Amin Amini, MD, MS, FAANS

Amin Amini, MD, MS, FAANS is a world-class neurosurgeon, leading the Maryland / DC area in developing general, minimially-invasive, and micro-neurosurgery.

Dr. Amini received a Bachelors and Masters degree in Neurobiology and Cell Biology at the University of Maryland. He obtained a medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed a neurosurgery residency and chief residency at the University of Utah. There, he made significant contributions to the neurosurgical literature on malignant tumors of the brain and spine, traumatic cervical spine injuries, and endoscopic spine surgeries, with more than 40 scientific papers, abstracts, and chapters published in prestigious neurosurgical journals and textbooks.

After residency, he moved back to the Maryland / DC area and has been providing state-of-the-art neurosurgical care since 2008, treating people with a wide variety of neurological conditions. From 2008-2011, he served as the Medical Director of the Neurosciences Program at Holy Cross Hospital. From 2010-2018, he served as the Medical Director of Neurosurgery at UM Prince George Hospital, one of the busiest trauma centers in the DC metropolitan area. In 2013, he was appointed the Medical Director of Neurosurgery at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and Washington Adventist Hospital, where he leads the development of a neurosurgery program to better serve the needs of this growing community.

Since 2012, Dr. Amini has consistently been voted a Washingtonian Top Doc by his peers. He is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the Washington Academy of Neurosurgery.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Dr. Nadia Hashimi (a pediatrician and world-renowned writer), and four children.