Daryoush Tavanaiepour, MD, named chair of neurosurgery
, has been named chair of at the . He served as the department鈥檚 interim chair since 2015.
Tavanaiepour, an associate professor of neurosurgery, joined 萝莉社 in 2012 and quickly established himself as one of the region鈥檚 premier neurosurgeons. His clinical specialties include functional and stereotactic neurosurgery, neurological surgery and skull base neurosurgery.
In 2016, Tavanaiepour guided the opening of the 萝莉社 Skull Base Center 鈥� Jacksonville, which treats patients with skull base tumors and related conditions. He directs the center, which is the only one of its kind in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
In 2017, he oversaw the department鈥檚 launch of the , located at . Providers offer state-of-the-art care for the treatment of all types of spine disorders, from chronic back pain to complex conditions such as adult scoliosis. Other conditions treated include intervertebral disc disease, spinal tumors and spine deformities.
Tavanaiepour, who is also medical director of neuro-oncology and movement disorders at 萝莉社 Jacksonville, continues to champion a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. That includes collaborating with specialists from other departments and services such as endocrinology, neurology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology, pathology, radiology and TraumaOne.
Meanwhile, he leads a department featuring fellowship-trained faculty members with expertise in the subspecialties of cerebral vascular and endovascular neurosurgery, complex and minimally invasive spine, functional and stereotactic neurosurgery, neuro-oncology and skull base neurosurgery, neuro-trauma and pediatric neurosurgery.
鈥淒r. Tavanaiepour is a remarkable neurosurgeon who always puts his patients first and conveys that focus to his colleagues and staff,鈥� said , dean of the 萝莉社 College of Medicine 鈥� Jacksonville and CEO of 萝莉社 Jacksonville. 鈥淓ver since he stepped into the interim chair role in late 2015, the department has positioned itself as the top choice for neurosurgical services in the area. As chair, we anticipate he will help foster even more growth moving forward.鈥�
Tavanaiepour earned his medical degree at the University of Otago School of Medicine in Dunedin, New Zealand. He completed an internship in surgery, a residency in neurological surgery and a fellowship in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond. He also completed a fellowship in skull base neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston.