WFNS 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:

  Soichi Oya (Japan), Judy Huang (USA), Idoya Zaspe (Spain)

   

• » Constitution & Bylaws Committee

  Committee Chairman	Bernard R. Bendok (USA)
  Address:	Mayo Clinic in Arizona
  Tel:	480-342-4889
  Email:	bendok.bernard@mayo.edu
  Members:	Bernard R. Bendok (USA); Kostas Fountas (Greece), Luis Ley (Spain), John Ouma (South Africa), Kresimir Rotim (Croatia)

   

• » Publication and Web Committee

  Committee Chairman	Peter Nakaji (USA)
  Address
  Tel:
  Email:
  Members:	Peter Nakaji (USA), Bipin Kumar Chaurasia (Nepal)
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

• » Finance Committee

  Committee Chairman	Nasser El-Ghandour
  Address:	Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University 81 Nasr Road, Nasr City Cairo 11371, Egyp
  Tel:	+202 24015535
  Email:	elghandour@yahoo.com
  Ex-officio Members:	President;President-Elect;First Vice-President;Secretary;Asstant-Secretary;Treasurer;Asstant-Treasurer;Secretary and Treasurer of the Congress;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

   

• » Nominating Committee

  Committee Chairman	Carlos David (USA)
  Address	UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  Tel:
  Email:	carlosdavid1@mac.com
  Members:	AANS: Carlos David (USA) Andrew Reisner (USA) AASNS: Satoshi Kuroda (Japan) Lynne Lourdes Lycena (Philipines) CAANS: Mohamed El Fiki (Egypt) Aberzener Tirsit (Ethipia) EANS: Alberto Delitala (Italy) Lukas Rasulic (Serbia) FLANC : Jorge Salazar(Ecuador)

   

• » Cerebrovascular Diseases & Therapy Committee

  Committee Chairman	Giuseppe Lanzino (USA)
  Email:	lanzino.guizeppe@mayo.edu
  Co-Chairman	Michael Bojanovsky (Canada)
  Address:
  Tel:
  Email:	m_bojanowski@yahoo.com
  Members:	Carlos Bortolotti (Italy) - Bortolotticarlo@yahoo.it Wei Zhu (China) - drzhuwei@fudan.edu.cn Duong Trung Kien (Vietnam) - duongtkien@gmail.com
  Ex-officio:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

   

• » Education & Training Committee

  Committee Chairman	Mehmet Zileli (Turkey)
  Tel:
  Email:	zilelim@gmail.com
  Continental Co-Chairmen	AANS: Mustafa Baskaya (USA)
  	AASNS: Miki Fujimura (Japan)
  	CAANS: Abdessamad El Ouahabi (Morocco)
  	FLANC: Alvaro Campero (Argentina)
  	EANS: Alistair Jenkins (UK)
  Address:
  Tel:
  Email:
  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)

• » Ethics Committee

  Committee Chairman:   Tiit Mathiesen (Denmark)    

  Email:                             tiit.illimar.mathiesen@regionh.dk              

  Co-Chairman:                 Ahmed Ammar (Saudi Arabia)  

  Email:                               ahmed@ahmedammar.com

  Members:           Leonidas Quintana (Chile)                     eonquin@gmail.com

                              VP Singh (India)                                    vpsingh1958@gmail.com

                              Fatos Olldashi (Albania)                        fatosolldashi@gmail.com

                              Samuel C Ohaegbulam (Nigeria)           samcohaegbulam@hotmail.com

   

