Basel Musmar, MD

  • Medical School: An-Najah National University (Graduated summa cum laude in 2024)

  • Residency: Neurosurgery

  • Step 1: Pass

  • Step 2 CK: 255

  • Honors in all NBME shelf exams

  • Postgraduate Research: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

  • Over 5 years of tutoring and teaching experience, spanning grade school, undergraduate, and medical education, including both IMGs and U.S. medical students nationwide

  • Passionate about helping others develop a love for all aspects of medicine while mastering multitasking and effectively utilizing available resources

  • Tutor to more than 60 medical students at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and across the United States, focusing on research and NBME shelf exam preparation

  • Over 150 Publications (excluding abstracts and posters) in Neurosurgery and 1,000 citations (h-index: 19) with multiple grants and awards both in medical school and after medical school

  • Named the recipient of the prestigious Harbaugh-Drake CV Outcomes Research Award in Neurosurgery

  • Peer reviewer for high-impact journals, with over 50 manuscripts reviewed

  • Social Media editor for the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery