Prof. Nasir Raza Awan received his medical degree from King Edward Medical College, Lahore. King Edward Medical College is the oldest institution in the country and ranks among the top three best medical colleges according to the Higher Education Commission (Pakistan). Prof. Awan completed his F.C.P.S. in Neurosurgery from the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan.
Prof. Nasir Raza Awan completed a fellowship in Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. University of Toronto consistently ranks as #1 in Canada according to the US News & World Report for best Universities. He then moved to the USA to undertake another fellowship in Radiosurgery and Functional Neurosurgery from University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. During this fellowship, Prof. Awan was featured as upcoming functional neurosurgeon by the World Society of Stereoractic and Functional Neurosurgery.
Prof. Nasir Raza Awan has numerous peer-reviewed publications on Neurosurgery and has presented multiple scholarly and research papers at national and international meetings. He is currently serving as Head of Department of Neurosciences, Sharif Medical & Dental College, Lahore. He is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Sharif Medical City Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan as well as at Bahria International Hospital, Lahore.
Prof. Nasir Raza Awan is an active member of the Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons, Pakistan Society of Basic and Applied Neuroscience and of the World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. He is the Director of Sharif Medical Research Center, Sharif Medical & Dental College, Lahore.
