mohamed V University Medical School in Rabat and passed successfully, being ranked number one, the highly selective Moroccan residency admission test, "Internat" exam. He then chose to enter a Neurosurgery Residency with worldwide renowned Professor Abdesslam Elkhamlichi, vice president of the International Neurosurgical Association.

In 1998, Dr. Houari joined the SUNY Downstate center in New York as a Neurology resident to further his subspecialization in the Neurosciences field. This prestigious University Hospital and Medical School counts among achievements, the design of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine(MRI) (Science 1971 Mar 19;171(976):1151-3), the first artificial heart, the first portable artificial kidney as well as the 1998 Nobel prize in Medicine.

Dr. Houari is now pursuing a mixed Universitarian and Clinical career, receiving his academic training in diverse New York centers such as Columbia and Cornell Universities and treats patients from all countries. He is very well appreciated by his colleagues but above all by his residents and medical students who acknowledge his teaching qualities. He plans to sub-specialize in movement disorders and clinical neurophysiology and work on research for a cure for diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis or Alzheimer's dementia.

On a personal point of view, Dr. Houari comes from a family with strong scientific background as his father, Dr. Aziz Houari, an Electrical and Nuclear physicist, was one of the very first University Professors in Morocco and introduced the first research nuclear reactor to our home country in 1991. Dr. Younes Houari is married to Seloua, Oral Surgeon, and lives in Queens, NY. Through family and friends or through his homepage links (www.houari.tripod.com), he has helped many Moroccan fellows, either to settle down in the United States and successfully integrate in our community or to achieve the incredibly complex process of joining American Medicine. Finally Dr. Houari is proud to serve as a health consultant for Wafin.com and our community in the US.

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