• » Global Neurosurgery Committee

  Committee Chairman	Tariq Khan (Pakistan)
  Email:	tariq.k@nwgh.pk
  Co-Chairman	Tsegazaeb Laeke (Ethiopia)
  Email:	tselaeke@gmail.com
  Website:	https://globalneurosurgery.org/
  Members:	BEVERLY CHESEREM (KENYA) - beverly.cheserem@aku.edu  ERNEST BARTHELEMY (USA) - Ernest.Barthelemy@downstate.edu FATU CONTEH (USA) - fsconteh@gmail.com SURATH SANJAYA (SRI LANKA) - surathsanjayakumara@gmail.com IGOR TRIFONOV (RUSSIA) - dr.trifonov@mail.ru LYNNE LUCENA (PHILLIPINES) - lynne.lucena@gmail.com JULIE WOODFIELD (UK) - Julie.woodfield@gmail.com HAMISHI SHABANI (TANZANIA) - hshabanijp@yahoo.co.uk YVAN ZUNON- KIPRE (IVORY COAST) - yvan.zunonkipre@gmail.com AMIT CHAKRAWATI (INDIA) - amitac07@gmail.com ALVAN UKACHUKWU (NIGERIA) - alvan.ukachukwu@duke.edu ALLAN TAYLOR (SOUTH AFRICA) - Allan.taylor@uct.ac.za ZAN CHEN (CHINA) - chenzan66@163.com KEMEL GHOTME (COLOMBIA) - kemelghotme@gmail.com

   

• » Honorary Presidents Committee

  Committee Chairman	Jacques Brotchi (Belgium)
  Address:
  Tel:
  Email:	brotchi.jacques@gmail.com
  Members:	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)

   

• » Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders Committee

  Committee Chairman	Uwe Keller (Germany)
  Address:
  Email:	u.kehler@asklepios.com
  Co-Chairman	Adrian Caceres (Costa Rica)  neuroqx@gmail.com
  Members
  Sylvia Shitsama (Kenya) info@drsylviashitsama.com  Sevil Yasar (USA) syasar1@jhmi.edu  Ahmed Toma (Great Britain) ahmedtoma@nhs.net  Mark Hamilton (Canada) mghamilton.hydro@gmail.com Llewelyn Padachy (South Africa) LC.Padayachy@up.ac.za Chandrashekar Deopujari (India) d.chandrashekhar11@gmail.com  Fernando Gomes Pinto (Brazil) neurofernando@gmail.com Marianne Juhler marianne.juhler@gmail.com

• » Innovation and Technology Committee

  Committee Chairman	Muhammad Abd-El-Barr (USA)
  Email:
  Co-Chairman	Nikolay Peev (UK)
  Address
  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)

• » Liaison Committee WFNS/WHO

  Committee Chairman:	Walter Johnson (USA)
  Address:
  Email:	johnson.walt2@gmail.com
  Committee Co-Chairman:	Kamel Ghotme (Colombia)
  Email:	kemelghotme@gmail.com
  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 Chairman	Jake Timothy (UK)
  Address:
  Email:	jaketimothy@mac.com
  Co-Chairman	Wellingson Paiva (Brazil)
  Address:
  Email:	wellingsonpaiva@yahoo.com.br
  Members	Rick Fessler (USA) Nicolas Sampron (Spain)

• » Medal of Honour Committee

  Committee Chairman	Nelson Oyesiku (USA)
  Address:
  Tel:
  Email:	noyesik@med.unc.edu
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

   

• » 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

• » Neuroendoscopy Committee

  Committee Chairman	Stefan Wolfsberger (Austria)
  Address:
  Email:	stefan@wolfsberger.net
  Co-Chairman	Takeo Goto (Japan)
  Address:
  Email:	gotot@omu.ac.jp
  Members:	AANS region (North America): John A. Jane Jr. (USA) - jaj2k@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu Jay Riva-Cambrin (Canada) - jay.rivacambrin@ucalgary.ca AASNS region (Australasia): Manas Panagrahi (India) Yahzuo Zhang (China) - zyz2004520@163.com Rames Kirollos (Singapore) - kirolllos77@hotmail.com Doo Sik-Kong (South Korea) - neurokong@gmail.com  ARAB region (Middle East): Ali Ayyad (Qatar) CAANS region (Africa): Oumar Diallo (Mali) Omar Hammad (Egypt) EANS region (Europe): Domenico Solari (Italy) - domenico.solari@unina.it Diego Mazzatenta (Italy) Bassel Zebia (UK) - basselzebian@gmail.com 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 Chairman	Kate Drummond (Australia)
  Address:
  Email:	Kate.Drummond@mh.org.au
  Co-Chairman:	Sandeep Vaishya (India) Ihsan Solaroglu (Turkey)
  Address:
  Email:
  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

