These include congenital anomalies, trauma, tumors of the brain and spine, neurovascular disorders, strokes, infections of the brain or spine and degenerative diseases of the spine.

As a boy he was inspired by his father, a master neurosurgeon. The gift of healing neurological suffering through delicate surgery on the brain would have perhaps prevented the early demise of both his grandfather to a brain tumour and great grandfather to a traumatic subdural hematoma (a blood clot between the brain and the skull), if a neurosurgeon was available to perform brain surgery.

After completing his primary education in Southampton England, Dr. Qureshi went on to high school in Nairobi Kenya. Following completion of his undergraduate medical training in 2005 he went on to serve rural communities around the foothills of Mt. Kenya for five years before three years of residency in General Surgery.

In January 2014, Dr. Qureshi moved to South Africa and commenced postgraduate training in Neurosurgery at the University of Cape Town. Upon completion of clinical rotations in neuro-intensive care, neuro-oncology, neurovascular and skull base surgery, neuro-spine at the Groote Schuur Hospital and Paediatric neurosurgery at the Red cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital respectively. He went on to obtain the fellowship of the college of surgeons in Neurosurgery with a distinction in the clinical exam, in September 2017.

His sub-specialisation in Neurosurgery took shape with an eighteen month fellowship training in neuro-endovascular, open vascular and skull base surgery under the pupillage of Professors Allan Taylor and David Le Feuvre at the University of Cape Town. His mentors not only taught him the fine art of neurosurgery but also developed his nuanced thinking and steered his maturation into a surgeon that knew not only when to operate but when operating was more harmful than beneficial. His regular interaction with the occupational, speech and physical therapy teams created the awareness of patient functional deficits and how to best assist in their recovery.

After practicing for two years as a dual trained microsurgeon, Dr. Qureshi took up a six-month spinal fellowship under the pupillage of Professor Robert Dunn.

In 2022, Dr. Qureshi will be bringing much needed neurosurgical care to the beautiful land and people of Namibia and is establishing his practice at the Mediclinic Hospital in Windhoek.

When not working, preparing neuroanatomy lectures or researching the latest developments in his field, Dr. Qureshi enjoys off-grid camping, cycling, and callisthenic exercises.