Keyoumars Ashkan BA, BSc, MB BCh, MD, MRCP, FRCS, FRCPS

Mr Ashkan is Consultant Neurosurgeon and Honorary Reader with specialist interest in functional neurosurgery, image guided surgery and surgery for brain and spinal tumours. He is the lead for neuro-oncology and the lead for neuroscience commercial clinical trial unit at King's College Hospital. He was appointed as a consultant in 2004.

He trained at the University of Wales College of Medicine and underwent postgraduate training in both medicine and surgery. He then completed an intensive general neurosurgical training programme on the South Thames Specialist Registrar rotation, working in several leading units such as King’s College, Atkinson Morley’s and The National Hospitals. Following this, he spent a year of fellowship in France working with Prof Benabid, acknowledged as the founder of modern functional neurosurgery. Prior to his consultant appointment at King’s College Hospital Mr Ashkan was a Senior Lecturer in Functional Neurosurgery and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.