Tarik F. Ibrahim M.D.

I often remember Tarik calling and offering sound advice when my dad had a stroke. It wasn´t the doctors in Canada that saw us through the challenges but Tarik. In his kind and caring matter he told us what to expect and even called his colleagues to get a second opinion. What an incredibly loving person who was taken too soon and yet was able to leave his mark on all those who knew him. Luckily I was one of those people.

I was walking in the hallway at Loyola and I saw a beautiful picture of a smile I will never forget and thought that is Dr Ibrahim!! As I read the plaque I kept thinking he can't be gone , the world needs his incredible loving heart! My family met Tarik when my daughter was at Lurie's where he was doing his peds rotation. He was so kind and so gentle in spirit. He sat one night at my daughter's bedside and I asked him "Why neurosurgery?" He smiled and said "because the good is so good" and...

We just learned of Tarik's passing of a year ago. My mother, Anna, suffered from trigeminal neuralgia and Dr. Ibrahim assisted Dr. Anderson on her brain surgery last May. My mom had her yearly follow up today where Dr. Andersen told her of Dr. Ibrahim's passing a month after he assisted him in my mom's surgery. I remember Dr. Ibrahim talked with me and my five brothers and sisters after her surgery was over. He was kind, informative, soft spoken, and even after three plus hours of surgery,...

Very sorry about your loss. Our condolences to your family. God Bless.Peter Anderson

Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH)

Some words for you by Rabindranath Tagore:

"Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence.
I bow to you and hold...

Dear Fikry and Mona, our most deepest sympathy and sincere condolences in this time or sorrow. Tarik will never be forgotten. He was part of the family. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Dear Ibrahim family,

Tarik was an inspiring Chief Resident, and a great mentor for any interested in neurosurgery. In Oct. 2014, as a medical student on his service, I came to know his grace in the operating room, patience in teaching, fondness of 90s hip-hop music, and personality that built friendships easily among colleagues. I've since admired his ability to weave humor and lightheartedness into the grueling hours he and his co-residents dedicated themselves to. I wondered how he...