Rahul Jandial is an American, dual-trained brain surgeon and neuroscientist. He is also a London Times bestselling & international bestselling author with his books translated into over 30 languages.^[1]

Jandial's published research^[2] has appeared in journals such as Proceeding from the National Academy of Sciences. He has authored 10 academic books on topics ranging from neurosurgery to cancer biology and neuroscience.

As a professor he received the “distinguished professor award” from UCSD^[3] and has been invited as distinguished professor at Oxford and Harvard.^[4][5]

The Jandial laboratory at City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles is funded by the US Department of Defense.^[6][7]

Jandial attended Compton Community College and earned his B.A from University of California, Berkeley — M.D. from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles — Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) — and cancer surgery specialization from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, Penguin/Random House published Jandial’s first book Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon: The New Stories and Science of the Mind, a Sunday Times, and international bestseller translated into 10 languages.^[8]

In 2021, his memoir Life on a Knife’s Edge: A Brain Surgeon's Reflections on Life, Loss and Survival is translated to 8 languages.^[9]

This is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life was released in 2024 and is being translated to 30 languages.

He has been featured in The Times of London,^[10] the Telegraph,^[11] NY Mag,^[12] The Wall Street Journal,^[13] Der Spiegel, Cosmopolitan,^[14] Mr. Porter ^[15] and GQ,^[16] and is an expert for Guardian Masterclasses.^[17]

He is the founder and co-director of International Neurosurgical Children's Association,^[18] where he leads teams to teach and perform pediatric brain surgery in charity hospitals throughout Central and South America, and Eastern Europe. The efforts were featured on ABC Nightline.^[19]

Since 2009, Jandial is a long-term contributor at KTLA-TV^[20] in Los Angeles. In 2019, he became a regular contributor to the TODAY Show in Australia. He hosted Brain Surgery Live on Nat Geo with Bryant Gumbell for international broadcast and was on FOX’s primetime non-scripted Superhuman as a panelist.^[21] Brian Lowry, chief TV critic for Variety, called him the "world's most dashing neurosurgeon" in a highly positive review.^[22][23]

ABC news has called him the "real Dr. McDreamy"^[24] and VICE has featured and refers to him as the 100 percent emoji-human version.^[25]

He is represented by the talent agency - WME.^[26]

Harry Walker speaker’s agency signed him in 2024.^[27]

• This Is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life, by Rahul Jandial, 2024
• Life on a Knife’s Edge: A Brain Surgeon’s Reflections on Life, Loss and Survival, by Rahul Jandial, 2021
• Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon: The New Science and Stories of the Brain, by Rahul Jandial, 2019
• Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery, by Rahul Jandial, Paul McCormick, Peter M. Black, 2011, ISBN 978-1437737721
• Frontiers in Brain Repair, edited by Rahul Jandial, 2012 ^[28] ISBN 978-1461425762
• Code Blue: Bedside Procedures and Critical Information, by Rahul Jandial and Danielle Jandial, 2014 ISBN 978-1576262535
• Metastatic Cancer: Clinical and Biological Perspectives, edited by Rahul Jandial, 2013 ^[29] ISBN 978-1587066597
• Regenerative Biology of the Spine and Spinal Cord, edited by Rahul Jandial and Mike Y. Chen, 2012,^[30] ISBN 978-1461440895
• 100 Questions and Answers About Spine Disorders by Rahul Jandial, Henry E. Aryan, 2008, ISBN 978-0763749880
• 100 Questions and Answers About Head and Brain Injuries, by Rahul Jandial, Samuel A. Hughes, Charles B. Newman, 2008, ISBN 978-0763755720
• Neurosurgical Essentials, by Rahul Jandial, Henry E. Aryan, Peter Nakaji, 2004, ISBN 978-1576261828

• The Sunday Times Bestselling Author 2019^[31]
• Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award 2015^[32] and 2019^[33]
• Distinguished Teaching Award UC San Diego 2008^[34]
• Penfield Research Award from the Congress of Neurosurgeons 2007^[35]
• Cancer Research Award: STOPCancer Foundation: 2009^[36]
• Public Service Award, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2004^[37]