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WFNS Committees

Coordinator of Committee Activities:
Manas Panigrahi

Manas Panigrahi

(India)

Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
KIMS, Hyderabad, India
Email:
panigrahim@wfns.org
Marcelo Zenteno

Marcelo Zenteno

(Bolivia)

Professor and consultant Neurosurgeon
Juan Misael Saracho University, Tarija, Bolivia
Email:
zentenom@wfns.org



Standing Committees

The President, First Vice-President, Secretary, President Elect (only when in office) and the Coordinator of Committee Activities of the Federation are ex-officio members of all committees except the Audit, Constitution and Bylaws, and Nominating Committees.
Chairpersons of Standing Committees may serve a maximum of two (2) full terms (four (4) years). No member may chair more than one (1) committee (Bylaws of WFNS, ARTICLE VI). Members of all Standing Committees of the Federation shall be elected for four (4) years.

  • » Audit Committee
    Members:  Jorge Salazar (Ecuador), Alberto Delitala (Italy), Mehdi Darmoul (Tunisia)

     

  • » Constitution & Bylaws Committee
    Committee Chairman Giuseppe Barbagallo  (Italy)
    Address:

     
    Tel:  
    Email: giuseppebarbagal@hotmail.com
    Members:  

     

  • » Publication and Web Committee
    Committee Chairman Sarat Chandra /India/
    Address  
    Tel:  
    Email: saratpchandra3@gmail.com
    Members: Paulo Honda /Brazil/
       
     
       
       
  • » Finance Committee
    Committee Chairman Marco Fontanella /Italy/
    Address:  
    Tel:  
    Email: marco.fontanella@unibs.it
    Ex-officio Members:  

     

  • » Nominating Committee
    Committee Chairman  
    Address  
    Tel:  
    Email:  
    Members:

    AANS:

    James Liu 

     

    AASNS:

    Krish Sridhar 

    Yam Bahadur Roka 

     

    CAANS:

    Nqobile Thango 

    S.A.B.Ali 

     

    EANS:

    Olexander Voznyak 

    Sergej Marasanov 
     

    FLANC :

    J.L.G.Amador

    Julio Pozuelos López
     

     


Ad Hoc Committees

The President of the Federation is empowered to appoint Ad Hoc committees and their chairpersons as the President deems warranted. The term of such committees shall be coincident with the term of the President or shorter; a succeeding President may choose to re-appoint them. The ad hoc Committees shall not have ex-officio members. Members of Special (Ad Hoc) Committees shall be appointed for a period of time at the pleasure of the President.

  • » AI in Neurosurgery
    Committee Chairmen
    Daniel Prevedello

    Daniel Prevedello

    (USA)

    Professor
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States of America
    Email:
    prevedello@wfns.org
    Vincent Ng

    Vincent Ng

    (Singapore)

    Consultant Specialist Neurosurgeon
    Foundation Healthcare Holdings, Singapore
    Email:
    vincentng@wfns.org
  • » Ambassador
    Committee Chairmen
    Bipin Chaurasia

    Bipin Chaurasia

    (Nepal)

    Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
    College of Medical Sciences
    Nepal
    Email:
    chaurasiab@wfns.org
    Sameh Elmorsy Hassan

    Sameh Elmorsy Hassan

    (Egypt)

    Consultant Neurosurgeon
    Wadi El Neel For Medical Services
    Cairo, Egypt
    Email:
    elmorsyhassans@wfns.org
  • » Cerebrovascular Diseases & Therapy Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Martin Sammes

    Martin Sammes

    (Czech Republic)

    Address:
    Professor and chairman of Department of Neurosurgery at Masaryk Hospital,
    University J.E. Purkinje, Czech Republic
    Email:
    sammesm@wfns.org
    Paritosh Pandey

    Paritosh Pandey

    (India)

