Educational Committee

This prestigious committee is responsible for ensuring that the “CCN Review” educational program is up to date and tackles the frontiers of contemporary neurosurgery. The committee members have played key roles in implementing curriculum and final neurosurgical board requirements in Europe, USA, Canada and beyond.

  • Nabeel S. Alshafai
    Nabeel S. Alshafai
    Course Director
Nabeel S. Alshafai
Course Director

MD(Hon.) FRCSC, EBNS, ABNS(Eligible)
Chairman – NS Neuro Spine, Bahrain and Khobar, KSA
CCN Review Course Director
Craniocervical Junction Workshop Director
Assistant Professor (Antwerp University)
Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon
Residency Training Program Director
Antwerp University Hospital
Examiner & Committee Member of the European Board of Neurological Surgery

  • John Hurlbert
    John Hurlbert
    Tucson, USA
John Hurlbert
Tucson, USA

MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate professor
Past Director of the Neurosurgical Residency Program
Founding President of the Canadian Spine Society
Past Chief examiner in neurosurgery for FRCSC
Past President elect for the AANS/CNS, disorders of the spine & peripheral nerves
University of Calgary

  • Timo Krings
    Timo Krings
    Toronto, Canada
Timo Krings
Toronto, Canada

MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Professor of Radiology
Chairman of Neuroradiology
Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroadiologist
University Health Network
University of Toronto

  • Michael D. Cusimano
    Michael D. Cusimano
    Toronto, Canada
Michael D. Cusimano
Toronto, Canada

MD, MHPE, FRCSC, PhD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Education and Public Health
Division of Neurosurgery
St. Michael’s Hospital
University of Toronto
Past Examiner of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

  • Ramez Kirollos
    Ramez Kirollos
    Singapore
Ramez Kirollos
Singapore

MBChB, MD, FRCS, EANS
Member of the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Examiner (MRCS) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Chairman Elect of the British Neurovascular Group
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore

  • Robert J. Spinner
    Robert J. Spinner
    Rochester, USA
Robert J. Spinner
Rochester, USA

Chairman of Neurosurgery
Professor of Anatomy Orthopedic and Neurosurgery
The Burton M. Onofrio
Mayo Medical School
Mayo Clinic