Lead Faculty

  • 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

  • Laila Alshafai
    Laila Alshafai
    Toronto, Canada
Laila Alshafai
Toronto, Canada

MD, FRCPC and diplomat of the American Board of Radiology
Assistant professor, Neuroradiologist
Head and Neck Neuroradiologist
Mount Sinai Hospital & Toronto Western Hospital
University Health Network
University of Toronto

  • Lilyana Angelov
    Lilyana Angelov
    Cleveland, USA
Lilyana Angelov
Cleveland, USA

Director, Gamma Knife Center
Director, Brain Tumor Institute CNS Lymphoma Program Cleveland Clinic
Head, Section of Spinal Radiosurgery Cleveland Clinic
Head, Section of Spine Tumors Cleveland Clinic
Head, Section of Spine Radiosurgery Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, USA

  • Marion Rapp
    Marion Rapp
    Düsseldorf, Germany
Marion Rapp
Düsseldorf, Germany

MD., Prof.
University Hospital Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Christopher Honey
    Christopher Honey
    Vancouver, BC
Christopher Honey
Vancouver, BC

Head, Division of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia
Director, Vancouver Functional Neurosurgery
Alcan Chair in Neuroscience

  • 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

  • Keyoumars Ashkan
    Keyoumars Ashkan
    London, United Kingdom
Keyoumars Ashkan
London, United Kingdom

BA (Hons.), BSc (Hons.), Dip Mus, MB BCh (Commend.),
MD, MRCP(UK), FRCS (Eng.), FRCPS (Glasg.), FRCS
Lead Clinician for Neuro-Oncology
Chair of King’s Neurosciences Clinical Trial Unit
King’s College Hospital London

  • 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

  • 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

  • Marec Von Lehe
    Marec Von Lehe
    Bochum, Germany
Marec Von Lehe
Bochum, Germany

Prof. Dr. med.
Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg
Bochum, Germany

  • 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

  • Jason Lazarou
    Jason Lazarou
    Toronto, Canada
Jason Lazarou
Toronto, Canada

MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Mount Siani Hospital
University Health Network
University of Toronto

  • Allan Levi
    Allan Levi
    Miami, USA
Allan Levi
Miami, USA

MD, PhD, FACS
Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery
Director of the Goodman Oral Board Review Course (AANS)
Robert M. Buck Distinguished Chair
University of Miami Hospital
University of Miami MILLER School of Medicine

  • Francesco Signorelli
    Francesco Signorelli
    Bari, Italy
Francesco Signorelli
Bari, Italy

Chairman, Division of Neurosurgery
University of Bari
Bari, Italy

  • Pablo Gonzalez
    Pablo Gonzalez
    Alicante, Spain
Pablo Gonzalez
Alicante, Spain

Hospital General Universitario Alicante
Miguel Hernandez University
Member of Spanish Neurosurgery Society
Member of Levante Neurosurgery Society
Member of Neuro Oncology Committee
Clinic University Hospital of Valencia
Alicante, Spain

  • John P. Rossiter
    John P. Rossiter
    Kingston, Canada
John P. Rossiter
Kingston, Canada

Professor Neuropathology
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Past Chair of RCPSC Neuropathology examination board

  • Michael Sabel
    Michael Sabel
    Dusseldorf, Germany
Michael Sabel
Dusseldorf, Germany

MD, PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Neurosurgery
Head of Center of Neuro-Oncology
University Hospital Düsseldorf

  • Francesco Sala
    Francesco Sala
    Verona, Italy
Francesco Sala
Verona, Italy

MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
University Hospital of Verona
University of Verona

  • Gregory Hawryluk
    Gregory Hawryluk
    Cleveland, USA
Gregory Hawryluk
Cleveland, USA

Neurotrauma Fellowship
UCSF Department of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, USA

  • David Schul
    David Schul
    Germany
David Schul
Germany

MD, Senior Consultant
Germany

  • 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

  • Andrey Sitnikov
    Andrey Sitnikov
    Russia
Andrey Sitnikov
Russia

Deputy Chief of Department of Neurosurgery of Federal Centre of Neurosurgery
President of Russian Association of Functional Neurosurgeons

  • Markus Wiedmann
    Markus Wiedmann
    Oslo, Norway
Markus Wiedmann
Oslo, Norway

Fellow of the European Board of Neurological Surgery
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway

  • Samer Elbabaa
    Samer Elbabaa
    Orlando, USA
Samer Elbabaa
Orlando, USA

MD, PhD
Professor and Director
The Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Neurosciences Centre of Excellence
Orlando, USA

  • Omar Islam
    Omar Islam
    Kingston, Canada
Omar Islam
Kingston, Canada

Department Head
Diagnostic Radiology
Queen’s University
Kingston, Canada

  • Atul Tyagi
    Atul Tyagi
    Leeds, United Kingdom
Atul Tyagi
Leeds, United Kingdom

Society of British Neurological Surgeons
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
MDDUS
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Zubair Tahir
    Zubair Tahir
    London, United Kingdom
Zubair Tahir
London, United Kingdom

MBBS, FCPS, FEBNS, FRCS
Royal College of Surgeons of England
International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
World Spinal Column Society
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London, United Kingdom

  • Andres M Lozano
    Andres M Lozano
    Toronto, Canada
Andres M Lozano
Toronto, Canada

MD, PhD, FRCSC, FRSC
Dan Family Professor
Chairman of Neurosurgery
RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery
Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience
University Health Network
University of Toronto

  • Bodo Lippitz
    Bodo Lippitz
    Hamburg, Germany
Bodo Lippitz
Hamburg, Germany

EANS
Chair of the Section of Radiosurgery
Associate Director, Bupa Cromwell Hospital Gamma Knife Centre, UK
Associate Professor, Duke University, Durham, USA
Professor, University Aachen, Germany

  • Massimiliano Visocchi
    Massimiliano Visocchi
    Rome, Italy
Massimiliano Visocchi
Rome, Italy

Professor in Neurosurgery
Founder
Research Center in Surgery of the CranioVertebral Junction
Catholic University of Rome Italy
President-Elect (ISRN)