    Address:
    Senior Neurosurgeon,
    Manipal Hospital, Karnataka, India
    Email:
    pandeyp@wfns.org
    Members
    Ex-officio
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Cranio-cervical junction
    Committee Chairmen
    Massimiliano Visocchi

    Massimiliano Visocchi

    (Italy)

    Professor, Neurosurgery
    Director of the Craniocervical Junction Surgery Unit
    Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation IRCCS, Italy
    Email:
    visocchim@wfns.org
    Onur Yaman

    Onur Yaman

    (Turkey)

    Professor
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Memorial Health Group, Turkey
    Email:
    yamano@wfns.org
  • » Education & Training Committee
    Committee Chairman
    Jean De Oliveira

    Jean De Oliveira

    (Brazil)

    Committee Chairman
    Address:
    Professor Neurosurgery
    Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences,
    Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Brazil
    Email:
    deoliveiraj@wfns.org
    Continental Chairmens
    Michihiro Kohno

    Michihiro Kohno

    (Japan)

    ASIA
    Chairman and professor at Tokyo Medical University, Japan
    Email:
    kohnom@wfns.org
    Atul Goel

    Atul Goel

    (India)

    ASIA
    Senior Consultant at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai,
    Professor and Ex-Chairman of Neurosurgery at the King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM Hospital), India
    Email:
    kohnom@wfns.org
    Francesco Costa

    Francesco Costa

    (Italy)

    EUROPE
    Chief of Spine Surgery Unit,
    C. Besta National Neurological Institute Foundation in Milan, Italy
    Email:
    costaf@wfns.org
     
    Oscar Alves

    Oscar Alves

    (Portugal)

    EUROPE
    Chairman, Hospital Lusiadas Porto
    Senior Consultant at Centro Hospitalar Gaia e Espinho, Portugal
    Email:
    alveso@wfns.org
    Jeff Ntalaja Mukengeshay

    Jeff Ntalaja Mukengeshay

    (DRC)

    AFRICA
    Ngaliema National Reference Hospital, Kinshasa, DRC
    Email:
    ntalajamukengeshayj@wfns.org
    Kazadi Kalango

    Kazadi Kalango

    (Zimbabwe)

    AFRICA
    Senior Professor
    Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
    Email:
    kalangok@wfns.org
     
    Mustafa Kemal Baskaya

    Mustafa Kemal Baskaya

    (USA)

    North America
    Professor of Neurological Surgery,
    University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, USA
    Email:
    kemalbaskayam@wfns
    Wenya Linda Bi

    Wenya Linda Bi

    (USA)

    North America
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
    Email:
    lindabiw@wfns.org
    Pablo Ajler

    Pablo Ajler

    (Argentina)

    Latin America
    Chairman of Neurosurgery Service,
    Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Email:
    ajlerp@wfns.org
     
    Apio Antunes

    Apio Antunes

    (Brazil)

    Latin America
    Chairman, Neurosurgery Unit at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Brazil
    Email:
    antunesa@wfns.org
    Members
    AANS region
    • Linda Bi (USA)
    AASNS region
    • Regunath Kandasamy (Malaysia)
    • Manas Kumar Panigrahi (India)
    • Jun Mutto (Japan)
    CAANS region
    • Sergio Salvador (Mozambique)
    • Patrick Kamalo (Malawi)
    EANS region
    • Fatos Olldashi (Albania)
    • Albert Sufianov (Russia)
    FLANC region
    • Alberto Dau (Colombia)
    • Roberto Leal da Silveira (Brazil)
    Advisory
    • Keki Turel (India)
  • » Epilepsy Surgery
    Committee Chairmen
    Arthur Cukiert

    Arthur Cukiert

    (Brazil)

    Professor and Chair
    Dept of Neurosurgery
    Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program
    Clinica Cukiert, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Email:
    cukierta@wfns.org
    Kensuke Kawai

    Kensuke Kawai

    (Japan)

    Professor and Director
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Jichi Medical University, Japan
    Email:
    kawaik@wfns.org
  • » Ethics Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Tiit Illimar Mathiesen

    Tiit Illimar Mathiesen

    (Denmark)

    Professor of Neurosurgery
    University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    Email:
    illimarmathiesent@wfns.org
    Leonardo Nunes

    Leonardo Nunes

    (Venezuela)

    Senior Professor Neurosurgeon
    University Hospital “Dr. Luis Razetti” (HULR), Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
    Email:
    nunesl@wfns.org
    Members
  • » Ethno Racial
    Co-Chairs
    Diana Santana

    Diana Santana

    (Brazil)

    Neurosurgeon
    Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil
    Email:
    santanad@wfns.org
    Claire Karekezi

    Claire Karekezi

    (Rwanda)

    Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
    Senior Lecturer of Surgery at Rwanda Military Referral and Teaching Hospital, Rwanda
    Email:
    karekezic@wfns.org
  • » Global Neurosurgery Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Tariq Khan Hashim

    Tariq Khan Hashim

    (Pakistan)

    Senior Professor Neurosurgeon
    Northern General Hospital & Northwest School of Medicine,
    Peshawar, Pakistan
    Email:
    khanhashimt@wfns.org
    Surath Munasinghe

    Surath Munasinghe

    (Sri Lanka)

    Consultant Neurosurgeon
    National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo
    & Teaching Hospital Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
    Email:
    munasinghes@wfns.org
    Website
    https://globalneurosurgery.org/
    Members
  • » Global Neurosurgical Curriculum
    Committee Chairmen
    Luiz Carlos de Alencastro

    Luiz Carlos de Alencastro

    (Brazil)

    Neurosurgeon
    Moinhos de Vento Hospital and Mãe de Deus Hospital, Brazil
    Email:
    carlosdealencastrol@wfns.org
    Russel J Andrews

    Russel J Andrews

    (USA)

    Neurosurgeon
    Good Samaritan Hospital
    United States of America
    Email:
    jandrewsr@wfns.org
  • » Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke
    Co-Chairs
    Amal Abou-Hamden

    Amal Abou-Hamden

    (Australia)

    Senior consultant, Neurosurgery
    Royal Adelaide Hospital
    Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Australia
    Email:
    abouhamdena@wfns.org
    M. Ali Aziz-Sultan

    M. Ali Aziz-Sultan

    (USA)

    Neurosurgeon
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Harvard Medical University, USA
    E
  • » History of Neurosurgery
    Committee Chairman
    Bruno Splavski

    Bruno Splavski

    (Croatia)

    Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
    Dubrovnik General Hospital, Dubrovnik, Croatia
    Email:
    splavskib@wfns.org
  • » Honorary Presidents Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Ugur Ture

    Ugur Ture

    (Turkey)

    Professor of Neurosurgery
    Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Turkey
    Email:
    tureu@wfns.org
    Francesco Tomasello

    Francesco Tomasello

    (Italy)

    Rector of the University of Messina, Italy
    Email:
    tomasellof@wfns.org
    Members
    • Basant Misra (India)
    • Hildo Azevedo-Filho (Brazil)
    • Armando Basso (Argentina)
    • Jacques Brotchi (Belgium)
    • Maurice Choux (France)
    • Noel G. Dan (Australia)
    • Abdeslam El Khamlichi (Morocco)
    • Nobuo Hashimoto (Japan)
    • Roberto C. Heros (USA)
    • Alan R. Hudson (Canada)
    • Hee-Won Jung (Korea)
    • Takeshi Kawase (Japan)
    • Shigeaki Kobayashi (Japan)
    • Alexander N. Konovalov (Russia)
    • Edward R. Laws (USA)
    • Mauro Loyo-Varela (Mexico)
    • José-Gerardo Martin-Rodriguez (Spain)
    • Russel Patterson (USA)
    • Leonidas M. Quintana (Chile)
    • Fernando Rueda-Franco (Mexico)
    • Madjid Samii (Germany)
    • Robert F. Spetzler (USA)
    • Francesco Tomasello (Italy)
    • Yong-Kwang Tu (Taiwan)
    • Uğur Türe (Turkey)
  • » Humanitarium
    Committee Chairman
    David Hassan

