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MHSI Ali Luqman M.D.

Neurosurgeon
Michigan Head & Spine Institute

Assistant Professor
Wayne State University, School of Medicine


Office Locations
Southfield Office


Dr. Luqman specializes in cerebrovascular disease and conditions of the brain and spine. This includes treatment of aneurysms, carotid artery disease and stroke. His expertise includes minimally invasive cranial and spine, skull base, neuroendovascular and endoscopic surgical techniques. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Wayne State University, School of Medicine. Dr. Luqman also speaks fluent Arabic.


Education
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
University of Michigan, Dearborn, Dearborn, MI

Post Graduate Training
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS,
Enfolded Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery/Neurointerventional Radiology

Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Surgical Internship


Hospital Affiliations

Ascension St John Hospital
Ascension St John - Detroit
Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn
Detroit Medical Center (DMC)
Novi Surgery Center

Insurances Accepted

Call 248.784.3667

**Insurances change frequently. It is the patient's responsibility to verify insurance coverage before scheduling an appointment.

 

Acupuncture can be included in treatment of digestive, respiratory, gynecologic and other medical conditions, and is useful in the treatment of acute strains, sprains, and other injuries, early treatment of which is associated with a lower incidence of chronic pain.

National Institutes of Health have endorsed acupuncture in the treatment of:

  • Low back pain
  • Nausea following surgery or during chemotherapy
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Headache

Acupuncture has been recognized to be potentially as effective as other treatments, with fewer side effects, in the treatment of:

  • Tennis Elbow
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Fibromyalgia

Other pain conditions commonly treated with acupuncture, according to the World Health Organization:

  • Headache, migraine
  • Arthritis
  • Neck, shoulder, and knee and other joint conditions, and tendonitis
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Peripheral neuropathies

Learn more about medical acupuncture

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Neurosurgeon
Michigan Head & Spine Institute


Office Locations
Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak Office


Dr. Jeffrey Jacob specializes in the surgical treatment of complex brain tumors, skull base surgery, pituitary tumors and endoscopic surgery, gamma knife radiosurgery as well as all aspects of general neurosurgery and spine surgery. He has lectured and published extensively on the comprehensive management of acoustic neuroma and other tumors and disorders affecting the cranial nerves and skull base. His research focuses on optimizing and improving outcome in the comprehensive management of acoustic neuroma and other skull base tumors.


Medical Education
Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN

Neurosurgical Residency
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Skull base Fellowship
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Honors
HOUR Detroit Top Docs: 2022, 2020, 2019

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Hospital Affiliations

Ascension Providence Park Hospital - Novi
Ascension Providence Hospital - Southfield
Ascension St. John Hospital - Detroit
Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington Hills
Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak
Beaumont Hospital - Trenton
Beaumont Hospital - Troy
Detroit Medical Center (DMC)
McLaren Lapeer
McLaren Macomb
McLaren Oakland
Novi Surgery Center

Participating Insurance

Aetna
Alliance Health and Life
Auto
Beaumont Employee HP
Blue Cross (trad)
BCBS PPO/Trust & Community Blue
Blue Preferred Plus (Ford, GM, Daimler Chrysler)
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Plus Blue/Adv
Blue Care Network Advantage
Blue Care Network
Cofinity
HAP HMO
HAP POS
HAP Preferred EPA/PPO
HAP Senior Plus
HAP Medicare Advantage PPO
HealthPlus Options
HealthPlus HMO
HealthPlus PPO
HealthPlus MedicarePlus HMO (HealthPlus Senior)
McLaren HMO Commercial
McLaren PPO
Medicare
Medicare-Railroad
One Health Plan
Physicians Health Plan
Priority Health PPO
Priority Health Medicare
Priority Health HMO
Tricare
Total Health Care (comm)
Worker's Comp

**Insurances change frequently. It is the patient's responsibility to verify insurance coverage before scheduling an appointment.

 

What is a Neuropsychologist?

A Neuropsychologist is a psychologist who specializes in understanding the relationship between the physical brain and behavior. Injuries and disorders within the brain and nervous system can alter behavior and cognitive function.

A Neuropsychologist understands how brain structures and systems relate to behavior and thinking. Evaluation of patients with brain injuries or disorders are conducted. Results provide indicators of the types of treatment that will likely help the patient. A nurse practitioner then connects the patient and his or her family to the proper provider for treatment.

Neuropsychologists have a doctorate in psychology and training in neuropsychology. They often work in research or clinical settings.

What does a Neuropsychologist do?

Neuropsychologists evaluate and treat people with various types of nervous system disorders. Illnesses, injuries, and disease of the brain and nervous system can affect the way a person feels, thinks, and behaves. Symptoms that may call for a neuropsychologist include:

  • memory difficulties
  • mood disturbances
  • learning difficulties
  • nervous system dysfunction

If other doctors can't identify the cause of a symptom, a neuropscyholgist can help determine a diagnosis. If a diagnosis is already known, an assessment can still be helpful.

