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Adi Ahmetspahic - ASA Bolnica Sarajevo

Ass. prof. Adi Ahmetspahić, MD, PhD, FEBNS

Fellow of the European Board of Neurological Surgery (FEBNS)
Neurosurgery Specialist · Subspecialist in Skull Base Surgery

Dr. Ahmetspahić is a neurosurgeon with extensive experience across all fields of neurosurgery and a strong international background gained at neurosurgical clinics in the European Union, the United States, and Japan. His areas of particular interest include the surgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms, brain tumours, spinal tumours, skull base tumours and pituitary tumours, as well as degenerative spinal disorders.

He holds the FEBNS Diploma, the highest European qualification in neurosurgery, as well as the European Diploma in Spine Surgery (EUROSPINE).

FEBNS Diploma
European Diploma in Neurosurgery, awarded in 2026 by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

EUROSPINE Diploma
European Diploma in Spine Surgery, awarded in 2025 by EUROSPINE, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Fellowships – Advanced Specialist Training at Neurosurgical Clinics and Institutes Abroad

  • 2015 – Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia (Prof. J. Šteno)
  • 2017 – University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA (Prof. K. Arnautović)
  • 2018 – University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (Prof. M. Baskaya)
  • 2019 – Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan (Prof. Y. Kato)
  • 2019 – Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, USA (Prof. T. Schwartz)
  • 2023 – University of Tübingen, Germany (Prof. M. Tatagiba)
  • 2024 – University of Verona, Italy (Prof. A. Feletti and Prof. F. Sala)

Education and Qualifications

  • FEBNS Diploma – European Diploma in Neurosurgery, UEMS and EANS, 2026
  • EUROSPINE Diploma – European Diploma in Spine Surgery, EUROSPINE, 2025
  • Subspecialist in Skull Base Surgery, 2025
  • Doctor of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, 2024
  • Master of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, 2021
  • Specialist in Neurosurgery, 2019
  • Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, 2010

Academic and Professional Appointments in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Abroad

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology (SSST), Faculty of Medicine, Sarajevo, since 2025
  • Faculty Member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) Training Committee, since 2025
  • Lifetime Alumnus and Guest Lecturer of the Fujita Health University Alumni Association, Nagoya, Japan, since 2020

Publications and Awards

  • Author and co-author of more than 25 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals
  • Young Investigator Award, International Neurotraumatology Society (INTS), Budapest, Hungary, 2014
  • Best Paper Award, Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan, 2020

Memberships in Professional Associations

  • Association of Neurosurgeons of Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNUBiH), since 2013
  • European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), since 2014
  • Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons (ACNS), since 2020