Jafar Jafar M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Interim Chairman

Department of Neurosurgery


Primary Responsibilities
Dr. Jafar is Director of the Cerebrovascular Surgery for the Department of Neurosurgery



Education and General Information
Medical Education
Pahlavi University School of Medicine 1976

Internships
University of Chicago (Surgery) 1976-1977

Residency Training
University of Chicago (Neurosurgery) 1977-1982

Clinical Fellowships
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland 1983; Skull base & brain tumor surgery, The National Hospital for Nervous Disease, Queen Square, London England 1981; Microneurosurgery, University Hospital, Zurich Switzerland 1983

Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery ; Neurosurgery

Medical Specialty
Brain Tumor; Stereotactic Radiosurgery **; Spine Neurosurgery; Head Injury

Medical Interests
Brain aneurysms & AVMs, brain and skull base tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, microneurosurgery.