NEUROSURGERY Publications Board Members & Staff

International Advisory Board

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ALBANIA

Fatos Olldashi
University Hospital of Trauma
Tirana, Albania

ALGERIA

Benaissa Abdennebi
Clinique Médico chirurgicale En Nadjah - Birkhadem
Algiers, Algeria​

ARGENTINA

Armando Basso
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina

AUSTRIA

Engelbert Knosp
Medical University Vienna
Vienna, Austria

BELGIUM

Christian Raftopoulos
University Hospital St-Luc; Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Brussels, Belgium

Dirk Van Roost
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium

BOSNIA AND HERZ​EGOVINA ​

Ibrahim Omerhodžić
Clinical Center University of Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ​

BRAZIL

Apio Antunes
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre Medical School
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Luis A. B. Borba
Federal University of Parana, Sechenov University Medical School
Curitiba, Brazil

CANADA

Michael Fehlings
University of Toronto & University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

J. Max Findlay
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada​​

David Mathieu
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Rajiv Midha
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

James Rutka
University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CHILE

Jaime Pinto
Clinica Biobio, Universidad de Concepcion
Concepción, Chile

CHINA

Yuan-Li Zhao
Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing, China

COLUMBIA

Javier Lobato-Polo
Fundacion Valle ​del Lili, Universidad ICESI, Fundacion Valle del Lili
Cali, Columbia

CZECH REPUBLIC

Vladímir Beneš
Institute of Clinical Neurodisciplines, Central Military Hospital Prague, Charles Univ Prague
Prague, Czech Republic

Roman Liščák
Na Homolce Hospital 
Prague, Czech Republic​

DENMARK

Tiit Mathiesen
University of Copenhagen University Hospital; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
Copenhagen, Denmark​​

​EGYPT

Mohamed El-Fiki
University of Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt​

Nasser El-Ghandour
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt​

Adel El Hakim
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt​

FINLAND

Mika Niemelä
Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland

FRANCE

Philippe Coubes
Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center
Montpellier, France

Philippe Menei
University Hospital of Angers, Angers University – INSERM
Angers, France

Jean Regis
Aix Marseille University
Marseille, France

Marc Sindou
University of Lyon
Lyon, France

GERMANY

Michael Buchfelder
University Hospital Erlangen
Erlangen, Germany

Rudolf Fahlbusch
International Neuroscience Institute
Hannover, Germany

Maximilian​ Mehdorn
University Clinics Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Mehdorn-Consilium Private Practice
Kiel, Germany

Bernhard Meyer
Technical University of Munich
Munich, Germany

Viet Rohde
University of Goettingen
Gottingen, Germany

Joerg-Christian Tonn
LMU, Campus Grosshadern
Munich, Germany

Manfred Westphal
University Hospital Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany

GREECE

Kostas Fountas
University of Thessaly Larisa
Larisa, Greece

INDIA

Basant Misra
P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center
Mumbai, India

Suresh Nair
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology
Trivandrum, India

INDONESIA

Eka J. Wahjoepramono
Pelita Harapan Medical School
Siloam Hospital Lippo Village
Tangerang, Indonesia ​​​

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ISRAEL

Andrew H. Kaye
Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital
Jerusalem, Israel

Nachshon Knoller
Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel Hashomer, Israel

Zvi Ram
Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine
Tel Aviv, Israel

ITALY

Giovanni Broggi
Fond Istituto Neurologico C.Besta, MCHospital GVM, PFHospital Parma
Milan, Italy

Fabio Calbucci​
Maria Cecilia Hospital
Cotignoal, Ravenna, Italy

Paolo Cappabianca
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Naples, Italy

Francesco Tomasello
HUMANITAS, Istituto Clinico Catanese, University of Messina
Messina, Italy

JORDAN

Ibrahim Sbeih
Farah Medical Campus
Amman, Jordan

KOREA

Young Soo Kim
Hanyang University Hospital
Seoul, Korea

MEXICO

Jesus Ramiro del Valle Robles
Médica Sur Hospital
Mexico City, Mexico

Gerardo Guinto-Balanzar
Centro Neurológico ABC
Mexico City, Mexico

Blas E. Lopez-Felix
Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexico del Seguro Social,
School of Medicine National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico

Rodrigo Ramos-Zúñiga
Institute of Translational Neurosciences, University of Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico

MOROCCO

Naija El Abbadi
Abulcasis International University of Health Sciences
Rabat, Morocco

NETHERLANDS

Ronald H.M.A. Bartels
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, Netherlands

NIGERIA

Olawale A.R. Sulaiman
RNZ Neurosciences
Lagos, Nigeria

NORWAY

Morten Lund-Johansen
Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway

PAKISTAN

Rashid Jooma
The Aga Khan University Medical College
Karachi, Pakistan

SAUDI ARABIA

Imad N. Kanaan
KFSH & Research Center, Alfaisal University - College of Medicine
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia​


