Dr. Temur Anvarovich Duschanov

Endoscopic spine surgeon, neurosurgeon

2,100+ cases

About

Dr. Temur Duschanov is a neurosurgeon specializing in endoscopic spine surgery at the Central Asian Spine Center in Tashkent. With over 2,100 successful operations and 13+ years of experience, he is one of the leading endoscopic spine surgeons in Central Asia. Dr. Duschanov completed advanced fellowship training in Nagoya, Japan (2017-2018) and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Neurosurgery in the USA (2023), bringing world-class minimally invasive techniques to patients in Uzbekistan.

Appointments

2021 — present
Associate Professor
School of Medicine, Central Asian University (formerly AKFA University), Tashkent
2024 — present
Attending neurosurgeon, elective cases
Prof Med Service, Tashkent
2023
Deputy Dean
School of Medicine, Central Asian University, Tashkent
2023
Neurosurgery fellow
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Neurological Surgery, USA
2022 — 2024
Attending neurosurgeon, elective cases
Best Medium Clinic, Tashkent
2020 — 2021
Neurosurgeon
Republican Research Center of Emergency Medicine, Khorezm branch
2020 — 2021
Deputy Director for International Cooperation, and lecturer in neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry
Urgench branch of Tashkent Medical Academy
2017 — 2020
Neurosurgeon
Republican Research Center of Emergency Medicine, Tashkent
2017 — 2018
Neurosurgery fellow
Fujita Health University Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
2016 — 2017
Neurosurgeon
Republican Scientific Center of Neurosurgery, Tashkent
2013 — 2016
Neurosurgery master's degree programme
Tashkent Medical Academy
2013
General practitioner
Khiva Arvik Medical Center, Khorezm
2010 — 2013
Volunteer assistant in general surgery, more than 400 operations
Republican Scientific Center of Emergency Medicine

Education

2023
Neurosurgery fellowship
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Neurological Surgery, USA
Skull base and cerebrovascular surgery, and the microsurgical bypass training curriculum
2017 — 2018
Neurosurgery fellowship
Fujita Health University Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Cerebrovascular neurosurgery and spinal neurosurgery
2013 — 2016
Master's degree in neurosurgery
Tashkent Medical Academy
2006 — 2013
Bachelor's diploma in general medicine
Urgench branch of Tashkent Medical Academy

Research

2023
Baskaya Lab, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Neurological Surgery
“Implementation of an advanced, high-efficiency bypass training curriculum to teach microneurosurgical bypass skills”
Cadaver-lab dissection in skull base and cerebrovascular surgery under Prof. Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD, and the microsurgical bypass curriculum under Dr. Abdullah Keles
2017 — 2018
Fujita Health University Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
“Intraoperative adjunct methods in arteriovenous malformation surgery”
Cerebrovascular disease research under Prof. Yoko Kato, MD
2013 — 2016
Tashkent Medical Academy and the Republican Scientific Center of Neurosurgery
“Clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of temporal lobe tumours”
Brain tumour research under Prof. G. A. Alikhodjaeva, MD

Affiliations

since 2020
Regional Chief for Central Asia
Fujita Alumni, Nagoya, Japan
since 2020
Member of the Board of Directors, Vascular Neurosurgery Section
Abdulrauf Institute of Neurosurgery, St. Louis, USA
since 2023
Member, Alumni Neurosurgery Fellows
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Neurosurgery, USA
since 2023
Member
Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA

Honours and awards

2024
First in the world to use a spatial reality device (Apple Vision Pro) for the whole length of a full-endoscopic monoportal spine operation
2017
Scholarship for the neurosurgery fellowship programme at Fujita Health University Post-Graduate Training Center, Nagoya, Japan
2016
Listed among the gifted master's graduates of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, with a post offered by the Republican Scientific Center of Neurosurgery
2015
Oral presentation, “Clinical picture, diagnostics and treatment of temporal lobe tumours”, Top Scientific Projects of Masters, Tashkent Medical Academy
2014
Poster, “Comparative analysis of treatment of different grade tumours of the temporal lobe”, 1st Congress of Neurosurgeons of Uzbekistan, Bukhara
2014
Poster, “Features of clinical presentation and surgical treatment of brain convexity tumours”, 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Astana
2013 — 2016
Three-year educational grant for first place in the entrance examination to the neurosurgery residency, Tashkent Medical Academy
2012
First place, oral presentation in surgical diseases, “Methods of surgical treatment of thyroid diseases”, XIX Young Scientists Conference, Urgench
2011
First place, oral presentation in surgical diseases, “Results of surgical treatment of giant postoperative abdominal hernias with hernioprosthesis in obese patients”, XVIII Young Scientists Conference, Urgench
2009
Second place, oral presentation in neuroanatomy, “Developmental anomalies of the central nervous system”, XVI Young Scientists Conference, Urgench
2006 — 2013
Seven-year educational grant for third place in the entrance examination, Urgench branch of Tashkent Medical Academy, general medicine

Publications

1
Urmanova Y. M., Sodikov S. P., Kim M., Duschanov T. A., Mukhtarova Sh. Sh. The frequency and neuroimaging characteristics of macro- and giant pituitary adenomas. International Journal of Biomedicine, 2019; 9(1): 72–74.
2
Kariev G. M., Asadullaev U. M., Duschanov T. A., Rasulov Sh. O., Mamadaliev D. M., Khodjimetov D. N. Mammilopontine distance as a diagnostic criterion of hydrocephalus degrees. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019; 14: 166–171.
3
Matmusaev M., Duschanov T., Yamada Y., Takizawa K., Kawase T., Tanaka R., Miyatani K., Kato Y., Ansari A. High flow bypass for cavernous carotid aneurysms. Romanian Neurosurgery, 2018; 32(2): 262–271.
4
Duschanov T. A. Surgical treatment of temporal lobe tumours. 5th scientific-practical conference “Topical issues in medicine”, Young Scientist Day, 2016.
5
Duschanov T. A., Alikhodjaeva G. A. Surgical treatment of temporal lobe tumours. Journal of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015; 6: 48–52.
6
Duschanov T. A. Comparative analysis of treatment of different grade tumours of the temporal lobe. 1st Congress of Neurosurgeons of Uzbekistan, Bukhara, abstract book, 2014; 1: 98–100.
7
Mukhamedov A., Ashrapov J., Duschanov T. Haemorrhagic complications after surgical resection of brain tumours in children. 10th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Astana, abstract book, 2014: 93.
8
Kuryazov B. N., Tadjibaev O. B., Babadjanov A. R., Duschanov T. A. Results of surgical treatment of giant postoperative abdominal hernias with hernioprosthesis in obese patients. Journal Surgery of Uzbekistan, 2011; 3: 63–65.