Dear Colleagues – January 2025

Dear Colleagues –

Welcome to the first WFNS Newsletter of 2025!

The initial items address various topics:

- “Why Neurosurgeons Should Do Peripheral Nerve Surgery”
- “Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS) Award Overview 2024”
- “Neurosurgery in the Time of War” This report considers the situation in Ukraine – we invite those
who have first-hand experience with neurosurgery in other current battle zones to contribute also.

Next is the WFNS Committees report. This includes both reports of recent activities and
announcements of upcoming activities.

Next are reports of recent WFNS courses and conferences:
- G4 Alliance Meeting, Peshawar, Pakistan, November 14-16
- Nepalese Society of Neurosurgeons, Biratnagar and Itahari, Nepal, November 14-16
- Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies 5th Congress (CAANS 2024), Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of Congo, November 24-28

Announcements regarding major in-person upcoming conferences through the first half of 2025:
- WFNS Educational Course, Karachi, Pakistan, January 23-26
- Ukrainian Association of Neurosurgeons 10th Winter Meeting, Bukovel, Ukraine, February 20-22
- 5th International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery (ICCN 2025), Goa, India, March 6-9
- Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) Spring Meeting, Belfast, Ireland, March 12-14
- International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology (ICRAN 2025), Manado,
Indonesia, June 11-14

If you have suggestions regarding the WFNS Newsletter, please email (rja@russelljandrews.org).

Oluwamayowa Opara
Lynne Lucena
Angelos Kolias
Katenga Dieu Merci Kabulo
Russell Andrews
Amaya Alvarez Aquino