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LIST OF ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND LIST OF WORKING COMMITTEES OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETIES 2005-2009
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
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President: Jacques BROTCHI (Chairman) jb.wfns@erasme.ulb.ac.be |
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First Vice-President: |
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Secretary: Richard G. PERRIN richard.perrin@utoronto.ca |
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Asstistant Secretary: Hildo AZEVEDO-FILHO azevedoh@uol.com.br |
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Treasurer: Nobuo HASHIMOTO nhashimo@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
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Asstistant Treasurer: Miguel A. ARRAEZ marraezs@commalaga.com |
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President of XIV Congress: Roberto C. HEROS lbusto@med.miami.edu |
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President-elect, WFNS: Peter M. BLACK pblack@partners.org |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman: Jacques BROTCHI
Members (Officers of the Federation): President–Elect, Honorary Presidents, 1st Vice-President, Second Vice-Presidents (5) plus (2) at large, Secretary, Asst. Secretary, Treasurer, Asst. Treasurer, Historian, Editor of Federation and Congress Publications.
Officers of the Congress: Roberto C. Heros, (President); Albert L. Rhoton (Honorary Vice-President);
Arthur L. Day (Vice-President); Peter M. Black (2nd Vice-President); Arthur J. Popp (Secretary); James T. Rutka (Assistant Secretary); Richard A. Ratcheson (Treasurer); W.R. Selman (Asst. Treasurer); J.J. Morcos (Scientific Programme Director, i.e. Chairman of the Programme Committee), plus Honorary Vice-Presidents of the Congress. i.e. 1 from each member society of WFNS who is usually the delegate with the longest term of service on the Executive Committee.
Two delegates from each of the Continental Organizations and each of the Constituent Societies
(Paying Continental Organizations have the right to 4 delegates and 4 votes)
Observers from each affiliate society (no vote)
STANDING COMMITTEES
PLEASE NOTE:
The President, First Vice-President, Secretary, President-elect (only when in office) and Coordinator of Committee Activities of the Federation are ex-officio members of all Committees with the exception of the Audit and Nominating Committees. Chairpersons of Standing Committees may serve a max. of 2 full terms, i.e. 8 yrs. No member may chair more than 1 Committee.
NOMINATING
Prof. Dr. Helmut Bertalanffy, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
University Hospital of Zurich
Frauenklinikstrasse 10
CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0) 44-255 2660 - Fax: +41 (0) 44-255 4505
Email: helmut.bertalanffy@usz.ch
Members: Marc Sindou (France - EANS), Antonio G. Carrizo (Argentina,
FLANC), Toshiki Yoshimine (Japan, AASNS), Mathew J. Chandy (India, AASNS),
Jose Humberto Mateos Gomez (México, FLANC), Jean-Pierre Kalala Okito (Congo,
AFRICA), Osama El-Ghannam (Egypt, PAANS), Ray Sawaya (USA - AANS), James
Rutka (Canada-AANS).
AUDIT
Andrew KAYE, Chairman
Head, Department of Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
University of Melbourne
6th floor, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Tel:+ 61 3 9342 8218 and Fax: +61 3 9347 8332
Email: andrew.kaye@mh.org.au
Members: Rashiduddin Ahmad (Bangladesh), A.David Mendelow (U.K)
COORDINATOR OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Abdeslam EL KHAMLICHI
Hôpital des Spécialités O.N.O.
CHU IBN SINA - Rabat-Salé
B.P. 6444 Rabat-Instituts, RABAT, Morocco
Tel: +212 37 77 56 48 Fax: +212 37 77 55 73
Email: fh2nch@menara.ma
CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS
Peter M. Black, MD, PhD
Professor&Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham & Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Tel: + 1 617-525-7796 Fax: +1 617-734-8342
Email: pblack@partners.org cc to srufo@partners.org
Members: Jesus La Fuente (Spain), Yoko Kato (Japan), G. Zapuhlih (Moldova), Rashid Jooma (Pakistan).
