Toomas Asser, PhD

He studied Medicine in Tartu University and completed his PhD in Moscow Institute of Neurosurgery. In 1979 he began his career in Tartu University and in 1995 he was elected a professor of neurosurgery. He has also served as a Head of Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (1996–2018) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (2000–2009). He has continuously also worked in Tartu University Hospital (Neurosurgeon). In 1988 he was a research fellow in Tohoku University, Japan.
Asser is member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and Estonian Research & Development and Innovation Policy Council as well as numerous national and international neurosurgical societies. He served as Vice-Chair of The Guild 2020–2026.