Dr. John M. Duff

Dr. John Duff is an Irish-trained, US board-certified neurosurgeon who leads the neurosurgery department at Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai. He trained entirely in the United States, spending 12 years in clinical practice there, with notable posts as assistant professor of neurosurgery at Tufts University in Boston and chief of neurosurgery at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. He is an alumnus of prestigious institutions including Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Mayo Clinic, and Tufts University, and moved to Switzerland in 2004 where he directed surgical groups and held a senior appointment at Lausanne University Hospital before joining Mediclinic.

Dr. Duff's clinical expertise centres on spinal neurosurgery, with a particular focus on minimally invasive and image-guided techniques that reduce tissue trauma and recovery time. He holds a fellowship in skull-base surgery and is a patent holder of a surgical robot for spinal procedures. His work spans general neurosurgery, craniovertebral junction surgery, and complex image-guided interventions that demand precision and advanced technology.

He is highly active in international academic circles as a conference speaker and was chair of the Spine Section of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and brings three decades of professional experience across Ireland, Australia, the United States, and Europe. A good fit for patients seeking minimally invasive solutions to spine problems, complex cases requiring skull-base expertise, or those who value evidence-based, technology-assisted surgical care.