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation,
Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Jacques J. Morcos, Chairman and Scientific Programme Director
Assoc. Prof of Neurosurgery & Otolaryngology
Dept. of Neurological Suergery
Univ. of Miami, 1095 NW 14th Terrace - D4-6
Miami - FL 33136, USA
Tel: +1-305-2434675 Fax: +1-305-2433337
Email: jmorcos@med.miami.edu
Vice-chairman: Arthur L. DAY (USA)
Ex-officio members: (15) or more
President of the Congress - Roberto C. HEROS
Secretary of the Congress - Arthur J. POPP
Assistant Secretary of the Congress - James T. RUTKA
Editor, Congress Publications - Jacques J. MORCOS
Editorial and Federation News - Martin B. CAMINS
Vice-President of the Congress - Arthur L. DAY
Chairman, Cerebrovascular Diseases and Therapy Committee - Bernd RICHLING
Chairman, Neuro-endocrine Committee - Nelson OYESIKU
Chairman, Neuromodulation Committee - Damianos E. SAKAS
Chairman, Neuro-oncology Committee - Raymond SAWAYA
Chairman, Neurorehabilitation & Reconstructive Neurosurgery Committee - Yoichi KATAYAMA
Chairman, Neurotraumatology Committee - Franco SERVADEI
Chairman, Pediatric Neurosurgery Committee - Concezio Di ROCCO
Chairman, Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee - Eduardo FERNANDEZ
Chairman, Radiosurgery Committee - Douglas KONDZIOLKA
Chairman, Skull Base Surgery Committee - Takeshi KAWASE
Chairman, Spine Surgery Committee – Preman RAMANI
Chairman, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery Committee - Andres M. LOZANO
First Vice-President of the Federation - Khalaf Al Moutaery
All 7
Second Vice-Presidents: Albino BRICOLO (EANS), Alexandru V. CIUREA (at large), Leo Fernando da Silva DITZEL (FLANC), Tetsuo KANNO (AASNS), Christopher M. LOFTUS (AANS), Jonathan.C. PETER (PAANS), Wai S. POON (at large)
Coordinator of Committee Activities - Abdeslam El Khamlichi
FINANCE
Nobuo HASHIMOTO, Chairman,
Department of Neurosurgery
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
Tel: +81 (-75) -751-3653 and Fax: +81 (-75) -771-6415
Email: nhashimo@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ex-officio members: President, President-Elect, 1st Vice-Pres, Secretary, Asst. Secretary, Asst. Treasurer of the Federation and (Secretary and Treasurer of the Congress,) plus the Treasurer of the Foundation,
Coordinator, WFNS Com. Activities.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FEDERATION AND THE CONGRESS
Members:
All members of the Administrative Council
(For review of all applications from continental, national, regional and multi-national organizations for membership or affiliate membership of the Federation).
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE for the Congress
Arthur L. DAY, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
75 Francis St./Neurosurgery, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Tel +1 (617) 525-7777 Fax: +1(617) 734-8342
Email: aday1@partners.org
Members: local members appointed by the Congress/Executive Committee
Ex-officio members: President of Congress, President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation,
Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
EDITORIAL AND FEDERATION NEWS
(composed of 9 ex-officio members and 2 elected by EC members - one being Editor of Federation News who is Chairman and the other, Editor of Federation Internet Web)
Martin B. CAMINS, Chairman and Editor of the Federation News
Neurological Surgery, Suite T 1-C
205 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021-5735, USA
Tel: +1 212-570-0100 Fax: +1 212-570-0117
Email: martin_camins@msn.com
Eduardo Karol, Editor of Federation Internet Website (elected by EC)
Ex-officio members: President, 1st Vice-president, Secretary and all seven 2nd Vice-presidents of the Federation, Secretary of the Congress, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
AD-HOC COMMITTEES
(Committees and Chairpersons appointed by the President. The term of a Committee is the same as the term of the President but the new President may re-appoint the same Committees and Chairmen if he wishes)
PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
Concezio Di Rocco, Chairman
Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit, Policlinico Gemelli
Largo Gemelli #8, Rome 00168, Italy
Tel/Fax: +39 06 3015-4495 / +39 06 3383 211
Email: cdirocco@rm.unicatt.it
Members: K. Sato (Japan), J. Peter (S. Africa), J. Kang (Korea), A. Hockley (UK), J.U. Choi (Korea), Abdessamad El Ouahabi (Morocco), F. Epstein (USA), D.G. McLone (USA), S. Oi (Japan), C. Sainte-Rose (France), H. Rekate (USA), T.T. Wong (Taiwan). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coord. WFNS Com. Activities.
STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY
Andres M. LOZANO, Chairman
Toronto Western Hospital, Univ. of Toronto
399 Bathurst Street/Western Division, Toronto, ON M5T2S8, Canada
Tel: +1 416 603 6200 and Fax: +1 416 603 5298
Email: lozano@uhnres.utoronto.ca or lozano@playfair.utoronto.ca
Members:Ahmed Alkhani (S. Arabia), Abdennebi Benaissa (Algeria), G. Barolat (USA), Y. Katayama (Japan), J. Krauss (Germany), A. Rezai (USA), M. Sindou (France), D. Spencer (USA), M. Teixeira (Brazil), Tseng Tsai Yeo (Singapore), Francisco Velasco (Mexico)
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator of Committee Activities.
NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY
Franco SERVADEI, Chairman
Neurosurgical Department
University Hospital
via Gramsci 14 to change address
43100 PARMA ITALY
Tel: +39 521704666 or +39 521704320 to change contact numbers
Email: fservadei@ao.pr.it
Vice-Chairman: Alexander Potapov (Russia)
Members: L. Atkinson (Australia), W-T Chiu (Taiwan), G. Dohrmann (USA), S. El Gindi (Egypt),
R. Firsching (Germany), G.Foroglou (Greece), T. Gennarelli (USA), B. Green (USA), P. Harris (Scotland/UK), J.P. Kalala (Belgium/Rep.Dem.Congo), K.Kalangu (Zimbabwe), A. Maas (Netherlands), G. Pedachenko (Ukraine), T. Pentelenyi (Hungary), L. Pitts (USA), W.S. Poon (Hong Kong), P. Ramani (India),
M. Sambasivan (India), Serrato (Colombia), M. Shigemori (Japan), W. Steudel (Germany), M. K. Tariq (Pakistan), C. Tator (Canada), M. Tawfik (Egypt), G. Teasdale (Scotland/UK), B. Wirjomartani (Indonesia),
A. Yamaura, (Japan). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation,
Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
NEURO-ONCOLOGY
Raymond SAWAYA, Chairman
American Academy of Neurological Surgeons
MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd. Box 442
Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
Tel: 001-713.792.2400 Fax: 001-713.794.4950
Email: rsawaya@mdanderson.org
Vice-chairman: Dr Fumio Yamaguchi (Japan)
Past President: James Rutka (ex-officio) Canada
Members: Abdulrahman Al Anazi (S. Arabia), Ahmed Ammar (Middle-East), Russell J. Andrews (USA), Ismail H. Aydin (Turkey), A. Basso (Argentina), Yong Gu Chung (Korea), Robert J. Dempsey, (USA), Francesco DiMeco (Italy), Justo Gonzalez (Cuba), Yuichi Hirose (Japan), Kazadi Kalangu (Congo), Andrew Kaye (Australia), Michael McDermott (USA), Wai Hoe NG (Singapore), M. Necmettin Pamir (Turkey), Eun-ik SON (Korea), Bal Thapa (Nepal), Keki Turel, (India), Ricardo Diez Valle (Spain), Ronald Warwick (USA) . Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities
NEUROREHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTIVE NEUROSURGERY
Yoichi KATAYAMA, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Nihon University Hospitals
Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173, Japan
Tel: +81 3 39728111 and Fax: +81 3 35540425
Email: ykatayam@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
Honorary Chairman: Klaus von Wild (Germany) Email: kvw@neurosci.de
Vice-Chairman: Wai S. Poon (Hong Kong), Secretary: Takamitsu Yamamoto
Members: Jafri Malin Abdullah (Malaysia), Edwin Ruiz Alarcon (Colombia), Ahmad Ammar, (Saudi Arabia), Hildo Azevedo-Filho (Brazil), Michael Carey (USA), Wen-Ta Chiu (Taiwan), Alexander Vlad Ciurea (Romania), Philippe Decq (France), Alessandro Ducati (Italy), Adel Eisa (Egypt), A. El Khamlichil (Morocco), Yiu Wah Fan (Hong Kong), Carlos Ferro (Portugal), George Foroglou (Greece), Hector Giocoli (Argentina), Mehmet Hacihanefioglu (Turkey), Jan Haftek (Poland), R. Heilbronner (Switzerland),
Ahmed Issa (Egypt), Mohamed Al Joharji (Saudi Arabia), Rashid Jooma (Pakistan), Vladimir Jovanovic (Serbia and Montenegro), T. Kanno (Japan), Kazadi K. H Kalangu (Congo), Gayrat M. Kariev (Uzbekistan), Eduardo A. Karol (Argentina), Takeshi Kawase (Japan), N.J.S. Khoury (Jordan), Freddie Kieck (South Africa), Hun Joo Kim (Korea), Gerado D. Legaspi (Philippines), Lambi Leka (Albania), Matej Lipovsek (Slovenia), Trygge Lundar (Norway), Marcos Masini (Brasil), Wolfgang Mauersberger (Chile), Vladimir Mircevski (Macedonia), Van Toan Nguyen (Vietnam), Ole Osgaard (Denmark), Janis Ozolinsh (Latvia), Ahmad Fawad Pirzad (Afghanistan), Jaroslav Plas (Czech Rep.), Alexander A. Potapov (Russia), Pierre Rabischong (France), Nissim Razon (Israel), Ingunn R. Rise (Norway), Thomas Romel (Germany), Gudrun Seiwald (Austria), K.V.R. Shastri (India), M. Tayo Shokunbi (West Africa), B.M. Soni (UK), Juraj Steno (Slovakia), Diethard S. Steube (Germany), Tadej Strojnik (Slovenia), Vitaliy J. Tsumbaliuk (Ukraine), Hans Van der AA (The Netherlands), Anita Vetra (Latvia), Rimantas Vilcinis (Lithuania), Miroslav Vukic (Croatia), Abdel Wahab Ibrahim (Egypt), Alexander Dah-Jium Wang (Taiwan), Kahdar Wiriadisastra (Indonesia), Chun-jiang Yu (China), Dott. Paolo Zampieri (Italy).
