Tipu Aziz
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Prof Tipu Aziz PhD, FMedSci |
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Aziz at University Malaya Medical Centre in November 2004
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| Native name | টিপু আজিজ জাহেদ |
| Born |
Tipu Zahed Aziz 9 November 1956 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | Neurophysiology |
| Alma mater |
University College London Manchester University |
| Occupation | Professor of neurosurgery |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Employer | John Radcliffe Hospital |
Tipu Zahed Aziz, FMedSci (Bengali: টিপু আজিজ জাহেদ; born 9 November 1956) is a Bangladeshi-born British professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, Aarhus Denmark and Porto, Portugal. He specialises in the study and treatment of Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, dystonia, spasmodic torticollis, fixed abnormal posture of the neck, tremor, and intractable neuropathic pain. Besides his medical work, he is also notable as a public commentator in support of animal experimentation.
Aziz was born in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) into what The Guardian called a "medical dynasty". He arrived in Britain at the age of 17 with just three O-levels, but after passing A-levels, he studied Neurophysiology at University College London, where he became interested in deep brain stimulation. He went on to study for a doctorate at Manchester University, where he began his research on animals.
In February 2006, Aziz came to public prominence in the UK when he spoke out in favour of the use of animals in medical research to several hundred demonstrators during a rally held by Pro-Test, a new British group set up to promote the construction by Oxford University of a new biomedical centre in which research on animals will be conducted. Aziz is one of two Oxford neurosurgeons who sit on the Pro-Test committee.
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