Bizhan Aarabi

Bizhan Aarabi (; born 1947) is an Iranian-American neurosurgeon, researcher, author, and academic. He is a professor of neurosurgery at University of Maryland and the Director of Neurotrauma at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.

Aarabi's research focuses on the traumatic cervical spinal cord and brain injuries. During the decade spanning from 1980 to 1990, he was involved in cohort studies of soldiers and civilians injured in battle in the Iran-Iraq war. In his later research, he has focused on the analysis of data on traumatic cervical spinal cord injury in the USA. He has written over 180 scientific articles. In 2018, he published the book, ''Decompressive Craniectomy'', co-edited with J. Marc Simard.

1990 the Iranian government gave Aarabi the Medal of Honor and Achievement. Provided by Wikipedia