​SERBIA

Lukas G. Rasulić
University of Belgrade, Clinic for Neurosurgery, University Clinical Center of Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia

SLOVAKIA

Juraj Steno
Comenius University
Bratislava, Slovakia

SOUTH AFRICA

Graham Fieggen
Neuroscience Institute, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

SPAIN

Miguel A. Arraez
Carlos Haya University Hospital
Malaga, Spain

Enrique Ferrer
Hospital QuironSalud Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

SWEDEN

Niklas Marklund
Lund University
Lund, Sweden

Mikael Svensson
Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden

SWITZERLAND

Marc Levivier
CHUV - Lausanne University Hospital
Lausanne, Switzerland

Karl Schaller
Geneva University Medical Center
Geneva, Switzerland

TAIWAN

Cheng-Loong Liang​
E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University
Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yong-Kwang Tu
Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University
Taipei, Taiwan

TURKEY

Nejat Akalan
Medipol University
Istanbul, Turkey

M. Necmettin Pamir
Acibadem University, School of Medicine
Istanbul, Turkey

Selçuk Peker
Koç University School of Medicine​
Istanbul, Turkey

Uğur Türe
Yeditepe University School of Medicine
Istanbul, Turkey

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Mohammad Al-Olama
Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

UNITED KINGDOM

Neil Kitchen
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
London, United Kingdom

R. J. Laing
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, United Kingdom​​​​​​​

ZIMBABWE

Kazadi Kalangu
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe

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Social Media Board


Rushna Ali

Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Anthony M. DiGiorgio

University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA

Justin Mascitelli
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX, USA

Smruti Patel
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH, USA

Olabisi Sanusi
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA​

John H. Shin
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

Martina Stippler
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

Chengyuan Wu
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Isaac Yang
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Resident Neurosurgeon Social Media Board


(LEAD) Laura K. Reed
Baylor Scott & White Health
Temple, TX, USA

Emma C. Celano
Medstar Georgetown 
Washington, DC, USA

John Kanter 
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA

Martin Piazza
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC USA

​Jasmine Thum

University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Jorge Urquiaga Galvez
St. Louis University Hospital
St. Louis, MO, USA

Adela Wu
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

Mohamed Zaazoue​
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN, USA​

Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery Speaks! Operations

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Coordinator

Jessica Striley
NEUROSURGERY Publications
Schaumburg, IL, USA

Contributors

Sergey Abeshaus
Galilee Medical Center, Bar-Ilhan University
Nahariya, Israel

Georges Abi Lahoud
Institut de la Colonne Vertébrale et des NeuroSciences, Centre Médico-Chirurgical Bizet 
Paris, France

Francesco Acerbi
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico, C. Besta Milano
Milan, Italy

Fadi Al-Saiegh
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Ali Alaraj
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA

Carlos Alarcon
Hospital Universitari Mutua de Terrassa
Barcelona, Spain

Georgios A. Alexiou 
University Hospital of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece

Ahmed M. Alkhani
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Cargill H. Alleyne, Jr
Piedmont Augusta
Augusta, GA, USA

Masaru Aoyagi
Shioda Memorial Hospital
Nagara, Japan

Kenichiro Asano
Hirosaki University
Hirosaki, Japan

Luis Ascanio-Cortez
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY, USA

William W. Ashley
Sinai Hospital and LifeBridge Health System
Baltimore, MD, USA

Oluwakemi Aderonke Badejo
College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria

Juan Barges Coll
University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)
Lausanne, Switzerland

Daniele Bongetta
Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico
Milan, Italy

Michael Bruneau
UZ Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)​
Brussels, Belgium​

Alvaro Campero
Hospital Padilla
Tucumán, Argentina

Francesco Cardinale
”Claudio Munari” Centre for Epilepsy Surgery, ASST GOM Niguarda
Milan, Italy

Rodrigo Carrasco
Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, Spain

Alfredo Conti
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, and IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche de Bologna
Bologna, Italy

Danilo De Paulis​
Hospital of the Sea
Naples, Italy

Marcos Dellaretti
Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Roberto Jose Diaz
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ricardo Diez Valle
Clinica Universidad de Navarra 
Pamplona, Spain

Hugo Leonardo Doria-Netto
Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, and Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo 
São Paulo, Brazil

Zhuoying Du
Huashan Hospital, Fudan University
Shanghai, China​​

Nasser M.F. El-Ghandour
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt

Toshiki Endo
Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University​
Sendai, Japan

Alejandro Enriquez-Marulanda
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

Mikhail Gelfenbeyn
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

George Georgoulis
General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas"
Athens, Greece