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS
Committee Activities.
AWARDS TO YOUNG NEUROSURGEONS
Rudolf FAHLBUSCH, Chairman
Director, Centre of Endocrine Neurosurgery
INI - International Neuroscience Institute Hannover
Alexis-Carrel-Str.4, 30625 Hannover
Tel: +49 51127092- 828 or 704 Fax: +49 511 270 92 706
Email: fahlbusch@ini-hannover.de
Members: Bill Couldwell (USA); Toshio Matsushima (Japan), James Palmer ( U.K - Interim Chairman Young Neurosurgeons Forum Committee); Evandro De Oliveira (Brazil), Madjid Samii (Germany); M. Sambasivan (India); C.A.F. Tulleken , (Netherlands), Lalingham Sekhar (USA). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
MEDALS OF HONOUR
Edward R. Laws, Committee Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham & Women's Hospital,
PBB3
15 Francis St.
Boston,
MA 02115 USA
Tel: +1 617-732-6600
Fax: +1 616-264-5114
Cell : +1 617-816-2485
Email: elaws@partners.org
Members: S. Kobayashi (Japan - Asia), F. Rueda-Franco (Mexico - South America); T. Ozgen (Turkey-Europe),
H.A. van Alphen (The Netherlands-Europe). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Atos Alves de SOUSA, Chairman
Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais
Santa Casa Hospital & Lifecenter Hospital
Rua Ceara, 600 conj.2 - 30150-310
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Tel: +5531-32263688 Fax: +5531-32263281
Email: sousatos@hotmail.com & sousatos@terra.com.br
Members: A. Basso (Argentina), A. Benabid (France), P. Black (USA), A. Bricolo (Italy), J. Brotchi (Belgium), G. de Chambenoit (France/Ivory Coast), M. Choux (France), P. Courtheoux (France), F.G. Diaz (USA), N. Dorsch (Australia), R. Fahlbusch (Germany), S. El Gindi (Egypt), T. Hori (Japan), M. Joharji
(S. Arabia), K. Kalangu (Congo), J.K. Kang (Korea), E. Karol (Argentina), Y. Kato (Japan), T. Kawase (Japan),Y. Keravel (France), N. Knoller (Israel), A. El Khamlichi (Morocco), S. Kobayashi (Japan),
A. Konovalov (Russia), E.R. Laws (USA), J.G. Martin-Rodriguez (Spain), B.K. Misra (India), K. Moutaery (S. Arabia), J.H. Al Najjar (Syria), I. Nyary (Hungary), R. Perrin (Canada), A. Potapov (Russia),
R. Rabishong (France), J. Regis (France), H. Rekate (USA), C. Di Rocco (Italy), G. Rodesch (France), G. Rosseau (USA), C. Sainte-Rose (France), M. Samii (Germany), H. Sano (Japan), Bassem Sheikh (S. Arabia), V. Sonntag (Germany), Atos Alves de Souza (Brazil), R. Spetzler (USA), K. Takakura (Japan), D. Thomas (UK), N. de Tribolet (Switz), F. Umansky (Israel), A. Valavanis (Switz), M. Walker (USA),
M. Zerah (France). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation,
Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
THE WILLIAM SCOVILLE AWARD
Patrick J. KELLY, Chairman
Dept. of Neurological Surgery, New York Univ. Medical Centre
530 First Avenue, Suite 8R
New York, NY 10016
Tel: +1 212 263-8002 Fax: +1 212 263-8031
Email: kellyp01@med.nyu.edu
Members: All Second Vice-Presidents of WFNS
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coord.WFNS Com.Activities.
