About Me:

Dr. Amit Ayer completed his undergraduate education at Queen’s University with a degree in life sciences and an honors thesis in immunology. He completed his medical training at Wake Forest University and neurosurgical training at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where during residency he obtained a Master of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management and was cofounder of two neurosurgical medical device companies. He obtained his fellowship in functional and restorative neurosurgery at Stanford University with a focus on movement disorders, epilepsy and pain. Dr. Ayer has clinical interests in surgical treatments for epilepsy, movement disorders, neurooncological disease, hydrocephalus and spinal pathologies. In his free time, he enjoys playing guitar, hockey, hiking, and traveling.