Mr. Gulam Zilani
Neurosurgery
Specialities
Locations
Hermitage Clinic, Suite 16 |
Friday, AM-PM
Mr Gulam Zilani is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Beaumont Hospital and Hermitage Clinic, where he provides care for patients with a wide range of neurosurgical conditions. His particular expertise includes the treatment of brain aneurysms, vascular malformations, brain and pituitary tumours, trigeminal neuralgia and radiosurgery.
Mr Zilani studied both Mathematics and Medicine at the University of Cambridge, graduating with multiple prizes and scholarships. He completed specialist neurosurgical training in Oxford, London, and Cardiff before achieving his FRCS (Neurosurgery) and Certificate of Completion of Training. He then undertook three years of additional advanced fellowship training in Oxford and Dublin, focusing on complex cranial, skull base and neurovascular surgery.
Alongside his clinical practice, Mr Zilani is committed to education and currently serves as the National Training Programme Director for Neurosurgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He also teaches on national and international courses, helping to train the next generation of neurosurgeons.
Patients under Mr Zilani’s care can expect clear explanations, evidence-based recommendations and treatment delivered to the highest standards of neurosurgical expertise.
Areas of Practice
- Brain aneurysms, vascular malformations, and related conditions
- Trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm (including microvascular decompression)
- Brain and skull base tumours (e.g. meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, chordomas, craniopharyngiomas, glioblastomas, brain metastases)
- Pituitary surgery and endoscopic procedures
- Hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, degenerative spine conditions, trauma and other general neurosurgical conditions
- Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain tumours, trigeminal neuralgia and vascular malformations
Undergraduate:
- BA Mathematics (First Class, Wrangler), University of Cambridge 1999
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MB BChir Medicine, University of Cambridge 2004
Postgraduate:
- MSc Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Oxford 2009
- FRCS (Neurosurgery), Royal College of Surgeons, England 2018
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCT), Cardiff University Hospital 2019
MSc Thesis Homocysteine & Intracranial aneurysms (including new association of a gene polymorphism linked with brain aneurysms), University of Oxford
Multiple international presentations and peer-reviewed publications, including high-impact journals, eg Nature Genetics.
Mr Zilani completed an additional 3 years post-CCT advanced fellowship training in:
- Skull Base & Neurovascular Fellowship, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
- Complex Spine Fellowship, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
- Skull Base & Neurovascular Fellowship, The National Neuroscience Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Current Memberships
Society of British Neurological Surgeons
British Neurovascular Group
Irish Hospital Consultant Association
