Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Informatics at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo, where he joined the department in 2016. He completed his residency training in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He specializes in cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgery, initially training under Dr. Michael Lawton for open surgical procedures, and later completing a fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery with UB Neurosurgery. He has extensive experience in the treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, strokes, carotid stenosis, cerebral bypass, and other vascular diseases, using both open and endovascular approaches to provide comprehensive patient care.

Dr. Davies graduated from Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with concentrations in Biological Sciences. His active research interests focus on the use of bioinformatics tools to advance personalized medicine. He is working on the development of bioinformatics tools to improve the quantity and quality of data available for medical research and to lower the barriers for all clinicians to contribute to medical knowledge. Additionally, he is applying more advanced machine learning and data analysis methods to better understand the insights contained in these rich data resources. He is currently the principal investigator of several national trials, including the EMBOLIZE trial, which studies the efficacy of middle cerebral artery embolization for the treatment of chronic subdural hematomas.

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Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon Specializing in Open and Endovascular Techniques. He is a Professor of Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. González earned his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, where he also completed his neurosurgery residency. He pursued a research fellowship in neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, focusing on skull base surgery, vascular microsurgery, and microanatomy. Dr. González continued his training at Barrow, completing a second residency, during which he undertook additional specializations in spine surgery, endovascular neurosurgery, and cerebrovascular and skull base surgery.

His expertise includes treating patients with strokes, malformations, and ruptures in the brain and spinal cord, such as aneurysms, strokes, and arteriovenous malformations. Additionally, he specializes in administering chemotherapy through the brain’s arteries to treat certain types of ocular cancer, such as retinoblastoma—the most common eye cancer in children—and lacrimal gland carcinomas.

Dr. González has numerous publications in his field and is actively involved in developing innovative treatment approaches. He is the inventor of an aspiration catheter with an integrated guidewire and a surgical retractor for minimally invasive brain surgery.

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Director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgical Spine Center, Dr. Theodore is a nationally recognized expert in brain and spinal cord injuries, minimally invasive spine surgeries, and robotics. He earned his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed both his neurosurgery residency and a spine surgery fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute.

As an award-winning professor and researcher, Dr. Theodore has authored or co-authored over 30 book chapters, more than 180 journal articles, and holds co-inventorship of 10 patents for medical devices and procedures. His research focuses on trauma, spinal cord injuries, robotics, and advancing the understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of spinal disorders.

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Internationally Renowned Neurosurgeon, Dr. Nakaji has published over 200 articles and holds more than two dozen patents.

He completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and received additional training in endoscopic neurosurgery at the Center for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery in Sydney, Australia, under the mentorship of Dr. Charles Teo. He then pursued a second fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, training under Dr. Robert Spetzler, before joining the staff as an assistant neurosurgeon in 2004.

Dr. Nakaji has received numerous teaching awards and served for nearly a decade as the neurosurgery residency program director at the Barrow Neurological Institute. As department chair at Banner Health, he expands neuroscience training for medical students, residents, and fellows.

A pioneer in neuroendoscopy and keyhole surgery, Dr. Nakaji specializes in treating conditions such as trigeminal neuralgia and colloid cysts. He has a passion for technically demanding brain surgery and is a respected authority on the treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, moyamoya disease, extracranial-to-intracranial bypass, carotid artery disease, as well as brain and skull base tumors.

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Dr. Komotar is an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience from Duke University and spent a year at the University of Oxford in England focusing on neuropharmacology.

He received his medical degree with highest honors from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed his internship and neurosurgical residency at Columbia University Medical Center/The Neurological Institute of New York, followed by a surgical neuro-oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, specializing in brain tumors.

As Director of the University of Miami Brain Tumor Initiative, Director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology at the University of Miami, Director of the UM Neurosurgery Residency Program, and Director of the UM Surgical Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program, Dr. Komotar’s primary clinical interests include surgery and radiosurgery (Gamma Knife) for the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors, as well as meningiomas and pituitary lesions. He is an internationally recognized leader in the field of brain tumors and performs nearly 700 procedures annually using cutting-edge surgical and radiosurgical techniques, making him one of the highest-volume brain tumor surgeons in the world.

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Dr. Starke is an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, and Neurosciences, and Co-Director of Endovascular Neurosurgery. He earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York. He completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Starke then pursued further training in endovascular neurosurgery at both the University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He specializes in the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, including aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, cavernous malformations, moyamoya disease, carotid and intracranial stenosis, and bypass surgery.

Dr. Starke has authored over 700 PubMed-indexed publications and has contributed to numerous neurosurgery book chapters. He has received multiple prestigious awards, including: The BEE Foundation Cerebrovascular Clinical Research Award, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Cerebrovascular Research Award
The Joe Niekro Research Foundation Cerebrovascular Clinical Investigator Award, The Young Clinical Investigator Award from the Cerebrovascular Section of the Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation.

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Dr. Russin is a Neurosurgeon at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, specializing in cerebrovascular/skull base diseases and epilepsy surgery.

He earned his degree from Drew University and completed his medical studies at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Russin underwent neurosurgical residency training at the University of Southern California (USC). He then pursued advanced fellowship training under Dr. Robert Spetzler at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.