SKULL-BASE SURGERY
Takeshi KAWASE, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Keio University
Shinanomachi 35, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582 , Japan
Tel: +81 3 3353 1211 Fax: + 81 3 3358 0479
Email: kawase@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Vice-Chairman: Ossama Al-Mefty (USA),
Members: Ryojo Akagami (Canada), Shengde Bao (China), Helmut Bertalanffy (Germany), Luis Borba (Brazil), Albino Bricolo (Italy), Antonio A Carrizo (Argentina), Chun Siang Chen (USA), Alan Crockard (England), Vinko Dolenc (Slovenia), A. El Khamlichi (Morocco), Rudolf Fahlbusch (Germany), Fred Gentili (Canada), Atul Goel (India), Gerardo Guinto (Mexico), Kazuhiro Hongou (Japan), Hee-Won Jung (Korea), Imaduddin Kanaan (Saudi A.), Andrew Kaye (Australia), Hang Kyu Kim (Korea), Eiji Kohmura (Japan), Kaoru Kurisu (Japan), Jose Alberto Landeiro (Brazil), Kyu Sung Lee (Korea), Tiit Mathiesen (Sweden), Basant K. Misra (India), Suresh Nair (India), Kenji Ohata (Japan), Necmetin Pamir (Turkey), Abdel Rahman (Egypt), Ricardo Ramina (Brazil), Kiyoshi Saitoh (Japan), Martin Sames (Czech), Tomio Sasaki (Japan), Ibrahim Sbeih (Jordan), Volker Seifert (Germany), Laligham N Sekhar (USA), Chandranath Sen (USA), Marcos Tatagiba (Germany), Yong-Kwang Tu (Taiwan), Ugur Ture (Turkey), Felix Umansky (Israel), Kahdar Wiriadisastra (Indonesia), Ibrahim Ziyal (Turkey), Eduard Zverina (Czech).
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS
Committee Activities.
SPINE
Preman RAMANI, Chairman
155-A Rama Kunj, Sir Bhalchandra Road,
Hindu Colony, Dadar,
Mumbai 400 014, India
Tel: +91 (22) 2414 1878 Fax: +91 (22) 2416 6329
Email: psramani@mtnl.net.in or ramanis@bom8.vsnl.net.in
Members: Vice-Chairman: Motoi Shoda (Japan)
Members: R. Assaker (France), A.H. Bajamal (Indonesia),
Carl A.R. Bruce (West Indies), E. Burgos (Colombia), G. Dohrmann (USA), M.
G. Filho (Brazil), M. Hafez (Egypt), B.E. Kleriga (México), A. Menezes (USA), S. Ondra (USA), E. Osorio (Colombia), F. Porchet (Switz.), Y. Shulev (Russia), A. Weidner Germany), M. Zileli (Turkey).
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator of Committee Activities.
PERIPHERAL NERVE SURGERY
Eduardo FERNANDEZ, Chairman
Dept. of Neurosurgery, Policlinico Agostino Gemelli
Catholic University School of Medicine
Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
Tel. 0039-06-30155414 Fax: 0039-06-8072258
Email: e.fernandez@rm.unicatt.it
Vice-Chairman: Gustavo A. de CARVALHO (Brazil)
Members: Alberto Alexandre (Italy), José Garcia Cosamalon (Spain), Indira Devi (India), Daniel H. Kim (USA), Martijn J.A. Malessy (The Netherlands), Rajiv Midha (Canada), Richard J. Moulton (Canada), Lukas Rasulic (Serbia), Shimon Rochkind (Israel), Miroslav Samardzic (Serbia), Mariano Socolovsky (Argentina), Dr Mario Siqueira (Brazil)
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS
Committee Activities.
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES & THERAPY
Bernd RICHLING, Chairman
Professor of Neurosurgery
Head of the Department of Neurosurgery
Paracelsus Privat Medical University
Ignaz-Harrer-Str. 79
A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
Tel: +43-662-4483 3601 Fax: +43-662-4483 3604
Email: b.richling@salk.at
Vice-Chairperson: Ling Feng (China)
Members:Yuhai Bao (China), Stanley Barnwell (USA), Daniel Barrow (USA), Massimo Collice (Italy), Evandro de Oliveira (Brazil), Juha Hernesniemi (Finland), Neil Hopkins (USA), S. Kobayashi (Japan), Basant K. Misra (India), Mika Niemela ( Finland), Axel Perneczky (Germany), Robert Rosenwasser (USA), Hirotoshi Sano (Japan), Robert Spetzler (USA), Waro Taki (Japan) .
