Dr. Zubair Tahir is an experienced consultant paediatric neurosurgeon and is clinical lead at Great Ormond Street Children Hospital (GOSH). He holds an Associate Professorship at the UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK. His neurosurgery training was at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, during which he earned a fellowship from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS). He is dual fellowship trained with paediatric neurosurgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, and epilepsy surgery at GOSH. He was admitted as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England in 2014 (FRCS).
In addition to general paediatric neurosurgical practice, Dr. Tahir has a special interest in complex spinal pathologies and surgery for drug resistant epilepsy in children. His practice includes pre-natal and post-natal repair of spina bifida, surgery for Chiari malformation, split cord malformation, spinal cord lipomas, spinal tumours, and management of complex spinal deformities. Dr. Tahir also offers comprehensive treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy including SEEG implantation, VNS insertion, lesionectomy, hemispherotomy, Corpus callosotomy, and brain tumour surgeries.
Dr. Tahir is faculty on multiple national and international courses. He is an examiner on European and UK intercollegiate fellowship exam in Neurosurgery. He is current neurosurgery lead for international surgical training program (ISTP) run by RCS, London.
Dr. Tahir has received numerous honours, including best surgical trainee and excellence in research award from Aga Khan University, outstanding performance award in European Neurosurgery Examination, and young Asian neurosurgeon award from ACNS.
