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Mr Selway has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon since 2001. He studied medicine and neuroanatomy in Cambridge and had specialist training in Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford and in London where he completed a fellowship in functional neurosurgery. He also gained a first class degree in mathematics and was awarded the Norman Dott Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons in 1999.

As Clinical Director for Neurosciences at King’s College Hospital, he is responsible for one of the largest departments in United Kingdom. Much of his work centres around the use of multidisciplinary teams to ensure the right patient reaches the right clinician. This is particularly important for spinal disorders when both surgical and non-surgical techniques must be combined to obtain the optimum outcome for the individual.

In addition to his expertise in spinal disease, including the management of back, neck and arm pain and sciatica, he specialises in the neurosurgery of epilepsy and movement disorders in both adults and children, with a nationwide as well as international practice for both disorders.

Mr Selway’s research work has focused on the delivery and measurement of high quality patient care through multidisciplinary expertise in a variety of diseases as well as in the techniques of neuro-stimulation in dystonia and epilepsy. He has more than 150 publications.

Keyoumars underwent dual postgraduate training in surgery and medicine, obtaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1997 and the Fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Glasgow (FRCS) in 1998. Thereafter, he underwent higher specialist training in general neurosurgery in London being awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Neurosurgery (FRCS SN) in 2002. His sub-specialist training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery included a fellowship in France with Prof. Benabid, generaly considered as the founder of the modern deep brain stimulation surgery, which led to a MD degree. He was appointed as a consultant neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital in January 2007. He is also a Reader at King’s College London.

In addition to his expertise in degenerative spine disease, which includes the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica together with peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, Mr Ashkan’s main interests are neuromodulation surgery and brain tumours. This includes deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation and occipital nerve stimulation for movement disorders, pain and headaches and image guided, minimally invasive and stereotactic surgery for brain tumours including awake craniotomies, Gamma and Cyberknife radiosurgery.