Syrian physician whose story with a patient turned to an American film

! (Suhail Najjar) was born in Damascus, studied in its schools and joined the Faculty of Medicine University of Damascus to receive his doctorate in neurology in 1983 He remained in Damascus before moving to the United States, where he completed his research and studies at the Albany Medical College in New York. He was appointed as a fellow of neuroscience at the School of Medicine (New York University) Common .. Section (epilepsy and clinical neurological nephrology) ..! He is currently Head of Neurology at Lenox Hill Hospital and Staten Island Hospital and President and Professor of Neurology at Hofstra North Shore-Lee College of Medicine.

And is one of the first experts in the treatment of encephalitis, the first doctor in the history of New York University, which determines the mechanism of interaction between the immune system and the central nervous system ...!  Has gained international fame ... because of his success in treating the most difficult situation faced by doctors in America where he managed Was diagnosed with a condition for a New York Post reporter named Susanna Callahan after doctors failed to find out why her health had suddenly deteriorated. In an article published by the American newspaper The New York Times, Susana Kalahan talked about her experience in the face of a rare type of disease that would destroy her life, noting that the intervention of Syrian doctor Suhail Najjar Neurologist at New York University Hospital saved her life. She said that she was examined by a large group of doctors who were unable to diagnose her deteriorating condition, which included hysterical crying and numbness on the left side of her body. She entered a state of hallucination and a feeling that she was surrounded by bugs, The doctors believed that in the event of collapse of their mental strength and the solution they offered, is to enter the mental hospital ...! Explaining that the head of doctors in the hospital asked to resort to Dr. Najjar, describing him as a miracle doctor ..! Syrian doctor Suhail Najjar was summoned

He refused to subject her to another blood test or to another X-ray. She only asked her to do a simple test: that is, "drawing an hour shape." ..Fhen looking at the drawing, he knew that: the reason for mad Susanna body and not myself ..! When Suzanna painted the clock, all the numbers were placed on the right side, indicating a brain injury .. After the necessary tests, ... After the examination, Dr. Suhail Najjar showed that the right part of the brain suffers from inflammation and the person of the disease as " An immunosuppressive brain) or a brain tumor called for the removal of a part of the lobe of the cavernous Calahan returned to normal after almost lost her life ...!

 She regained her health just one month later and wrote a book that ranked first in terms of sales for the New York Times, Brain Burn,  In which she describes her ordeal with the disease, and how she could spend the rest of her life in a mental sanatorium and that her future would end without the doctor's skill in diagnosing her real illness and healing it ...! Her story was turned into an American film, in 2016. She starred in the American actress (Chloe Moritz) as Susanna Callahan The Iranian actor (Navid Nighban) played the role of Syrian doctor Najjar.