    David Hassan

    (USA)

    University of Iowa
    Department of Neurosurgery,
    United States of America
    Email:
    hassand@wfns.org
  • » Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Giorgio Palandri

    Giorgio Palandri

    (Italy)

    Neurosurgeon, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna,
    Department of Neurosurgery, Bellaria Hospital, Italy
    Email:
    palandrig@wfns.org
    Stefan Wolsberger

    Stefan Wolsberger

    (Austria)

    Consultant Neurosurgeon,
    Medical University of Vienna, Austria
    Email:
    wolsbergers@wfns.org
    Members
  • » Innovation and Technology Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Iype Cherian

    Iype Cherian

    (India)

    Director, Neurosciences,
    Parul Institute of Medical Sciences and Research,
    Vadodara, Gujrat, India
    Email:
    cheriani@wfns.org
    Albert Sufianov

    Albert Sufianov

    (Russia)

    Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery,
    Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution,
    B. V. Petrovsky – Russian Scientific Centre of Surgery
    Director, Federal Centre of Neurosurgery,
    Tyumen, Russia
    Email:
    sufianova@wfns.org
    Members
    • Anand Veeravagu (USA)
    • Claire Karekezi (Rwanda)
    • Elmedhi Hakkou (Morocco)
    • Francesco Costa (Italy)
    • Gail Roussea (USA)
    • Michael Sughrue (USA)
    • Theresa Williamson (USA)
    • Wael Mostafa (USA)
  • » Journal Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Luis A. Borba

    Luis A. Borba

    (Brazil)

    President, WFNS
    Chairman of Neurosurgery
    Federal University of Parana, Brazil
    Email:
    aborbal@wfns.org
    Anil Nanda

    Anil Nanda

    (USA)

    Editor in chief
    Professor
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Rutgers, United States of America
    Email:
    nandaa@wfns.org
    Daniel Prevedello

    Daniel Prevedello

    (USA)

    Professor
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States of America
    Email:
    prevedello@wfns.org
    Marco Fontanella

    Marco Fontanella

    (Italy)

    Professor, Neurosurgery
    University of Brescia
    Italy
    Email:
    fontanellam@wfns.org
    Bernard R. Bendok

    Bernard R. Bendok

    (USA)

    Professor and Chair
    Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic
    Arizona, United States of America
    Email:
    rbendokb@wfns.org
    Nasser El-Gandhour

    Nasser El-Gandhour

    (Egypt)

    Professor, Neurosurgery
    Cairo University, Egypt
    Email:
    elgandhourn@wfns.org
    Miroslav Vukic

    Miroslav Vukic

    (Croatia)

    Professor, Neurosurgery
    Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia
    Email:
    vukicm@wfns.org
  • » Liaison Committee WFNS/WHO
    Committee Chairman
    Franco Servadei

    Franco Servadei

    (Italy)

    Humanitas University and Research Hospital
    Milan, Italy
    Email:
    servadeif@wfns.org
    Members
    • Mabel Banson (Ghana)
    • Laston Chikoya (Zambia)
    • Ling Feng (China)
    • Roxanne Garcia (USA)
    • Rezina Hamid (Bangladesh)
    • Yoon Hua Ro (Korea)
    • Shweta Kedia (India)
    • Ahmad Faisal Pirzad (Afghanistan)
    • Gail Rosseau (USA)
    Ex-officio Members
    • Najia El Abbadi (Morocco)
    • Kee Park (USA)
    • Andres Rubiano (Colombia)
  • » Materials, Drugs and Devices Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Regunath Kandasamy

    Regunath Kandasamy

    (Malaysia)

    Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Email:
    kandasamyr@wfns.org
    Mirza Pojskic

    Mirza Pojskic

    (Germany)

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
    Email:
    pojskicm@wfns.org
    Email
    jaketimothy@mac.com
    Members
    • Rick Fessler (USA)
    • Nicolas Sampron (Spain)
  • » Medal of Honour Committee
    Committee Chair
    Nadia Al Abbadi

    Nadia Al Abbadi

    (Morocco)

    Head of Neurosurgery
    Cheikh Zayed Hospital & AB CIS University in Rabat, Morocco
    Email:
    alabbadin@wfns.org
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Medical Students Mentorship
    Committee Chairman
    Saleem I. Abdulrauf

    Saleem I. Abdulrauf

    (USA)

    Professor, Neurosurgery
    George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
    Email:
    abdulraufsi@wfns.org
  • » Military Neurosurgery Committee

    Committee Chairman: Uwe Max Mauer (Germany)

    Address:

    Email: uwe-max.mauer@dgn.de; uwemaxmauer@bundeswehr.org

    Co-Chairman: Nidal Khasawneh (Jordan)

    Email: nidalkhasawneh@hotmail.com

    Members:

    Bassam Addas                Saudi Arabia

    Rocco Armonda              USA

    Iype Cherian                   India

    Hugues J Gandaho        Benin

    Brahim El Jebbouri        Marokko

    Edward Laws                 USA

    Paulo Porto de Melo      Brasil

    Chris Schulz                  Germany

    Virendra Deo Sinha       India

    Andrii Sirko                    Ukraine

    Matthias Sköld              Sweden

  • » Neuroanatomy
    Committee Chairmen
    Thomas Santarius

    Thomas Santarius

    (UK)

    Consultant Neurological Surgeon
    Addenbrooke's Hospital
    University of Cambridge
    United Kingdom
    Email:
    santariust@wfns.org
    Eduardo Ribas

    Eduardo Ribas

    (Brazil)

    Neurosurgeon
    University of São Paulo (USP) Medical School, Brazil
    Email:
    ribase@wfns.org
  • » Neuroendoscopy Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Bassel Zebian

    Bassel Zebian

    (UK)

    Consultant Paediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
    Email:
    zebianb@wfns.org
    Samer K. Elbabaa

    Samer K. Elbabaa

    (USA)

    Neuroendoscopy Committee President-elect, International Federation of Neuroendoscopy (IFNE) Liaison
    Chair, International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN)
    Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery
    President, Orlando Health Children’s Neuroscience Institute, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida
    Co-Director, Fetal Surgery, Fetal Care Center, Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
    Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine
    Email:
    elbabaas@wfns.org
    Members
    AANS region (North America)
    AASNS region (Australasia)
    ARAB region (Middle East)
    • Ali Ayyad (Qatar)
    CAANS region (Africa)
    • Oumar Diallo (Mali)
    • Omar Hammad (Egypt)
    EANS region (Europe)
    FLANC region (Latin America)
    • Pablo Villanueva (Chile)
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Neuro-Oncology Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Jose Valerio

    Jose Valerio

    (USA)

    Medical Director, Miani Neuroscience Center
    Larkin Community Hospital
    Palmetto General Hospital
    Cleveland Clinic Weston and Aventura Hospital, USA
    Email:
    valerioj@wfns.org
    Manabu Kinoshita

    Manabu Kinoshita

    (Japan)

    Professor at Asahikawa Medical University
    Neurosurgery, Surgical Neuro-oncology, Neuroimaging
    Subspeciality: Neurooncology and Microneurosurgery, Japan
    Email:
    kinoshitam@wfns.org
    Members
    • Arturo Ayala-Arcipreste (Mexico)
    • Jean G. De Oliveira (Brazil)
    • Rachel Grossman (Israel)
    • Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt)
    • Michael Ivan (USA)
    • Claire Karekezi (Rwanda)
    • Emilie Le Rhun (Switzerland/France)
    • Soichi Oya (Japan)
    • Nader Sanai (USA)
    • Philippe Schucht (Switzerland)
    • Shota Tanaka (Japan)
    • Manfred Westphal (Germany)
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Neuroplastic surgery
    Committee Chairmen
    Wuttipong Tirakotai