   

• » Neurosurgical Anatomy Committee

  Committee Chairman	Hung Tzu Wen (Brazil)
  Address:
  Email:	wenht@uol.com.br
  Co- Chairman	Ying Mao (China)
  Address:
  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 Chairman	Andres Rubiano (Colombia)
  Address:
  Email:	rubianoam@gmail.com
  Co-Chairman	Jeff Ntalaja (DR Congo)
  Address:
  Email:	drntalaja@yahoo.fr
  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

  Committee Chairman	Debora Garozzo (UAE) personal@deboragarozzo.com
  Address
  Email:
  Co-Chairman	Mariano Socolovsky (Argentina) marianosocolovsky@gmail.com
  Address
  Members:	Australia Gavin Davis  gavin.davis@me.com Vanessa Sammons vsammons@me.com Asia Sumit Sinha (India) sumitaiims@yahoo.com Chandan Mohanty (India) drmohantychandan@gmail.com Ekkapot Jitpun (Thailand) ejitpun@gmail.com Amit Thapa (Nepal) dramitthapa@yahoo.com Mohammadreza Emamhadi (Iran) mr.emamahadi@gmail.com; emamhadi42@yahoo.com Africa Hesham Eldesoky (Egypt) h_espero@yahoo.com Europe Godard de Ruiter (Netherlands) Nora Dengler (Germany) nora.dengler@helios-gesundheit.de Lukas Rasulic (Serbia) lukas.rasulic@gmail.com Christian Heinen (Germany) associated christian.heinen@uni-oldenburg.de USA Elias Rizk (USA) erizk@hmc.psu.edu Thomas J Wilson (USA) wilsontj@stanford.edu Chris Winfree (USA) cjw12@columbia.edu Central/South America Carlos Rodriguez (Mexico) crodac@yahoo.com.mx Fernando Guedes (Brazil) associated neuroguedes@yahoo.com.br
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

   

• » Radiosurgery Committee

  Committee Chairman	Isabelle Germano (USA)
  Address:
  Email:	isabelle.germano@mountsinai.org
  Co-Chairman	Abdurahman Al-Shudifat (Jordan)
  Address:
  Email:	a.shudifat@gmail.com

   

  Members:

  Mojgan Hodaie (Canada) mojgan.hodaie@uhn.ca

  Alessandra Gorgul (Brazil) a_gorgulho@yahoo.com

  Michael Schulder (USA) mschulder@NSHS.edu

  VP Singh (India) vpsingh1958@yahoo.com

  Bodo Lippitz (Germany) bodolippitz@me.com

  Mark Levivier (Switzerland) marc.levivier@chuv.ch

  Jose Lorenzoni (Chile) jglorenzoni@hotmail.com

  Moody Qureshi (Kenya) moody_qureshi@yahoo.com

  Roberto Martinez (Spain) rob.martinez@telefonica.net

  Adyl Melhaoui (Morocco) adymelh@yahoo.com

  Andrew Davidson (Australia) andrew.davidson2@mh.org.au

  Fahd Derkahoui (Morocco) fahdderkahoui@hotmail.com

   

