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.