    Wuttipong Tirakotai

    (Thailand)

    Neurosurgeon
    Neurological Institute of Thailand, Thailand
    Email:
    tirakotaiw@wfns.org
    Kodeeswaran M

    Kodeeswaran M

    (India)

    Professor & Head
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital, Chennai
    Email:
    kodeeswaranm@wfns.org
  • » Neurorehabilitation & Reconstruction Neurosurgery
    Committee Chairmen
    Virendra D Sinha

    Virendra D Sinha

    (India)

    Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital cum Medical Research Institute
    Jaipur, India
    Email:
    dsinhav@wfns.org
    Armando Alpizar

    Armando Alpizar

    (Mexico)

    Professor, Neurosurgery
    National Institute of Rehabilitation, Mexico
    Email:
    alpizara@wfns.org
  • » Neurosurgical Anatomy Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Thomas Santarius

    Thomas Santarius

    (UK)

    Consultant Neurological Surgeon
    Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK
    Email:
    santariust@wfns.org
    Eduardo Ribas

    Eduardo Ribas

    (Brazil)

    Neurosurgery at the University of São Paulo (USP) Medical School, Brazil
    Email:
    ribase@wfns.org
    Email
    wenht@uol.com.br
    Email
    yingmao168@hotmail.com
    Members
    • Jão Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida (USA)
    • Carolina Benjamin (USA)
    • Edward C. Benzel (USA)
    • Wenya Linda Bi (USA)
    • Paolo di Russo (Italy)
    • Sebastien Froelich (France)
    • Sanford PC Hsu (Taiwan)
    • Carolina Martins (Brazil)
    • Adilson Oliveira (Angola)
    Ex-officio members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Neurotraumatology Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Corrado Iacarino

    Corrado Iacarino

    (Italy)

    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy
    Email:
    iacarinoc@wfns.org
    Guoyi Gao

    Guoyi Gao

    (China)

    Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai General Hospital, China
    Email:
    gaog@wfns.org
    Email
    rubianoam@gmail.com
    Members
    • Tedy Aprivan (Indonesia)
    • Antonio Belli (UK)
    • Savatore Chibbaro (France)
    • Van He Dong (Vietnam)
    • Ahmed El-Fiki (Egypt)
    • Kostas Fountas (Greece)
    • Sergey Goryaynov (Russia)
    • Amos Adeleye Ibadan (Nigeria)
    • SR Jeon (South Korea)
    • Hiroshi Karibe (Japan)
    • Faiqa Filza KHAN (Pakistan)
    • Opara Oluwamayowa (Nigeria)
    • Elham Rostami (Sweden)
    • Martin Schumann (Germany)
    • Eichi Suehiro (Japan)
    • Eve Tsai (Canada)
    • Massimiliano Visocchi (Italy)
    • Andres BUKI (Hungary)
    • Corrado IACCARINO (Italy)
    • Virendra SINHA (India)
    • Wilco PEUL (Netherland)
    • Alfonso LAGARES (Spain)
    • Niklas MARKLUND (Sweden)
    • Marcelo ZENTENO (Bolivia)
    • Anthony FIGAGI (South Africa)
    • Gao GUYOI (China)
    • Russell ANDREWS (USA)
    • Bruno SPLAVASKI (Croatia)
    • Deepak GUPTA (India)
    • Hamishi SHABANI (Tanzania)
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Pediatric Neurosurgery Committee
    Committee Chairman Meng-Fai Kuo (Taiwan)
    Address:
    Director
    Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
    National Taiwan University Children's Hospital
    Clinical Professor
    Division of Neurosurgery
    Department of Surgery
    National Taiwan University Hospital
    Email: mfkenator@gmail.com
    Co-Chairman Abhaya Kulkarni (Canada)
    Address:
    Professor & Vice-Chair, Culture & Inclusion, Division of Neurosurgery
    Associate Chief of Surgery/Peri-op Services, Education, Sick Kids
    Senior Scientist, Sick Kids Research Institute
    Director, Pediatric Gamma Knife Program
    Hospital for Sick Children
    555 University Avenue, Room 1503
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
    Tel: +1 416 813 6427
    Email: abhaya.kulkarni@sickkids.ca
    Members:
    Amal Abou-Hamden (Australia)
    David Adelson (USA)
    James Balogun (Nigeria)
    Ji Yeoun Lee (South Korea)
    Kelly Mahaney (USA)
    Pablo Munarriz (Spain)
    Ai Muroi (Japan)
    Ricardo Santos de Oliveira (Brazil)
    Kaushik Sil (India)
    Peter Ssenyonga (Uganda)
    Martin Tisdall (UK)
    Ex-officio members: President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

     

  • » Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee
    Co-Chairs
    Debora Garozzo

    Debora Garozzo

    (UAE)

    Chair of Neurosurgery
    Mediclinic Parkview Hospital
    Dubai, UAE
    Email:
    garozzod@wfns.org
    Carlos Rodriguez Aceves

    Carlos Rodriguez Aceves

    (Mexico)

    Neurosurgeon
    The American British Cowdray Medical Center,
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Email:
    acevescr@wfns.org
    Members
    Australia
    Asia
    Africa
    Europe
    USA
    Central/South America
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Radiosurgery Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Manjul Tripathi

    Manjul Tripathi

    (India)

    Neurosurgery at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER),
    Chandigarh, India
    Email:
    tripathim@wfns.org
    Selcuk Peker

    Selcuk Peker

    (Turkey)

    Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
    Email:
    pekers@wfns.org
    Email
    isabelle.germano@mountsinai.org
    Members
  • » Research Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Andrew Reisner

    Andrew Reisner

    (USA)

    Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics,
    Emory University School of Medicine,
    Atlanta, GA, USA
    Email:
    reisnera@wfns.org
    Gustavo A. R. Passos

    Gustavo A. R. Passos

    (USA)

    University of Miami, USA
    Email:
    passosg@wfns.org
    Members
    • Erwin Cornips (Belgium) - Faculty
    • Artur Da Cunha (Brazil) – Faculty
    • Jason Degiannis (Germany)
    • Alejandro Diaz-Palos (Mexico)
    • Miriana Dorobantu (Romania)
    • Aysel Garayeva (Azerbaijan)
    • Jaleed Gilani (Pakistan)
    • Asad Iftikhar (Pakistan)
    • Salad Medhat (Jordan)
    • Nathan G. Monfroy (Germany)
    • Emilio Mota (Dominican Republic)
    • Ben Okanga (Kenya) – Faculty
    • Godfrey Oswin (Pakistan)
    • Vlad Padurean (Romania)
    • Sarai Palque Santos (Dominican Republic)
    • Karen Radtke (Germany)
    • M Shahzad Shamin (Pakistan) – Faculty
    • Hannah Spielmann (Germany)
    • Areeba Tariq (Pakistan)
    • Francesca Vitulli (Italy)
  • » Skull-Base Surgery Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Ali Krisht

    Ali Krisht

    (USA)

    Director ANI at St. Vincent Heath System,
    Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
    Email:
    krishta@wfns.org
    Hsu Sanford

    Hsu Sanford

    (Taiwan)

    Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    Email:
    sanfordh@wfns.org
    Members
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Spine and Neuro-rehabilitation
    Committee Chairman
    Nikolay Peev

    Nikolay Peev

    (UK)

    Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, UK
    Email:
    peevn@wfns.org
    Fatos Olldashi