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
RADIOSURGERY
Douglas KONDZIOLKA, Chairman
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Suite B-400, 200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2598, USA
Tel: +1 (412) 647 6782 Fax: +1 (412) 647 0989
Email: kondziolkads@upmc.edu
Vice-Chairman: C. Lindquist, (UK/Sweden)
Members: Marc Levivier (Belgium), Jean Regis (France), Masaaki Yamamoto (Japan), Roberto Martinez (Spain), Sait Sirin (Turkey). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
LIAISON COMMITTEE WFNS/WHO
Armando BASSO, Chairman
Instituto de Neurociencias
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Ayacucho 1342, Buenos Aires (1111), Argentina
Tel: 0054-11-48063635/Fax: +54-11-48066531
Email: armandobasso@aol.com
Members: Yong-Kwant Tu (Taiwan), Michael Apuzzo (USA) Franco Servadei (Italy), Ignacio Previgliano (Argentina).
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
YOUNG NEUROSURGEONS FORUM
Gail ROSSEAU, Chairperson
Chicago Institute of NS and Neuroresearch
4501 N. Winchester Avenue, 3rd floor Admin.
Chicago, Illinois 60640, USA
Tel: +1-773-2500500 (office) Tel: +1-773-2500451 (office, direct or to voicemail)
Fax: +1-(773) 250-0497 - Mobile : + 1-773-580-1175
Email: grosseau@neurosource.com and Email: grosseau@cinn.org
Interim/Vice-chairman: James Palmer (UK)
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS
Committee Activities.
Members:
Jafri Malin Abdullah (Malaysia), Alex Alfieri (Switzerland), Arshad Ali (Switzerland), Filippo Angileri (Italy),Sangli Madhosudhan Anil (India), Andri Anugerah (Indonesia), Femi Bankole (Nigeria), Lucia Benvenuti (Italy), Philippe Bijlenga (Switzerland), Vadim Bikmullin (Russia), Wolfgang Borm (Germany), Ahgel Cacon Cleo Charalampaki(Germany), Nguyen Kim Chung (Vietnam), Cengiz Cokluk (Turkey), George Chater Cure (Columbia), Neermala Dasi (South Africa), Goncalves DeOliveira (Brazil) Ketan Desai (India) Vassilios Dimopoulos (Georgia, USA), Kemal Dizdarevic (Sarajevo), N.L. Dorward, (UK), K. Drummond, (Australia), Najia El Abbadi (Morocco), Mohamed El Beltagy (Egypt) Dongxia Feng (China), Foad Elahi (Iran) Khaled Mohamed El-Sayed (Egypt), Jim Euklund(DC, USA), Raul Falero (Cuba) Carlos Feltes (Georgia, USA), Chikashi Fukaya (Japan), Venelin Gerganov (Bulgaria) Ashok Gupta (India) Ali Haider (India) Ricardo Hanel (Brazil), Fatigba Holden (Senegal) Kazuko Kamiya (Japan) Amin Kassam (Pennsylvania, USA), Vladimir Katuch (Slovakia), Atiq Ahmed Khan (Pakistan) Nadia Khan (Switzerland) Yuichi Hirose (Japan), MoTo Ko (United Kingdom) Edward Komolafe (Nigeria), Florence LeFranc (Belgium), Jose Maria Leston (Argentina), Marc Levivier (Belgium) Trinh Dinh Loi (Vietnam) Yerbol Makhambetov (Kazakhstan) Junko Matsuyama (Japan), Sanjay Mongia (India), Hugo Mora (El Salvador), Michiharu Morino (Japan), Mike Muhumuza Yoshihiro Muragaki (Japan) Tulio Murillo (Honduras), Nimrod Mwang’ombe (Africa), Narendra Nathoo (South Africa), Farideh Nejat (Iran) Ivan Ng (Singapore), Leonidas Nikolakakos (Georgia, USA), James Palmer (United Kingdom), Mauricio Pedromo (Honduras), Aminur Rahman (Bangladesh), Ali Raja (Arkansas, USA) Yuldashev Ravshan Swarna Rekha India Rossana Romani (Italy), Joshua Rosenow (Illinois, USA), Youssoupha Sakho (Senegal), Duyesenbi Serick (China), Alok Sharma (India), Reizo Shirane (India), O. Sparrow (UK), Krishnamurthy Sridhar (India), Dwarakanath Srinivas (India), Takaomi Taira (Japan), Gianpiero Tamburrini (Italy) Satoshi Tani (Japan), Rokuya Tanigawa (Japan), H. Tedeschi (Brazil), Jake Timothy (United Kingdom), Ken Tirakotai (Germany), Takashi Tokutomi (Japan), Sami Valid (Georgia, USA) George Vasilescu (Romania), Bon Verweij (Netherlands), Miroslav Vukic (Croatia), Eka Julianta Wahjoepramono (Indonesia), Mami Yamazaki (Japan), Kareem Zaghloul (Pennsylvania, USA), Xi-Feng Zou (Peoples Rep. of China), Yvan Zunon-Kipre (West Africa).
