Professor Ashkan is the lead for Functional and Oncological Neurosurgery at King's College Hospital, London. He is the President of the British Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Chairman of the Neurosurgical section of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society.
Prof Ashkan's main clinical and research interests are neuro-modulation, especially adult and paediatric deep brain stimulation, surgical management of pain, and neuro-oncology. He has attended/ chaired/ presented papers in over 250 national and international meetings and published over 400 full papers, abstracts and book chapters.