    Fatos Olldashi

    (Albania)

    Chairman Department at University Hospital of Trauma, Albania
    Email:
    olldashif@wfns.org
    Email
    richardassaker@gmail.com
    Members
    Advisor
  • » Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Committee
    Committe Chairmen
    Fadi Almahariq

    Fadi Almahariq

    (Croatia)

    Assistant Professor, Consultant Neurosurgeon at University Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Croatia
    Email:
    almahariqf@wfns.org
    Loránd Erőss

    Loránd Erőss

    (Hungary)

    Director of the Semmelweis University, School of Medicine,
    Department of Neurosurgery and Neurointervention,
    Budapest, Hungary
    Email:
    erossl@wfns.org
    Members
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » The William Scoville Award Committee
    Committee Chairman
    Konstantinos Fountas

    Konstantinos Fountas

    (Greece)

    CEO, University of Thessaly,
    Volos, Greece
    Email:
    fountask@wfns.org
    Members
    All Second Vice-Presidents of WFNS
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Women in Neurosurgery Committee
    Committee Chairs
    Mirna Sobana

    Mirna Sobana

    (Indonesia)

    Chairman, Department at Padjadjaran University,
    Bandung, Indonesia
    Email:
    sobanam@wfns.org
    Alison Wray

    Alison Wray

    (Australia)

    The Royal Children's Hospital,
    Melbourne, Australia
    Email:
    wraya@wfns.org
    Members
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Young Neurosurgeons Award Committee (Atos Alves de Souza)
    Committee Chairmen
    Fahd Derkaoui Hassani

    Fahd Derkaoui Hassani

    (Morocco)

    Chair of Young Neurosurgeons Award
    Address:
    Associate Professor of Neurosurgery,
    Cheikh Zaid International University Hospital, Morocco
    Email:
    derkaouihassanif@wfns.org
    Ibrahim Omerhodzic

    Ibrahim Omerhodzic

    (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    Address:
    Professor of Neurosurgery,
    Clinical Center University,
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Email:
    omerhodzici@wfns.org
    Tel
    +212 664 309938
    Members
    AANS region
    • Fady Charbel (USA)
    • Alexandra Golby (USA)
    AASNS region
    • Sachin Chimate (India)
    • Hiroaki Shimizu (Japan)
    ARAB region
    • Khalil Al Qadasi (Yemen)
    • Abdulrahman AL-Shudifat (Jordan)
    CAANS region
    • Jeff Ntalaja (Democratic Republic of Congo)
    • Llewellyn Padayachy (South Africa)
    EANS region
    • Richard Assaker (France)
    • Andreas Demitriades (UK)
    FLANC region
    • Javier Orozco Mera (Colombia)
    • Marcio Rassi (Brazil)
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  • » Young Neurosurgeons Forum Committee
    Committee Chairmen
    Byron Salazar

    Byron Salazar

    (Ecuador)

    Professor at Hospital Metropolitano Quito, Ecuador
    Email:
    salazarb@wfns.org
    Dieu-Merci-Kabuloo

    Dieu Merci Kabulo

    (DR Congo)

    Consultant Neurosurgeon
    Tshisekedi Tshilombo Tertiary
    Hospital Lubumbashi
    Democratic Republic of Congo
    Email:
    dmkabulo@wfns.org
    Secretary
    Sachin Chemate (India)
    Address
    Liv hospital Vadistanbul Ayazaga Mahallesi, Kemerburgaz Caddesi, Vadistanbul Park Etabi, 7F Blok, 34396 Sariyek/Istanbul, Turkiye
    Telephone
    +90 444 4 548 (Your Workplace Telephone Number)
    Cell
    +90 505 5 657 377
    Members
    AANS region (North America)
    AASNS region (Australiasia)
    CAANS region (Africa)
    EANS region (Europe)
    FLANC region (Latin America)
    Ex-officio Members
    President; Secretary; First Vice-President; Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
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