WOMEN IN NEUROSURGERY
Yoko KATO, Chairperson
Fujita Health University
1-98 Dengaku-Gakubo, Kutsukake-Cho
Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
Tel: 0081-562-939253 Fax: 0081-562-933118
Email: kyoko@fujita-hu.ac.jp and Email: neuron@fujita-hu.ac.jp
Members: Graclela Zuccaro (Argentina); Vonau Mari-Ann (Australia); Sabine Hancq (Belgium); Florence Lefranc (Belgium); Nelci Zanon (Brazil); Joan Grieve (Britain); Anne Moore (Britain); Aisha Hajjaj, Canada, Alshimaa M. Mokhtar (Eygpt); Isabelle Guyotat (France); Gabrielle Schackert (Germany); B.Indira Devi (India); Gauri Joshi (India); Jeanne PMR Winaktu (Indonesia); Samira Zabihyan (Iran); Rossana Romani (Italy); Junko Matsuyama (Japan); Chie Mihara (Japan); Miyuki Abe (Japan), Moon Sun Park (Korea); Fabiola Peralta-Olvera (Mexico); Tsevegbat Enkhbayar (Mongolia); Najia Abbadi (Morocco); Feng Ling (China);Peiyu Pu (China); Tan Tze Ching (China); Lynne Lourdes Navarrete Lucena Philippines); Irina Ogrezeanu (Romania); Jamila Murtada, S. Arabia. Aurora Martinez-Rodrigo (Spain); Aijlie Kwan (Taiwan); Meng-Fai Kuo (Taiwan); Krisanee Karnchanapandh (Thailand); Gail Rosseau (USA); Isabelle M. Germano (USA); Ly Ngoc Lien (Vietnam).
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation,
Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
FUND-RAISING
Scott ROBERTSON, Chairman
9060 Harmony Drive Suite E,
Midwest City
Oklahoma 73130, USA
Email: ScottrobertsonMD@hotmail.com or neurosurgery@coxinet.net
Vice-Chairman: Michael Gaab (Germany)
Members:M. Apuzzo (USA), S. Beer (USA), (Germany), Mohamad Joharji (S. Arabia), E. Karol (Argentina), S. Kobayashi (Japan), F. Leblanc (Canada), J. Mendez (Chile), J. Morcos (USA), Abbas Ramadan (Kuwait), M. Samii (USA)
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Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & First Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
DISASTER RELIEF & RESPONSE
Edgar M. Housepian (until new Chair appointed )
Columbia University, Neurological Institute
710 W. 168th Street
New York, NY 10032-2603, USA
Tel: +1 212 305-5256 – Fax: +1 212 305 -3250
Email: emh4@columbia.edu
Vice-chairman: Edgar M. Housepian, Email: emh4@columbia.edu
Members: Ehsan Mahmood (Bangladesh), A. Barkatullah (Bangladesh), Nick Wetjen (USA)
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
NEURO-ENDOCRINE
Nelson M. OYESIKU, Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, The Emory Clinic
1365B Clifton Rd.NE, Suite B6200
Atlanta, GA 30322 – USA
Tel: +1 404-778-4737 Fax: +1 404-778-4472
Email: noyesik@emory.edu
Members: Takumi Abe (Japan) Silvia Berner (Argentina), Michael Buchfelder (Germany), Rashid Jooma (Pakistan), Engelbert Knosp (Austria), Peter Reilly (Australia).
