Prof. Behzad Eftekhar

Professor Behzad Eftekhar is an Australian and internationally trained Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon. His expertise includes brain tumour and spinal surgery, with a special interest in cerebrovascular pathologies including aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm.

Professor Eftekhar graduated from the University of Tehran, Iran in 1991 before completing his neurosurgical training in 1995. During his academic career at Tehran University, he was awarded the position of Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and went on to obtain his Master of Public Health from the School of Public Health, Tehran University in 2003.

In 2006 he migrated with his family to Australia and furthered his Australasian neurosurgical experience at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania; Sir Charles Gardiner and the Royal Perth Hospitals, Perth; and Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand. In 2009, Professor Eftekhar was awarded fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) and then continued with further subspecialty training in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery under the mentorship of Professor Michael Morgan AO at Macquarie University Hospital in NSW.

Professor Eftekhar is a member of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia and Australian Medical Association and has a strong academic interest which has resulted in the publication of over 60 peer-reviewed papers. He is committed to the education of the next generation of surgeons and is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Sydney.