Toshiaki Hayashi
Miyagi Children’s Hospital​
Sendai, Japan

Yoshinori Higuchi
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
Chiba City, Japan

Maurizio Iacoangeli
Marche Polytechnic University, Umberto I General Hospital
Ancona, Italy

Tomoo Inoue
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Sendai, Japan

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Xiaochun Jiang
Yi Ji Shan Hospital (the First Affiliated Hospital), Wannan Medical College
Wuhu, China​

Maurizio Iacoangeli
Marche Polytechnic University, Umberto I General Hospital
Ancona, Italy

Tomoo Inoue
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Sendai, Japan

Xiaochun Jiang
Yi Ji Shan Hospital (the First Affiliated Hospital), Wannan Medical College
Wuhu, China​

Ariel M. Kaen
Hospital Virgen del Rocío
Sevilla, Spain

Tae Gon Kim
Bundang CHA Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine
Seongnam, Republic of Korea

Hidehito Kimura
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
Kobe, Japan

Ryu Kurokawa
Dokkyo Medical University Hospital
Tochigi, Japan

Francisco Alberto Mannará
Fernández Hospital
Buenos Aires City, Argentina

Stavros Matsoukas
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY, USA

Yoshikazu Matsuda
Showa University
Tokyo, Japan

Charbel Moussalem
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon

Jun Muto
Fujita Health University
Aichi, Japan

Elizabeth Ogando-Rivas
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA

Soichi Oya
Saitama Medical Center/University
Saitama, Japan

Sun Ha Paek
Seoul National University, College of Medicine
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Themistoklis Papasilekas
University of Athens Medical School
Athens, Greece

Hye Ran Park
Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Kawngwoo Park
Gachon University Gil Medical Center
Incheon, Republic of Korea

Carlos Pérez López

University Hospital La Paz
Madrid, Spain

Ramiro Antonio Pérez-de la Torre
Michigan Head and Spine Institute
Royal Oak, MI, USA

Eduardo Carvalhal Ribas
Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medicine School (HC-FMUSP), and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
São Paulo, Brazil

Michele Rizzi
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta"
Milan, Italy

Andrea Ruggeri
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Rome, Italy

Igor Paredes Sansinenea
University Hospital "12 de Octubre"
Madrid, Spain

Ibrahim Sbeih 
Farah Medical Campus
Amman, Jordan

Vsevolod Shurhkhay
Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery
Moscow, Russia

Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye
Geisinger Neuroscience Institute
Danville, PA, USA

Mohamed Amin Soliman
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt​

Hailiang Tang
Huashan Hospital, Fudan University
Shanghai, China

Natalia P. Timchenko
Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Moscow, Russia

Christos P. Tsitsipanis
University Hospital of Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece

Kunal Vakharia
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

Junjie Wang
Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology
Beijing, China

Kai Wang
Weihai Central Hospital
Weihai, China

Andreas Zigouris
University Hospital of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece

Xiang Zou
Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
Shanghai, China

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NEUROSURGERY Publications Editorial Office


Director of Publications
Brandon J. Fiedor

Journal Editor, Neurosurgery
Caitlyn E.M. Trautwein

Journal Editor, Operative Neurosurgery
Rachel J. Lowery

Journals Production Manager
Jessica L. Striley

Editorial Associate
Erica L. Bryant

Publisher
Elizabeth Perill

CEO


Regina Shupak


Journal Governance Committee


Chairman
Mark N. Hadley

Members
Edward Laws Jr (Editor Emeritus)
Ralph G. Dacey
Vincent N. Traynelis


Editors Emeriti


Robert Wilkins​​ (1977-1982)
Clark Watts (1982-1987)
Edward Laws Jr (1987-1​992)
Michael Apuzzo (1992-2009)
Nelson M. Oyesiku (2009-2022)​

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CNS Executive Committee


Officers

President
Elad I. Levy​

President-Elect
Alexander A. Khalessi

Vice-President
Jennifer Sweet

Secretary
Martina Stippler

Treasurer
Daniel J. Hoh

Past President
Nicholas C. Bambakidis

Members-at-Large

Sharona Ben-Haim
Edjah K. Nduom
Laura A. Snyder
Khoi D. Than
Anand Veeravagu
Theresa L. Williamson

Ex Officio

Ellen L. Air
Ashok R. Asthagiri
Garni Barkhoudarian
J. Nicole Bentley
Mohamad Bydon
Lola B. Chambless
Jason Ellis
Tiffany R. Hodges
Jeffery P. Mullin
Brian V. Nahed
Peter Nakaji
Akash J. Patel
Nader Pouratian
Clemens M. Schirmer
Adnan Siddiqui
Kunal Vakharia​