Dr. Jamshid Ghajar
Dr. Jamshid Ghajar was born in Berkeley, California,
and grew up in California, Iran, and England.
As a freshman at UCLA, he started his investigations
in the brain sciences at the Brain Research Institute,
a field which he continued to focus on during
his graduate studies. At Cornell University Medical
College, he completed the MD/PhD program in neuroscience,
specializing in brain metabolism and blood flow
during coma.
While he was a resident in the neurosurgery program
at New York Hospital, Dr. Ghajar invented several
neurosurgical devices that are currently used
worldwide. After residency, he joined the faculty
and staff at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical
Center and founded the Brain Trauma Research Laboratory
and the Brain Trauma Foundation (formerly Aitken
Neuroscience Center).
Dr. Ghajar currently spends a part of his time
as President of the nonprofit foundation, developing
and implementing scientific guidelines for treating
head injuries. He is also Chief of Neurosurgery
at New York's Jamaica Hospital - Cornell Trauma
Center, and is a practicing neurosurgeon at New
York Hospital. He directs several clinical grants
including the Soros Head Injury Initiative in
Central and Eastern Europe and the Guidelines
for Pre-hospital Management of Traumatic Brain
Injury funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.