Dr. Eyerusalem Bergene Banti is a consultant neurosurgeon and assistant professor at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She completed her neurosurgical training at SPHMMC and now serves in both clinical and academic roles. Her main areas of focus are Neurotrauma, pediatric neurosurgery, and Neuro-oncology.

The Department of Neurosurgery at SPHMMC is a national referral and academic center, providing a wide spectrum of neurosurgical services while training medical students, residents, and spine fellows. Dr. Eyerusalem is actively involved in the training.

She has 14 publications on multiple reputable peer reviewed journals. She frequently presents her work at national and international conferences. Dr. Eyerusalem is currently serving as the East African representative of Young CAANS and is a strong advocate for women in neurosurgery.

She completed an observership at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York through the CNS Foundation and has been selected for a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Acıbadem University in Istanbul. Through InterSurgeon, she aims to build partnerships in training, mentorship, and collaborative research to improve neurosurgical care for children and adults in low-resource settings.