Bio
Jamshid Ghajar MD, PhD, FACS, is a board certified neurosurgeon, Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center and President of the Brain Trauma Foundation in New York City and Palo Alto.
He completed the MD/PhD program at Cornell University Medical College. During his residency training in neurosurgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital, he invented and patented several neurosurgical devices that are currently used worldwide. After residency, he joined the faculty at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and was a founder of the Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) in 1986. The mission of the BTF is to improve the outcome of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). He joined the neurosurgery faculty at Stanford in February 2014.
Learn more about the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center: http://med.stanford.edu/braincenter.html.
Clinical Focus
- Neurosurgery
- Concussion, traumatic brain injury
Administrative Appointments
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Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College (2003 - 2014)
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Chief of Neurosurgery, The Jamaica Hospital-Cornell Trauma Center. New York (1989 - 2014)
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President, Brain Trauma Foundation (1995 - Present)
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Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical School (2014 - Present)
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Director, Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center (2014 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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Honorary Police Surgeon, New York Police Department (2007-2014)
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Ellis Island Award, Ellis Island Award Committee (2013)
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American Iranian Council Award, American Iranian Council (2001)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons (2012 - Present)
Professional Education
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Medical Education:Cornell University Medical College (1981) NY
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Board Certification: Neurosurgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery (1993)
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Residency:New York Hospital - Cornell (1983) NY
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Residency:New York Hospital - Cornell (1987) NY
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Internship:New York Hospital - Cornell (1982) NY
Community and International Work
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Brain Trauma Foundation, New York and Palo Alto
Topic
Traumatic Brain Injury
Partnering Organization(s)
Indian Head Injury Foundation
Populations Served
Traumatic Brain Injury patients
Location
US
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
Yes
Patents
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Jamshid Ghajar. "United States Patent 7,849,525 Apparatus for Reducing Brain and Cervical Spine Injury due to Rotational Movement", G-Brace, Dec 14, 2010
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Jamshid Ghajar. "United States Patent 7,819,818 Cognition and Motor Timing Diagnosis Using Smooth Eye Pursuit Analysis", SyncThink, Oct 26, 2010
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Jamshid Ghajar. "United States Patent 7,708,700 Method for Improving Cognition and Motor Timing", SyncThink, May 4, 2010
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Jamshid Ghajar. "United States Patent 7,384,399 Cognition and Motor Timing Diagnosis and Training System and Method", SyncThink, Jun 8, 2008