Professor Keyoumars Ashkan MBE

 Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Professor of Neurosurgery, King's College London (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, The London Neurosurgery Partnership (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, King's College Hospital (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, Harley Street Clinic (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, Cromwell Hospital (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (2004 - 2006)

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 Sub-specialties

• Brain tumours
• CyberKnife® therapy
• Parkinson's surgery
• Back, neck surgery
• Neuromodulation for intractable pain and headache
• Prof Ashkan offers Nevro spinal cord stimulation for intractable back and leg pain e.g. for failed back surgery syndrome. See website link for further information. 

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 Teaching posts

• Professor of Neurosurgery, King's College London & Institute of Psychiatry , Psychology and Neuroscience (present)
• Faculty South Thames Neurosurgical Training Committee (present)
• PhD, MD and MSc supervisor (present)
• Organiser Advanced Techniques Course for Brain Tumour Surgery using Fluorescence Guidance (present)
• Senior Lecturer, The Institute of Neurology (2004 - 2006)
• Invited speaker, chairman or participant in over 280 national and international meetings

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 Education

• Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians, FRCP (2011)
• Higher Doctorate in Medicine, MD (2006)
• Intercollegiate Fellowship, Neurological Surgery, FRCS (2002)
• Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS (1998)
• Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, FRCPS (1998)
• Membership, Royal College of Physicians, MRCP (1997)
• Medicine and Surgery, MB BCh. (1993)
• Medical Biochemistry, BSc (1990)

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 Publications and conferences

• Has written more than 150 publications on field-related topics (click on PubMed link below for full list)

 Prizes and awards

• ​MBE for services to Neurosurgery (2025)
• The National Well-Child Best Medical Team in the UK Award (2011); Presented by Price Harry
• Medtronic Fellowship (2003 - 2004)
• Neurosciences Research Foundation Award (2003 - 2004)
• Travelling Fellowship, the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow (2002 - 2003)
• First Prize, the Best Paper/Presentation at the Society of British Neurological Surgeons Meeting (2001)
• Runner-up, the President’s Prize of The Royal society of Medicine (1999)
• The Phyllis Amelia Peach Prize in Medicine (1993)
• The D. J. Harries Prize in Surgery (1993)
• The Cardiff Chest Federation Prize in Respiratory Medicine (1993)
• The McLintock Prize in Clinical Cancer (1993)
• Eating Disorders Association’s National Essay Prize, awarded by HRH Duchess of Gloucester (1992)
• The Medical Insurance Agency Scholarship for Elective Studies (1992)
• The Jethro Gough Prize in Pathology (1992)
• The Hunter scholarship in Cancer Research (1991 - 1992)
• Medical Defence Union Prize in Legal Aspects of Medicine and ethics (1991)
• Runner-up for the Isca General Practice Unit Prize (1991)

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 Professional membership

• British Medical Association
• Society of British Neurological Surgeons
• European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
• International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
• British Neuro-Oncology Society
• British Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

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