Episode 16 Prof Keyoumars Ashkan - Professor of Neurosurgery - King's College Hospital

Prof Keyoumars Ashkan is Professor of Neurosurgery at King's College Hospital in London. He has a special interest in functional neurosurgery, image guided surgery, and surgery for brain and spinal tumours. He holds many senior roles including President of the British Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Lead for Genomics England Programme for brain tumours. He was also voted as a clinician of the year by the Brain Tumour Charity in 2018. In this episode we ask him about: His career Neurosurgery (3:47) Research (24:19) His advice to medical students and young doctors   Article Prof Ashkan mentioned about why he picked neurosurgery - BMJ article "Nothing is Impossible" - https://www.bmj.com/content/333/7561/s46      For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast