Amin Kassam MD

Dr. Amin Kassam leads the NorthShore Neurological Institute (NNI) at Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH). Building on the current offerings of NNI, Dr. Kassam brings novel and innovative procedures that he has pioneered over the past two decades, such as the Expanded Endonasal Approach (Transnasal) Brain Surgery, conscious surgery, and new technologies in brain mapping and optical robotics to NorthShore’s brain and spine team.

Grounded in a unique clinical practice, Dr. Kassam has developed an exceptional patient experience in minimally invasive neurosurgery. Having led teams that performed many of the first-in-human procedures, he remains an active global destination surgeon and educator.

During the past two decades, Dr. Kassam has led four neurosurgery programs and has pioneered and globally taught novel surgical procedures, having trained a generation of surgeons from across the world on the minimally invasive techniques that he and his teams have pioneered.

Dr. Kassam is widely recognized as a leader in technology developments that advance the field in service of the patient and define the next generation of care. He is sought out by the technology sector as a transformative innovator and has founded or held leadership roles in several technology start-up companies that have directly been applied to define the next generation of care and improved patient outcomes published in peer-reviewed articles. He’s also held executive healthcare administration leadership roles needed to translate these innovations through integrated service line delivery models.

He is the founder and CEO of Neeka Enterprises, previously served as the Chair of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, and recently served as the Chief Scientific Strategist, Vice President for Neurosciences, and Chairman of Neurological Surgery for Advocate Aurora Health in Wisconsin.