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Dr. Naveed Zaman Akhunzada graduated from Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, in September 2009. After clearing his FCPS (Surgery) in 2011, he received general surgery training from MMC Mardan, Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, HMC Hayatabad, and AMC Abbottabad. He started his neurosurgery residency at the Aga Khan University Hospital in 2013 and graduated in 2017. He remained an instructor at the AKUH till July 2019 and joined Rehman Medical Institute as an Assistant Professor and consultant neurosurgeon in August 2019. He received his FACS from the American College of Surgeons in 2025. Dr. Akhunzada is an avid researcher and teacher with credentials as CHPE from KMU and CHR from RMI. He has been a reviewer editor of SNI since 2019 and takes a keen interest in multi-institute outcomes and capacity building across Pakistan. He has been leading the neurosurgery unit at RMI as head of department since 2023.
