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Dr Khurana has received 17 national and international awards since 1992, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Galbraith Award for Cerebrovascular Surgery Research, 2003; the Certificate of Excellence for Patient Care and Team Work presented by the Neurosurgical Nursing Staff, St Marys Hospital, Mayo Clinic, 2003; the Mayo Clinic Scholarly Achievement Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement During Neurosurgical Residency, 2005; and the Australian Capital Territory Quality in Healthcare Award for Safety, 2007. Vini Khurana has written two books, "Brain Surgery" and "The Brain Aneurysm", and his clinical and research works have been featured in the Media worldwide. He has also authored over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, holds two US Patents, and is a strong proponent of excellence in medical education, research, and patient care. In addition to senior medical students, junior medical officers and neurosurgical trainees, he directly supervises postgraduate Surgical Masters candidates of the Australian National University.
Vini Khurana specialises in the surgical treatment of brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, carotid occlusion, and brain tumours, including those considered “inoperable”. His intracranial surgery practice incorporates techniques and technologies derived from his unique 10-year training experience in the USA. Dr Khurana practices “minimal-access” neurosurgery using a combination of intraoperative image-guidance technology and advanced surgical approaches to complex brain conditions.
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Dr (Vini) Gautam Khurana graduated with his medical and research degrees from the University of Sydney in 1995, and undertook his surgical internship at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. In 1996, he was selected to undertake his neurosurgical training and PhD at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During his nine years at the Mayo, he received his PhD in Biomedical Sciences and the Thoralf Sundt Neurosurgical Research Fellowship, and completed his Mayo neurosurgical residency in 2005. In 2006, Dr Khurana received his neurosurgical Fellowship in cerebrovascular and complex tumour surgery from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked as a Fellow and Attending Neurosurgeon under Dr Robert Spetzler, a neurosurgical pioneer. In November 2006, Dr Khurana was appointed as Associate Professor of Neurosurgery for the Australian National University Medical School and as Senior Staff Specialist Neurosurgeon at The Canberra Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.