Omar S. Akbik, MD
Affiliate Assistant Professor
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School of Medicine
Neurological Surgery
Creighton University Medical Center
Omar S. Akbik, MD
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Omar Akbik, MD was born and raised in Memphis, TN. He completed his undergraduate and master’s degree at Northwestern University. He returned to Memphis to earn his medical degree at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Moving to Albuquerque after medical school, he completed seven years of neurosurgical residency at the University of New Mexico Hospital, which was and remains the only Level 1 trauma center for the state and tertiary referral center for the state. After residency, Akbik completed a 1-year fellowship in adult deformity and complex spine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Akbik joined as an assistant professor at Creighton University of School of Medicine in 2021. His interests include adult spinal surgery including deformity and minimally invasive techniques as well as traumatic spine injuries. He also has an interest in traumatic brain injuries and brain tumors including endoscopic approaches to pituitary tumors.
Department
Neurological Surgery
Position
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Books
- Akbik Omar, Al Tamimi Mazin, Shin Peter, Endoscopic spine surgery 2022
Publications
- Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976)
Arya Sruja, Mozaffari Khashayar, Lee Joonoh, Witten Gillian, O'Leary Sean, Advano Dhillon, George Keith, Hall Kristen, Akbik Omar, Bagley Carlos A, Aoun Salah G, Impacts of Prior Lumbar Laminectomy and Fusion on Long Segment Thoracolumbar Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity 2026 - World neurosurgery
O'Leary Sean, Bazzi Sam, Sivakumar Milan, Witten Gillian, Srinivasan Srivats, Advano Dhillon, Ranganathan Sruthi, Guirguis Mina, Akbik Omar, Aoun Salah, Bagley Carlos, Frailty, Bone Health, and Radiographic Predictors of Complications After Long-Segment Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity, p. 125028 2026 - European spine journal
Darko Kwadwo, Agyapong Prince, Arya Sruja, Limann Bernice, Guidry Bradley, Akbik Omar, Hall Kristen, Barrie Umaru, Zakaria Joseph, Guirgius Mina, Venkatesh Pooja, Aoun Salah, Bagley Carlos, Correction: Impact of adjunctive spine surgery on multilevel spinal fusion in the management of adult spinal deformity: A single centre propensity score-matched analysis 2026 - Spine deformity
Chu Tiffany, Ali Munira, Akbik Omar S., Murugan Vikram, Lin Naomi, Dilsaver Danielle B., Pedersen Erik A., Hypothyroidism in adult spinal deformity 2026 - World neurosurgery
Sivakumar Milan, Poku Nina Dwarfour, Advano Dhillon, O’Leary Sean, Bagley Carlos, Ranganthan Sruthi, Guirguis Mina, Aoun Salah, Akbik Omar, Chilukuri Sahil, Srinivasan Srivats, Hypothyroidism is associated with higher fatty infiltration in multifidus and erector spinae muscles in lumbar spinal stenosis, p. 124781 - 124781 2025 - World neurosurgery
Sivakumar Milan, Aoun Salah, Bagley Carlos, Akbik Omar, Guirguis Mina, Srinivasan Srivats, Chilukuri Sahil, Poku Nina Dwarfour, Advano Dhillon, O’Leary Sean, Ranganthan Sruthi, Venkatesh Pooja, Reduced Psoas Muscle Index is Associated with Hypothyroidism in Adult Spinal Deformity, p. 124651 - 124651 2025 - Neurosurgical review
Shukla Ishav Y, Hicks William H, Hall Kristen, Akbik Omar S, Bagley Carlos A, Azam Faraaz, Pain outcomes following long-segment thoracolumbar fusion: a three-year mixed-effects analysis
48:1, p. 723 2025 - Journal of spinal surgery
Murugan Vikram, Chu Tiffany, Ali Munira, Akbik Omar S, Hypothyroidism and Degenerative Spine Disease: A Literature Review
12:4, p. 154 2025 - Journal of neurosurgery. Spine
Guirguis Fady F, Farid Michael S, Guirguis Mina F, Smith Parker D, Akbik Omar S, Hall Kristen, Barrie Umaru, Bagley Carlos A, Srinivasan Srivats, Ranganathan Sruthi, Kakulamarri Shravya, Caruso James P, Aoun Salah G, The effect of patient body mass on renal function in multilevel spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity to prevent acute kidney injury, p. 1 2025 - North American Spine Society journal (NASSJ)
Shukla Ishav Y., Bagley Carlos A., Hall Kristen, Barrie Umaru, Akbik Omar S., Aoun Salah G., Lout Emerson, Mittal Sukul, Frailty as an Independent Predictor of Perioperative Risk and Recovery in Long-Segment Thoracolumbar Fusion Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study, p. 100749 - 100749 2025 - World Neurosurgery
Azam Faraaz, Nguyen Madelina, Anand Soummitra, Dragun Anthony, Furtado Kailee, Shukla Ishav, Hicks William H., Hall Kristen, Akbik Omar S., Bagley Carlos A., Identifying Correlation Among Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: A Study of PROMIS-29, ODI, and VAS in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients
181 2024 - Global Spine Journal
Pernik Mark N., Hicks William H., Akbik Omar S., Nguyen Madelina L., Luu Ivan, Hall Kristen, Traylor Jeffrey I., Deme Palvasha R., Dosselman Luke J., Wingfield Sarah A., Aoun Salah G., Bagley Carlos A., Response to the Letter to the Editor on “Psoas Muscle Index as a Predictor of Perioperative Outcomes in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery”
