1500 N Beauregard St
300
Alexandria, VA 22311
44055 Riverside Pkwy
220
Leesburg, VA 20176
3300 Gallows Rd
Department of Neurosciences
Falls Church, VA 22042
8081 Innovation Park Dr
900
Fairfax, VA 22031
Dr. Andrew Fanous is a specialty care physician board certified in neurosurgery. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and currently serves as the Section Chief of Neurosurgery at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He has a special interest in the minimally invasive surgical management of spine disorders and back pain, as well as spine and brain tumors.
Dr. Fanous is a native of Alexandria, Egypt. He graduated magna cum laude from Vermont’s Middlebury College, where he completed his undergraduate studies in molecular biology, biochemistry and German literature with highest departmental honors. At that time, he investigated gene expression changes during neural progenitor cell differentiation at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Germany. While there, he also received a fellowship grant at the Freie Universität for his work on the purification of a novel protein involved in pain transmission within the spinal cord.
In 2011, Dr. Fanous completed his medical degree with focus in surgery from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington. Dr. Fanous completed his residency in neurological surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo. During his residency, he was the recipient of multiple accolades including the award for best research project from the New York State Neurosurgical Society, the community service award from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the graduate medical education quality improvement award. He is also member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Fanous completed his fellowship training in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery at the University of Miami.
Since joining Inova, Dr. Fanous has been awarded multiple awards and accolades including the Best Resident Teacher Faculty Award, the Community Engagement and Mentorship Award, the prestigious Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor Award, the Arlington Magazine Top Doctor Award, as well as the Castle Connolly Top Doctor Award, given to the top 7% of neurological and spine surgeons nationwide. Dr Fanous is highly engaged in medical education and community service in Northern Virginia. He is the founder and director of the annual Inova Spine Symposium.
Blog Posts
Carolyn is on Top of the World After Spine Surgery at Inova (October 2023)
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