A neuropscyhologist can help determine what impairments a patient might have and the severity. The following are examples of conditions evaluated and treated:

  • A stroke can affect behavior, thinking, memory, and other brain functions in obvious or subtle ways. An evaluation can help determine the degree of stroke impairment.
  • Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder, can cause several neurological problems. A neuropsychologist's exam can provide a baseline to help them determine disease progression and decreased function.
  • Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia can interfere with memory, personality, and cognitive abilities. A neuropsychologist can perform an exam to help them identify it in its early stage.
  • Traumatic brain injuries can cause a wide variety of symptoms. A neuropsychologist can help determine how an injury affects functions like reasoning or problem-solving skills.
  • A neurospychologist can help determine which of the many types of learning disabilities someone has and develop a treatment plan.

The entire Michigan Head & Spine Institute family mourns the passing of Daniel Pieper (50) on Saturday, May 2, 2015, following an illness. If the value of a man's life is measured by the impact made on the lives of others, Daniel Pieper's value is immeasurable.

His professional roles included Neurosurgeon, Michigan Head & Spine Institute, Clinical Professor of Surgery and Director of the Neurosurgery Training Program, Michigan State University; Residency Program Director and Chief of Skullbase Surgery, Beaumont Hospitals; Neurosurgery Director, William Beaumont; Gamma Knife Neuroscience Director, Providence Hospital; Professor of Neurosurgery, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

A resident of Bloomfield Hills, he leaves behind his wife Donna, his children Stephanie, Lindsey, Brett, John Paul, and Michelle. His family is the ultimate legacy, the loving husband and father.

His fellow physicians at Michigan Head and Spine Institute, the staff he worked closely with for several decades and colleagues throughout Beaumont Hospital and St. John Providence Health System grieve at the loss of a friend. Dr. Perez-Cruet, on behalf of these colleagues shares, "Dan will forever be in our hearts and on our minds – he's made an indelible mark on each of us personally and professionally. He was an extraordinary neurosurgeon, husband, father and friend."

As many of his colleagues share, he was an outstanding neurosurgeon who positively changed the lives of his patients. He was one of a very few of neurosurgeons in the United States who through his expertise for treating peculiar and complicated brain tumors, created techniques and developed instruments he used to treat these difficult tumors. He's left a legacy of medical expertise to his students and fellow neurosurgeons.

Over the last few months of Dr. Pieper's life, many patients expressed their concern and shared how Dr. Pieper changed their lives and for some saved their lives when other doctors were unable to help. To his patients, we know he would thank you for your concern and place you in the hands of his capable colleagues. He's left a legacy of caring, compassion and was the giver of lives back to patients and their families.

Dr. Pieper also changed the lives of many individuals in foreign countries, particularly the mission trips to the Davao City, Mindanoa, in the southern Philippines. Judith Hack, his long-time nurse and co-pilot on these trips shares there was a great need for neurosurgical/craniofacial assistance for the repair of Meningioencephaloceles, which is a congenital facial anomaly. Dr. Pieper donated his time and skills so that these patients would not be forced to live with severe facial disfigurement.

Each year, as the word got out that there was hope for their future in the hands of an American doctor, more and more of the local people would travel many miles, often times on foot from the mountains, just to have the opportunity to be evaluated and hopefully be considered for surgical repair of their disfigurement. For five years, Dr. Dan Pieper would take the time out of his busy work and family schedule to travel across the continent to help people who otherwise would have no hope for a better life. pieper

Dr. Pieper took his dedication a step further and developed a strong friendship with the local physician staff, and provided them with support and help on cases when asked. He shared his knowledge and expertise and even did the first endoscopic transphenoidal hypophysectomy (removal of a pituitary tumor using an endoscope) guiding the local neurosurgeon. The gratitude and love for Dr. Pieper by the staff in Davao has been expressed on many occasions. When they learned that he was sick, a prayer group was initiated for him. When they learned that he would be unable to return to the Phillippines they got together and made Dr. Pieper a plaque expressing their deep and everlasting appreciation and love for all he has given them.

He's left a legacy of compassion for those who would never have had the opportunity to improve their lives without his skill and sacrifice.

A final wish from Dr. Pieper came in the establishment of a fund to help others. A Dedication Wall was created in his honor in Beaumont Hospital's Neuroscience Building. The funds donated to the Daniel Pieper, M.D. Foundation will go to the charities he chose. To support the Daniel R. Pieper Skull Base Foundation, call the Beaumont Foundation at 248-551-5330 or donate online, be sure to select the Daniel R. Pieper, M.D. Fund for Skull Base and Radiosurgery.

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