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    Amir R. Dehdashti, MD

    Professor, Director Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Fellowship
    Department of Neurosurgery, Northwell Health

    Amir Dehdashti, MD, FACS, is the director of cerebrovascular neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health, and Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

    Dr. Dehdashti's areas of expertise include cerebrovascular surgery for brain aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, brainstem cavernous malformations, carotid artery disease, and bypass surgery for moyamoya disease and brain aneurysms. He specializes in skull base surgery for acoustic neuromas and meningiomas, minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery for pituitary and other skull base tumors, cranial nerve surgery for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm, and craniovertebral junction surgery including Chiari. He has developed minimally invasive approaches to many complex cerebrovascular and cranial base diseases, and is one of a few neurosurgeons in the country with internationally recognized expertise in bypass surgery.

    Dr. Dehdashti has been published in more than 200 medical peer reviewed papers, and is the editor of two textbooks. He has given more than 400 lectures at national and international meetings. His current research focuses on cerebrovascular outcomes and new technologies, as well as brain arteriovenous malformations, aneurysms and skull base surgery.

    Dr. Dehdashti completed his neurosurgery residency in Geneva, Switzerland, and then trained at Toronto Western Hospital, where he completed two dedicated and separate fellowships in skull base and minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery, and cerebrovascular neurosurgery.

    He is the program director of the globally recognized, CAST-accredited cerebrovascular neurosurgery fellowship at North Shore University Hospital, and is passionate about training the next generation of subspecialty neurosurgeons many of whom trained at top neurosurgical institutions and come to him to brush up their techniques.

    Dr. Dehdashti serves on the board of the North American Skull Base Society and on the Editorial Board for Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Operative Neurosurgery, Acta Neurochirurgica and Skull Base Journal. He sits on the medical advisory board of Brain Aneurysm Foundation and Acoustic Neuroma foundation.

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