Dr. Kenan Arnautovic graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the top student in his class. He obtained a masters degree in Neurosurgery in his Alma Mater (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and defended his PhD thesis at J.J. Strossmaier University, Osijek, Croatia (EU).

He did his first neurosurgery residency at the Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and a second residency in neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He also completed a skull-base fellowship in Little Rock, AR. His direct neurosurgical mentors include Professors Ossama Al-Mefty, Gazi Yasargil, Evandro de Oliveira, Ali Krisht, Rick Boop and Glen Pait.

Dr. Arnautovic is double-boarded in neurosurgery, in Europe (Diplomat of the Neurosurgery Board of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and in the USA (Diplomat of the American Board of Neurosurgery – Board Certified). He holds active neurosurgical licenses in the United States (Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama), Croatia (EU), and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dr. Arnautovic joined one of the oldest neurosurgical institutions of the world – the Semmes Murphey Clinic in Memphis, TN, USA (established in 1912; 112 years old) 22 years ago (2002). Dr. Kenan Arnautovic serves as a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Department of Neurosurgery, and Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, both at University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA. He also has Professor of Neurosurgery appointments at the Medical Schools of University J. J. Strossmaier, Osijek, Croatia (EU) and Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has established an International Neurosurgery Fellowship at the Semmes-Murphey Clinic and Department of Neurosurgery (1-2 months long) which was attended and has graduated over 40 neurosurgeons from all over the world.

Dr. Arnautovic is member of numerous neurosurgical associations in the USA and around the World. He is both an honorary member and regular member of the Albanian Neurosurgical Society, Croatian Neurosurgical Society, and Association of Neurosurgeons in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an honorary member of Serbian Neurosurgical Society. Dr. Arnautovic also serves as the Chair of the Education and International Relations Committee of the Albanian Neurosurgical Society.