• » Research Committee

  Committee Chairman	Joachim Oertel (Germany) joachim.oertel@uks.eu
  Co-Chairman	Mike Steinmetz (USA) STEINMM@ccf.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 Chairman	Daniel M. Prevedello (USA)
  Address	410 W. 10th Avenue N-1049 Doan Hall, Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH, USA 43210
  Tel:	+1-614-293-7190
  Email:	daniel.prevedello@osumc.edu, dprevedello@gmail.com
  Co-Chairman	Doo-Sik Kong (Korea)
  Email:	neurokong@gmail.com
  Members:	Soichi Oya (Japan): sooya-tky@umin.ac.jp Samy Youssef (USA): SAMY.YOUSSEF@UCDENVER.EDU Wuttipong Tirakotai (Thailand): tirakotai@gmail.com Jun Muto (Japan): jmutou@gmail.com Leo Ditzel Filho (Brazil): leoditzel1@gmail.com David Roytowski (South Africa): docdave@gmail.com Wouter Van Furth (Netherlands): wouter@vanfurth.nl Francesco Doglietto (Italy): francesco.doglietto@unibs.it Francisco Guzman (Colombia): frangupe@gmail.com Sudhir Dubey (India): minssudhirdubey@gmail.com Lila Danevych (Ucraine): liladanevych@gmail.com Sarah Olson (Australia): Sarah.Olson2@health.qld.gov.au Linda Bi (USA): WBI@bwh.harvard.edu
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

   

• » Spine Committee

   

  Committee Chairman	Richard Assaker (France)
  Address:
  Email:	richardassaker@gmail.com
  Co-Chairman:	Corinna Zygourakis (USA) corinnaz@stanford.edu
  Artem Gushcha (Russia) Agou@endospine.ru Aderehime Haidara (Ivory Coast) ader_medic@yahoo.fr Corinna Zygourakis (USA) corinnaz@stanford.edu Ian Vlok (South Africa) ianvlok@gmail.com Joachim Oertel (Germany) joachimoertel1970@gmail.com Jeong Yoon Park (Korea) spinepjy@gmail.com Manuel Eduardo Soto Garcia (Mexico) neurotab@hotmail.com Mirza Pojskic (Germany) mirza.po@gmail.com Nikolay Peev (United Kingdom) nikolay.a.peev@gmail.com Onur Yaman (Turkey) dronuryaman@yahoo.com Ricardo Botelho (Brazil) bitbot@uol.com.br Sandeep Vaishya (India) svaishya@hotmail.com Toshihiro Takami (Japan) ttakami@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp Zan Chen (China) chenzan66@163.com ADVISOR: Mehmet Zileli(Turkey) zilelim@gmail.com

   

                                                                                            

• » Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Committee

  Chairman	Ahmed M. Alkhani (Saudi Arabia)
  Address:	King Abdulaziz Medical City, NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  Tel:	+966-504145385
  Email:	alkhani@yahoo.com
  Co-Chairman	Osvaldo Vilela-Filho (Brazil)
  Email:	osvaldovilelafilhoneuro@gmail.com
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS
  Members:	Mojgan Hodaie (Canada). mojgan.hodaie@uhn.ca Kita Sallabanda Diaz (Spain). ksallabanda@gmail.com Patrick Mertens (France). patrick.mertens@chu-lyon.fr Jose Carrillo-Ruiz (Mexico), josecarrilloruiz@yahoo.com Takaomi Taira (Japan). ttaira@twmu.ac.jp Nico Enslin (S. Africa). enslin@functionalneurosurgery.co.za Andrey Sitnikov (Russia). neuro77@gmail.com Patric Blomstedt (Sweden). patric.blomstedt@umu.se Atilla Yilmaz (Türkiye). atillayilmaz@hotmail.com Chris Honey (Canada). a6a16601@telus.net Terry Coyne (Australia). tcoyne@brizbrain.com.au Fadi Almahariq (Croatia). doc.fadi@gmail.com
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFN

   

