What is Ayub K. Ommaya?
'''Ayub K. Ommaya''' or '''Ayub Khan Ommaya''' (1930-2008) was a famous [[Pakistani]] [[neurosurgeon]] settled in the [[USA]]. He is especially well known for being the inventor of the [[Ommaya reservoir]], which is a method to help cancer patients receive [[chemotherapy]] treatment.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61642-6/abstract|title = Ayub Khan Ommaya|first = Geof|last = Watts}}</ref> Ommaya was born in [[Mian Channu Tehsil]], [[British India]], now [[Pakistan]], in 1930. He moved to [[Oxford]], [[England]] in 1956. He then moved to the [[United States]] in 1961. Later, following illness, he moved to [[Islamabad]], Pakistan with his wife in 2005. He died there in 2008. ==References== <references /> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ommaya, Ayub K.}} [[Category:Pakistani physicians]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:Medical researchers]] [[Category:People from Punjab (Pakistan)]] [[Category:Neurosurgeons]]