14:4 2024 - World Neurosurgery
Azam Faraaz, Hicks William H., Hall Kristen, Shukla Ishav, Anand Soummitra, Furtado Kailee, Smith Parker D., Akbik Omar S., Bagley Carlos A., A 3-Year Study Investigating the Utility of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29 for Long-Term Follow-Up in Adult Spinal Deformity
186 2024 - World Neurosurgery
Azam Faraaz, Hicks William H., Dragun Anthony, Nguyen Madelina, Shukla Ishav, Hall Kristen, Akbik Omar, Bagley Carlos A., Furtado Kailee, Anand Soummitra, Trends of the Oswestry Disability Index in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: A 3-Year Study
181 2024 - Global Spine Journal
Pernik Mark N., Hicks William H., Akbik Omar S., Nguyen Madelina L., Luu Ivan, Traylor Jeffrey I., Deme Palvasha R., Dosselman Luke J., Hall Kristen, Wingfield Sarah A., Aoun Salah G., Bagley Carlos A., Psoas Muscle Index as a Predictor of Perioperative Outcomes in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery
13:7 2023 - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Barrie Umaru, Elguindy Mahmoud, Reddy Raghuram V., Detchou Donald, Akbik Omar, Fotso Corinne M., Aoun Salah G., Bagley Carlos A., Impact of obesity on complications and surgical outcomes after adult degenerative scoliosis spine surgery
226 2023 - Journal of the Endocrine Society
Jinnur Shanthakumari, Anderson Robert, Bauer Ashely, Akbik Omar, PMON105 Giant Growth Hormone (GH)-Secreting Pituitary Tumor with Massive Sphenoid Sinus Invasion and Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak: A Case Report
6:Supplement_1, p. A529 - A530 2022 - Spine deformity
Akbik Omar S, Bagley Carlos A, MacAllister Matthew C, Aoun Salah G, Ban V S, Genetic and serum markers in adult degenerative scoliosis: a literature review
10:3, p. 479 - 488 2022 - Global spine journal
Akbik Omar S., Al-Adli Nadeem, Pernik Mark N., Bagley Carlos A., Aoun Salah G., Hicks William H., Hall Kristen, A Comparative Analysis of Frailty, Disability, and Sarcopenia With Patient Characteristics and Outcomes in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery, p. 21925682221082053 - 21925682221082053 2022 - Spine Journal
Barrie Umaru, Ahmadieh Tarek Y. El, Adeyemo Emmanuel, Elguindy Mahmoud, Johnson Zachary D., Akbik Omar S., Bagley Carlos A., Aoun Salah G., Pernik Mark N., Youssef Carl A., Transfusion guidelines in adult spine surgery: a systematic review and critical summary of currently available evidence
22:2 2022 - Pain Physician
Akbik Omar S., Aoun Salah G., Adogwa Owoicho, Bagley Carlos A., Tamimi Mazin Al, Open Paddle Lead Trial for Spinal Cord Stimulation: An Institutional Experience
25:1 2022 - Surgical neurology international
Carlson Andrew P., Denezpi Taryn, Akbik Omar S., Mohammad Laila M., Laser speckle imaging to evaluate scalp flap blood flow during closure in neurosurgical procedures
12, p. 632 - 632 2021 - Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Owen Bryce, Akbik Omar, Davis Herbert, Carlson Andrew P, Torbey Michel, Incidence and outcomes of intracerebral haemorrhage with mechanical compression hydrocephalus
6:3 2021 - World Neurosurgery
Al-Adli Nadeem, Akbik Omar S., Rail Benjamin, Montgomery Eric, Aoun Salah G., Caldwell Christie, Barrie Umaru, Vira Shaleen, Al Tamimi Mazin, Bagley Carlos A., The Clinical Use of Serum Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review Stratified by Injury Severity
155 2021 - World Neurosurgery
Akbik Omar S., Shin Peter C., Endoscopic Transforaminal Drainage of a Ventrally Located Thoracic Epidural Abscess
139 2020 - Surgical Neurology International
Akbik Omar Saleh, Voronovich Zoya A., Carlson Andrew P., Treatment of unusually located traumatic intracranial aneurysms and severe vasospasm following a gunshot wound to the head: A case report
11:57 2020 - World neurosurgery
Akbik Omar S, Lewis Jeremy, Starling Robert V, Gahramanov Seymur, Zhu Yiliang, Mortality and Functional Outcome in Surgically Evacuated Acute Subdural Hematoma in Elderly Patients
126, p. e1235 - e1241 2019 - Journal of neurotrauma
Akbik Omar S, Yonas Howard, Krasberg Mark, Nemoto Edwin M, Effect of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage on Brain Tissue Oxygenation in Traumatic Brain Injury
34:22, p. 3153 - 3157 2017 - Current neurology and neuroscience reports
Akbik Omar S., Carlson Andrew P., Krasberg Mark, Yonas Howard, The Utility of Cerebral Blood Flow Assessment in TBI
16:8, p. 72 - 72 2016 - Current Neurobiology
Akbik Omar S., Carlson Andrew P., Yonas Howard, The roles of ventricular and parenchymal intracranial pressure monitoring
7:1 2016 - Case reports in surgery
Akbik Omar S., Floruta Crina, Chohan Muhammad O., SantaCruz Karen S., Carlson Andrew P., A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale
2016, p. 1232594 - 6 2016 - Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)
Chohan Muhammad Omar, Olin Kim, Taylor Christopher L., Yonas Howard, Akbik Omar S., Murray-Krezan Cristina, Berlin Tracey, Ramos-Canseco Juan, Ramirez Pedro M., A Novel Single Twist-Drill Access Device for Multimodal Intracranial Monitoring: A 5-Year Single-Institution Experience
10:3, p. 400 - 411 2014