The Most Comprehensive Source of Neurosurgical Content
United States
| Name | Affiliation |
| Constantinos G Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD | Mount Sinai, New York City |
| Line Jacques, MD | University of California, San Francisco |
| M. Yashar S. Kalani, MD, PhD | University of Virginia |
| Peter Nakaji, MD, Editor-in-Chief | Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix AZ |
| Maria Peris Celda, MD, PhD | Albany Medical Center, Albany NY |
| Min S. Park, MD | University of Virginia |
| Jamie Ullman, MD, FAANS, FACS | Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine Director of Neurotrauma, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY |
International
| Name | Affiliation |
| Michaël Bruneau, MD, PhD | Professor and Director, Skull Base and Vascular Programs Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium |
| Isao Date, MD | Professor, Chairman, Neurological Surgery Department Okayama University Hospital, Japan |
| Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS | University of Toronto Toronto Western Hospital |
| Bernhard Meyer, MD | Chairman/Professor of Neurosurgery Dept of Neurosurgery Technical University of Munich Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany |
| Basant K Misra, MS, MCh | Head, Deptmt. of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery P. D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Center Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Hinduja Health Care Surgical, Khar (West) Mumbai, India Second Vice President at large of WFNS |
| Oliver Bozinov, MD | University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
| Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Raabe | Hospital Universitaire De Berne |
| Miguel A Arraez Sanchez, MD, PhD | Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, Spain President, Spanish Society of Neurosurgery Chairman, WFNS Foundation |
| Prof. Dr. med. Peter Vajkoczy, Editor-in-Chief | Director, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Berlin, Germany |
Mount Sinai, New York City
Dr. Hadjipanayis is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncological Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He serves as Chair of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Director of Neurosurgical Oncology for the Mount Sinai Health System. He has devoted his entire career to the treatment of brain tumor patients and is Director of the Mount Sinai Brain Tumor Nanotechnology Laboratory in the Tisch Cancer Institute. He helped lead the effort for FDA approval of 5-ALA (Gleolan) in the US for use during glioma surgery in June 2017.
University of California, San Francisco
Professor and Vice Chair, Director of Peripheral Nerve and Pain Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
University of Virginia
Dr. Kalani is an expert in the combined microsurgical and endovascular treatment of brain and spinal vascular pathology, as well as in traditional open and endoscopic approaches to skull base pathologies. He runs an NIH-funded laboratory investigating mechanisms of injury after stroke.
Peter Nakaji, MD, Editor-in-Chief
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, attending and general practice neurosurgeon. Dr. Nakaji completed his residency at the University of California, San Diego. He received additional fellowship training in endoscopic neurosurgery at the Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery in Sydney, Australia, and completed a second fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.
Albany Medical Center, Albany NY
Maria Peris-Celda, MD, PhD is a neurosurgeon from Spain. She graduated with the highest honors at the University of Valencia, Spain, where she met Professor Martinez-Soriano, her anatomy mentor. She graduated in neurosurgery in Valencia, Spain, in 2011.
She spent two years learning and perfecting her surgical skills as a fellow of microsurgical and endoscopic neuroanatomy with Professor Rhoton from 2011 to 2013. During these years, she performed the majority of the dissections and organization of this book among other research projects. She underwent further neurosurgical training in Albany, NY, and has been a board eligible USA neurosurgeon since 2017.
Min Park
University of Virginia
Min S. Park, MD, FAANS, is an associate professor of neurosurgery and neurology at the University of Virginia. He serves as the co-director of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, director of the endovascular neurosurgery fellowship, and the associate residency program director. Dr. Park completed his neurosurgical training at UC San Diego followed by a fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute. Previously, he served honorably in the US Navy including a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Jamie Ullman
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
Director of Neurotrauma, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Professor and Director, Skull Base and Vascular Programs
Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Professor, Chairman, Neurological Surgery Department
Okayama University Hospital, Japan
University of Toronto
Toronto Western Hospital
Dr. Fehlings is the Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Head of the Spinal Program at Toronto Western Hospital. He combines an active clinical practice in complex spinal surgery with a translationally oriented research program focused on discovering novel treatments for the injured brain and spinal cord. He leads a multi-disciplinary team of researchers that is examining the application of stem cells, nanotechnology and tissue engineering for CNS repair and regeneration.
Bernhard Meyer
Chairman/Professor of Neurosurgery
Dept of Neurosurgery
Technical University of Munich
Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
Dr. Meyer is Professor of Neurosurgery and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Technical University of Munich in Germany. During medical school in Padova, Italy and Erlangen, Germany, he completed subinternships in Chicago, IL, and Brooklyn, NY. After an internship at the University of Tübingen, Germany, he was a neurosurgical resident at the City Hospital of Duisburg and the University of Bonn, Germany, as well as visiting resident at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, and the Barrow Neurosurgical Institute, Phoenix, AZ. He serves on the editorial board or as a reviewer for several renowned publications. His primary areas of interest are spine, neurovascular, and neurooncology.
Head, Deptmt. of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
P. D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Center
Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Hinduja Health Care Surgical, Khar (West) Mumbai, India
Second Vice President at large of WFNS
Dr. Basant K. Misra is Head of the Department of Surgery and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery and Gammaknife Radiosurgery at P.D. Hunduja National Hospital and MRC in Mumbai, India. He serves as 2nd Vice President for the WFNS, President for the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgery, and President of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies. He is Past President of both the International Conference of Cerebrovascular Surgery and the Asian Conference of Neurological Surgeons. He has been a visiting professor at renowned institutions worldwide, reviews for key journals across the specialty, and has had 136 publications and 546 presentations in peer reviewed journals and international proceedings.
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Bozinov is a Chief Neurosurgeon and Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. He authored over 100 Pubmed listed articles and multiple book chapters. Dr. Bozinov is currently lecturer at the University of Zurich, Director of the Skull Base and Brainstem Courses in Zurich and Faculty of many other international Skull Base Courses. His personal clinical and scientific main interest is Brainstem Surgery.
Hospital Universitaire De Berne
Professor Andreas Raabe is Chairman and Professor of Neurosurgery at the Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland. His main focusses are tumors, aneurysms, and spinal degenerative diseases. Prof. Raabe has published more than 300 original scientific papers, review articles, technical notes or book chapters. He received numerous international awards for the development of innovative techniques for protection of brain structures and function during surgery, such as ICG angiography or continuous brain mapping.
Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, Spain
President, Spanish Society of Neurosurgery
Chairman, WFNS Foundation
Miguel A. Arraez, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Carlos Haya University Hospital (Malaga, Spain). He is a member of the board of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review and World Neurosurgery, among other journals. He has served in several neurosurgical organizations. Currently, he is Chairman of the WFNS Foundation and Secretary of the World Academy of Neurosurgery. He regularly contributes to national and international congresses and publications. His fields of interest are skull base, pituitary surgery, brainstem tumors, and neuro-oncology.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Vajkoczy, Editor-in-Chief
Director, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Berlin, Germany
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Stuttgart · New York
Rüdigerstraße 14
D-70469 Stuttgart
P.O. Box 30 11 20
D-70451 Stuttgart
Thieme Publishers
333 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
www.thieme.com