M. Samy Abdou, MD is a board-certified neurosurgeon practicing in Allied Gardens at Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center, 4647 Zion Avenue in San Diego's 92120 ZIP. He earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1986, completed a general surgery residency at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, and finished neurological surgery training at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center between 1993 and 1999. California medical license G70231 authorizes his surgical practice under NPI 1215085006. Post-surgical spinal rehabilitation cases from Dr. Abdou's service route to providers across the Allied Gardens medical corridor, including San Diego Sports Medicine & Family Health Center in Grantville for physical therapy protocols calibrated to laminotomy and microdiscectomy recovery timelines. His caseload at Kaiser Zion covers spinal canal stenosis, herniated disc repair, brain tumor resection, and spinal deformity correction — procedures that draw patients from across San Diego's East County through the Kaiser referral system. As a partner physician within the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, he works inside the same Zion Avenue campus that houses multiple specialty departments under one integrated system. The Kaiser Zion campus sits on the Allied Gardens corridor between Waring Road and the I-8 freeway, less than two miles from the SDSU Transit Center. Dr. Abdou accepts Medicare assignment and is currently receiving new patients through Kaiser's internal scheduling system. Neurosurgical cases requiring pre-operative or post-operative conservative spine management coordinate with musculoskeletal providers in the surrounding network, including Chiropractic Center for Health and Human Potential in Allied Gardens for non-surgical disc and nerve compression care. His clinical scope includes autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous system disorders treated through both open and minimally invasive surgical approaches.