Dear Colleagues – Sept 2025

Dear Colleagues –

Following is the table of contents for the September WFNS Newsletter.

First are reports celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Odesa National Medical University in Ukraine and the first three years of the Indonesian Stroke Care Transformation Initiatives.

The next section presents several surveys and studies – please consider participating:

• Essential TBI Survey
• Publication Bias in Neurosurgery Survey
• PLOT-ICH (PLanetary OuTcomes after IntraCranial Haemorrhage) Study

Next is a description of a valuable resource: SurgiHub – UN Global Surgery Learning Hub.

Next are reports of recent conferences/courses:

• The Global Coalition for TBI at the World Health Assembly, Geneva
• WFNS Committee on Committees Report – WFNS Young Neurosurgeons Neurotrauma Conference
• ICRAN 2025, Surabaya, Indonesia, August 13-16

Announcements regarding major upcoming in-person conferences before the end of 2025:

• Society of British Neurological Surgeons Fall Meeting, Bristol, UK, September 23-26
• European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Congress, Vienna, Austria, October 5-9
• 33rd International Congress of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, October 23-26
• 11th Serbian Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Novi Sad, Serbia, October 23-26
• 22nd Congreso Peruano de Neurocirugia + Congreso Intermedio de la FLANC + Conferencia ICRAN 2025, Lima, Peru, November 5-8
• 13th Ecuadorian Society of Neurosurgery Congress, Guayaquil, November 20-23
• World Radiosurgery Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, November 21 & 22
• WFNS 2025 World Congress, Dubai, December 1-5

Consider participating in conferences – ideally at least one outside your home continent or region. We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming conferences!
If you have suggestions regarding the WFNS Newsletter, please email (rja@russelljandrews.org).

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