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WFNS Committees

Coordinator of Committee Activities:
Manas Panigrahi

Manas Panigrahi

(India)

Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
KIMS, Hyderabad, India
Email:
coordinator@wfns.org
Marcelo Zenteno

Marcelo Zenteno

(Bolivia)

Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
Juan Misael Saracho University, Tarija, Bolivia
Email:
coordinator@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
     
    Jorge Salazar

    Jorge Salazar

    (Ecuador)

    Chief of the Neurosurgery Services
    Hospital Metropolitano
    Centro Médico Meditrópoli
    Quito, Ecuador
    Email:
    auditcommittee@wfns.org
    Alberto Delitala

    Alberto Delitala

    (Italy)

    Professor
    Department of Neurosurgery
    UPMC Salvator Mundi International Hospital
    Italy
    Email:
    auditcommittee@wfns.org
    Mehdi Darmoul

    Mehdi Darmoul

    (Tunisia)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    University Hospital Fattouma Bourguiba Monastir Tunisia, North Africa
    Email:
    auditcommittee@wfns.org
  • » Constitution & Bylaws Committee
     
    Giuseppe Barbagallo

    Giuseppe Barbagallo

    (Italy)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    University of Catania
    Italy
    Email:
    constbylawscommittee@wfns.org
    Leonidas M. Quintana

    Leonidas M. Quintana

    (Chile)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    University of Valparaíso School of Medicine
    Chile
    Email:
    constbylawscommittee@wfns.org
    Karl Roessler

    Karl Roessler

    (Austria)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Medical University of Vienna
    Austria
    Email:
    constbylawscommittee@wfns.org
    Roman Bošnjak

    Roman Bošnjak

    (Slovenia)

    Professor
    Department of Neurosurgery
    University Medical Center Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    Email:
    constbylawscommittee@wfns.org
    Fatos Olldashi

    Fatos Olldashi

    (Albania)

    Professor and Chairman
    Neurosurgery Clinic
    University Hospital of Trauma, Tirana
    Albania
    Email:
    constbylawscommittee@wfns.org
  • » Publication and Web Committee
     
    Sarat Chandra

    Sarat Chandra

    (India)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    All India Institute of Medical Sciences
    New Delhi, India
    Email:
    publicationcommittee@wfns.org
    Paulo Manabu Honda

    Paulo Manabu Honda

    (Brazil)

    Consultant Neurosurgeon
    Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas
    São Paulo, Brazil
    Email:
    publicationcommittee@wfns.org
  • » Finance Committee
    Committee Chairman Marco Fontanella /Italy/
    Address:  
    Tel:  
    Email: marco.fontanella@unibs.it
    Ex-officio Members:  

     

  • » Nominating Committee
     
    Krish Sridhar

    Krish Sridhar

    (India)

    Professor and Chairman
    Institute of Brain and Spine
    Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road, Chennai
    India
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    Yam Bahadur Roka

    Yam Bahadur Roka

    (Nepal)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Gandaki Medical College
    Pokhara, Nepal
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    Juan Luis Gómez Amador

    Juan Luis Gómez Amador

    (Mexico)

    Professor and Chairman
    National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INNN)
    "Manuel Velasco Suárez"
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    Julio Pozuelos López

    Julio Pozuelos López

    (Guatemala)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Sanatorio Nuestra Señora del Pilar
    Guatemala
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    Prof. Said AIT BENALI

    Prof. Said AIT BENALI

    (Morocco)

    Head of department of Neurosurgery
    Arrazi Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    Nqobile Thango

    Nqobile Thango

    (South Africa)

    Neurosurgeon
    Department of Neurosurgery
    University of Cape Town
    South Africa
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    Olexandr Voznyak

    Olexandr Voznyak

    (Ukraine)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Feofaniya Clinical Hospital in Kyiv
    Ukraine
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    Sergej Marasanov

    Sergej Marasanov

    (Croatia)

    Head of Gamma Knife Unit
    University Hospital Centre Zagreb
    Croatia
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org
    James Liu

    James Liu

    (USA)

    Professor and Chairman
    Department of Neurosurgery
    Skull Base Institute, New Jersey
    United States of America
    Email:
    nominatingcommittee@wfns.org

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.

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