Amin Amini, MD, MS, FAANS Dr. Amini is a Clinical Professor in the University of Maryland’s Department of Neurosurgery and Medical Director of Neurosurgery at Capital Region Medical Center.
He is committed to providing patient-centered care with careful attention and cautious decision-making through all stages of treatment—pre-surgical planning through recovery.
Dr. Amini has respected expertise in resecting primary and metastatic tumors of the brain and complex spine, improving both quality of life and prognosis. Regionally, he has pioneered robotic neurosurgery and is a leader in minimally invasive techniques to allow for quicker recovery, smaller incisions, less discomfort, and improved outcomes.
He has served in multiple leadership roles in the area, building neuroscience programs at Holy Cross and Adventist HealthCare Hospitals.
Dr. Amini obtained his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his neurosurgical training at the University of Utah. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the Washington Academy of Neurosurgery. He has been voted a Washingtonian Top Doc since 2012.
In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Dr. Nadia Hashimi (a pediatrician and world-renowned writer), and four children.
Dr. Amini in the news:
Dr. Henderson Jr. returned to Maryland in early 2024 to join the Center for Brain and Spine with the mission to provide compassionate and excellent neurosurgical care for the people of suburban and Southern Maryland. His career has blended academic expertise in neurosurgical oncology and global neurosurgery with a broad training exposure requisite for meeting the needs of his fellow Marylanders in healthcare settings accessible to the community.
After growing up in Prince George’s County, he graduated with High Distinction from the University of Virginia, taught elementary students in Western China, then returned to Charlottesville to earn his Medical Degree. He completed neurosurgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina, which included a six-month appointment as Neurosurgery Research Fellow at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, under Dr. Steven Brem. After residency, he served as Neurosurgical Instructor and a Fellow to Dr. Theodore Schwartz in Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine in Manhattan.
Dr. Henderson Jr. then accepted an invitation with his wife and children to move overseas to rural Kenya. There he joined Dr. William R. Copeland IV in training Kenyan neurosurgery residents through the Pan African Academy for Christian Surgeons, supported at Tenwek Mission Hospital by World Medical Mission, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. During this time in Kenya, he was appointed Global/Volunteer Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery from Loma Linda University, completed neurosurgery board examinations as a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa, and co-led the Tenwek neurosurgery program in graduating its first Kenyan neurosurgery resident, Dr. Emmanuel Wafula. Dr. Henderson Jr. has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts and currently serves the role of Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Maryland.
Today Dr. Henderson Jr. delights in working alongside Dr. Amini to provide world-class surgery with a patient-centered approach to diagnosis and treatment that utilizes the most current and least-invasive technologies.
Farook J. Kidwai, MD, FAANS is a highly regarded neurosurgeon with more than 40 years of experience providing outstanding patient care.
Dr. Kidwai obtained his medical degree from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan. He then completed a general surgery residency training Company of Mary Hospital in Illinois and a neurological surgery residency training at SUNY at Buffalo in New York.
He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Amanda L. Panfil, PA-C is a highly skilled Surgery and Neurosurgery Physician Assistant with over 15 years of experience both in and out of the operating room.
She received a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Rochester with a minor in Spanish and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Master of Health Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies at Drexel University. While attending Drexel University, she excelled and was nominated into the Pi Alpha National Honor Society and was awarded the William W. Oaks and David Major Preceptorship Aware for outstanding leadership, values, and commitment and service to the community and general clinical excellence.
Amanda is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants (MdAPA), and the Association of Neurosurgical Physician Assistants (ANSPA).
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