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation,
Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Prof Tetsuo KANNO, Chairman
Fujita Health University
1-98 Dengaku-Gakubo
Kutsukake-Cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
Tel: +81-562-93-9253, Fax: +81-562-93-3118
Email: neuron7@fujita-hu.ac.jp
Vice-chairman: David FAIRHOLM (fairholm@interchange.ubc.ca)
Members:Russell Andrews, Merwyn Bagan (FIENS) , Ghasson Bejjani (AANS), Daniel F. Kelly, Nelson Oyesiku, Gail Rosseau (CNS) ACNS - Armando Basso, Yoko Kato, José-Gerardo Martin-Rodriguez, Jizong Zhao .
Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
ETHICS & MEDICO-LEGAL AFFAIRS
Felix UMANSKY, Chairman
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center
P.O.Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, ISRAEL
Tel: +972-2-641-6281 & Fax: +972-2-641-6281
Email: umansky@hadassah.org.il & umansky@netvision.net.il
Vice-chairman: Peter Black (USA)
Members: Concezio DiRocco (Italy), Enrique Ferrer (Spain), Atul Goel (India), Ghaus M. Malik (USA), Tiit Mathiesen (Sweden), Ivar Mendez (Canada), James D. Palmer (UK), Jorge Juanotena Rodriguez (Uruguay), Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld (Australia). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator WFNS Committee Activities.
ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE
Madjid SAMII
Past President & Honorary President, WFNS
International Neuroscience Institute at Otto-von-Guericke-University
Rudolf-Pichelmayr-Str. 4
30625 Hannover, Germany
Tel. +49-511-27092-700 Fax: +49-511-27092-706
Emails: liebermann@ini-hannover.de & samii@ini-hannover.de
NEUROMODULATION COMMITTEE
Damianos E. SAKAS, Chairman
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Athens - Medical School
Evangelismos Hospital
4 Marasli Street, ATHENS 106 76, Greece
Tel: 0030-210-7201704-5 / Fax: 0030-210-7249986
Email: sakasde@med.uoa.gr
Vice-chairman: Brian Simpson (UK)
Members: Gordon Baltuch (USA), Takaomi Taira (Japan), Roger Melvil (S. Africa), Peter Teddy (Australia), Fiacro Jimenez (Mexico), Jung-Kyo Lee (Korea), Guomin Luan (China), Francisco Robaino (Spain), Eduardo Baretto (Brazil), Athanassios Koulousakis (Germany). Ex-officio members: President, Secretary & 1st Vice-President of the Federation, Coordinator of Committee Activities.
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NEUROSURGICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Professor Amir Samii, Chairman,
Vice Director, Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
INI – International Neuroscience Institute
Alexis-Carrel-Strasse, 4, D 30625 HANNOVER, Germany
Email: amir@samii.org
Vice-Chairman: Pierre Rabischong (France)
Members: Sergio Acampora (Italy), Danielle Baleriaux (Belgium), Armando Basso (Argentina), Marcello Bracale (Italy), Juan Cuadras (Spain), Rudolf Fahlbusch (Germany), Giancarlo Guizzardi (Italy),
Yves Keravel (France), Marco Leonardi (Italy), Neil Martin (USA), Shizuo Oi (Japan), Benoit Pirotte (Belgium), J-G Martin Rodriguez (Spain), Ugo Salvolini (Italy).
HONORARY PRESIDENTS COMMITTEE
José Martin RODRIGUEZ, Chairman
Fresnedillas 2
28035 Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34-91-553-1114 - Fax: +34-91-553 3729
E-mail: neurolog@attglobal.net
Members: Adelola Adeloye (UK), Armando Basso (Argentina), Maurice Choux (France), Noel Dan (Australia), Jacques de Villiers (South Africa), Sayed El Gindi (Egypt), John Gillingham (Scotland), Alan Hudson (Canada), Shozo Ishii (Japan), Shigeaki Kobayashi (Japan), Edward Laws (USA), Guy Lazorthes (France), Friedrich Loew (Germany), Mauro Loyo-Varela (Mexico), Jorge Mendez (Chile), Sean Mullan (USA), Russel Patterson (USA), Fernando Rueda-Franco (Mexico), Mahadeeva Sambasivan (India), Madjid Samii (Germany), Keiji Sano (Japan), Lindsay Symon (UK), Kintomo Takakura (Japan), H. A. van Alphen (The Netherlands), Alphons Walder (The Netherlands).
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Russel Patterson
Honorary President of WFNS
146 West 57th Street (Apt. 65A)
New York, New York 10019
USA
Fax: + 1 212-315-3877/Tel: +1 212-586-9237
Email: mail49212@pop.net