• » The William Scoville Award Committee

  Committee Chairman	Imad N. Kanaan (USA)
  Address:	Professor of Neurosurgery KFSH& Research Center Institution Alfaysal University - College of Medicine P.O.B 3354, Riyadh 11211, KSA
  Email:	dr.imad.kanaan@gmail.com
  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 Chairman	Gelareh Zadeh (Canada)
  Address	Professor and Dan Chair, Neurosurgery, University of Toronto Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital Co-Director, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Research Institute Chair, Wilkins Family Brain Tumor Research
  Email:	gelareh.zadeh@uhn.ca
  Co-Chairman	Selfy Oswari (Indonesia)
  Address
  Email:	oswari.selfy@gmail.com
  Members:	Ayesha Arshad (Pakistan) ayears@hotmail.com Zohreh Habibi (Iran) zohreh_h56@yahoo.com Jennifer Moliterno (USA) jennifer.moliternogunel@yale.edu Sandra Ruth Lau Rodriguez (Canada) sandraruth.laurodriguez@uhn.ca Adriana Lopez Rios (Colombia) adrilori@yahoo.com Ann Parr (USA) amparr@umn.edu Carolina Sandoval Garcia (USA)  csandova@umn.edu Teresa Purzner (USA)​​​​​​​ Teresa.Purzner@kingstonhsc.ca Jennifer Quon (USA)​​​​​​​ jennifer.quon@sickkids.ca Claire Karakezi (Rwanda)​​​​​​​ clairekarekezi@gmail.com Karolyn Au (Canada) karolyn@ualberta.ca Kathleen Khu (Phillipines)​​​​​​​  kathleen.khu@neurosurgery.ph Sarah Olson (Australia)​​​​​​​  drneurobs@gmail.com Sylvia Shitsama (Kenya)​​​​​​​ vigehi@gmail.com Caroline Hayhurst (UK)​​​​​​​ carolinehayhurst@hotmail.com
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS

   

• » Young Neurosurgeons Award Committee (Atos Alves de Souza)

  Committee Chairman	Fahd Derkaoui Hassani (Morocco)
  Address:	Neurosurgeon - Cheikh Zaid International University Hospital Vice President - Moroccan Society of Neurosurgery Board Member - Middle East Spine Society Past General Secretary - Mediterranean Association of Neurological Surgeons Rabat, Morocco
  Tel:	+212 664 309938
  Email:	fahdderkaoui@hotmail.com
  Co-Chairman	Hiroaki Shimizu (Japan)
  Email:
  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 Chairman	Abuzar Gungor (Turkey)
  Email:	abuzergungor@gmail.com
  Co-Chairman	Laura Lippa (Italy)
  Email:	laura.lippa@gmail.com
  Secretary	Sachin Chemate (India)
  Email:	sachin.19chemate@gmail.com
  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): Nikolas Khan (USA) - nickaluskhan@gmail.com   AASNS region (Australiasia): Liew Boon Seng (Malaysıa) - liew_bs@yahoo.com Nargiza Saatova (Uzbekistan) - n.saatova94@gmail.com Yi Yang (China) - yangyi_81nk@163.com   CAANS region (Africa): Mohamed Amin Soliman (Egypt) - msolim8@uwo.ca Nqobile Thango (South Africa) - sindiswathango@gmail.com Heba Azooz (Egypt) - heba.azooz@gmail.com Djamel Kitumbo (Angola) - djamelkitumba@gmail.com   EANS region (Europe): Oreskovic Darko (Croatia) - darkoreskov@gmail.com Ivana Roskova (Czech Republica) - roskova.ivana@fnbrno Manuel De Jesus Encarnacion Ramirez (Russia) - dr.encarnacionramirez@hotmail.com Sabino Luzzi (Italy) - sabino.luzzi@unipv.it   FLANC region (Latin America): Gerardo Guinto Nishimura (Mexico) - guintoygn@gmail.com Luis Antonio JR (Brazil) - uizdiasjr@me.com Vanessa Milanese (Brazil) - vanessamila@gmail.com
  Ex-officio Members:	President;Secretary;First Vice-President;Coordinator of Committee Activities of WFNS