An accomplished microsurgeon, Dr. Russin’s primary focus lies in cerebrovascular diseases and skull base microsurgery. He has extensive expertise in the surgical treatment of complex cerebrovascular lesions, including aneurysms, cerebrovascular occlusive diseases, and arteriovenous malformations. Additionally, he specializes in epilepsy surgery and leads an active research program investigating the biological basis of epilepsy.

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Dr. Goel is a Neurosurgeon and a graduate of Upstate Medical University in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Syracuse. He has achieved several key milestones in his career and is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at King Edward Memorial Hospital and the Cancer Research Institute in Parel, Mumbai, India.

His medical expertise includes spinal surgery, pituitary tumor surgery, acoustic neuroma surgery, and skull base surgery.

In addition to serving as an editor for the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine and Neurology India, Dr. Goel has contributed to editorial boards of multiple medical journals and co-authored the book Neurosurgery of Complex Tumors and Vascular Lesions.

Recently, he completed his career in neurosurgery, leaving behind a groundbreaking contribution to craniovertebral junction surgery. His innovative technique, initially met with skepticism and criticism from peers and superiors, ultimately proved to be highly effective. Today, it is recognized as the gold standard for treating craniovertebral junction disorders, earning him the title of the “Father of Modern Craniovertebral Junction Surgery.”

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Dr. Fady Charbel is the Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at UI Health and an internationally recognized clinician, researcher, and educator specializing in the most complex neurosurgical disorders, including stroke, cerebral aneurysms, cerebral blood flow metabolism, and complex brain tumors.

Dr. Charbel’s research has led to innovations in medical devices, diagnostic imaging, and surgical simulators. He is the developer and co-inventor of the Intracranial Charbel Micro-Flow Probe®, a blood flow measurement tool from Transonic Systems Inc., and the flow analysis system NOVA® from VasSol, Inc. He currently holds eight patents, has delivered over 200 scientific presentations, and has published more than 150 articles.

Dr. Charbel has been named one of America’s Best Surgeons by the Consumers Research Council of America and is recognized among America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly. He holds the Dr. Richard L. and Gertrude W. Fruin Professorship of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and has been invited worldwide to lecture, teach, and demonstrate complex surgical procedures.

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Dr. Vanessa Milanese Holanda is a Functional Neurosurgeon at the Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She also serves as the Director of Communication for the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery and the Secretary General of the Brazilian Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Additionally, she is the Co-Director of the DOMMO Clinic in São Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Milanese has been elected as the President of the Brazilian Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery for the term 2027-2028.

Her transnational work integrates her neurosurgical practice with anatomical research, including white matter dissection in postmortem brains using the Klingler method.

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Dr. Spiros Blackburn, MD is a board-certified neurosurgeon and fellowship-trained specialist in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery. He has specialized expertise in both endoscopic neurosurgery and endovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Blackburn is an Associate Professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Dr. Blackburn received his medical degree from the Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. After completing his residency at the University of Washington in St. Louis, he pursued a cerebrovascular fellowship at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and an endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the University of Washington. Before joining UT Physicians Neurosciences, he held a faculty position as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Awarded numerous academic honors, Dr. Blackburn has lectured nationally on topics such as cerebral aneurysm management, surgical anatomy, arteriovenous malformations, and stroke. His research has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including PNAS, Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, British Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Stroke, and Journal of Neuro-Oncology, among others. His clinical research interests include biomarkers for cerebral vasospasm and translational research for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as various clinical trials for cerebral aneurysm treatment.

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Dr. Nitin Tandon is a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at UTHealth. He earned his medical degree from the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, India, and completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He further pursued a fellowship in epilepsy surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Tandon is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is the Director of the Epilepsy Surgery Program and the Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies at Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center.

He is a co-author of many studies published in journals such as NeuroImage, Journal of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosurgery, and Human Brain Mapping. His current research studies include “Localization of the eloquent cortex using functional imaging and diffusion tensor tractography” and “Electrophysiological characteristics of language regions.”

Dr. Tandon is a member of the Texas Medical Association, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Organization of Human Brain Mapping, the Society for Neuroscience, and the American Epilepsy Society. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences and leads an active research effort.

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Dr. Requejo is an Endovascular Neurosurgeon and the Chief of the Neuroradiology Department at the Hospital Nacional de Pediatría JP Garrahan in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has over twenty years of experience in therapeutic neuroradiology. He graduated in medicine from the University of Buenos Aires and completed his neurosurgery residency in the same city. He further specialized in neuroradiology at the Neurozentrum of the Uniklinik in Freiburg (Albert Ludwig University) in Germany. Throughout his career, vascular diseases have been the focus of his study and research. For over 16 years, his main interest has been pediatric neurointervention.

Dr. Requejo has been a speaker at numerous national and international conferences and has published several articles in high-impact scientific journals, particularly on vascular diseases in pediatrics. His commitment to pediatric neurointervention has significantly contributed to improving endovascular treatments for children, adapting materials originally created for adult populations. He is also highly active in teaching pediatric endovascular techniques.

He is an active member of the WFITN (World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology) and the IPSO (International Pediatric Stroke Organization), where he contributes to treatment guidelines for pediatric vascular pathology.

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Dr. Juan Uribe is the Chief of the Spine Disorders Division, the Volker K. H. Sonntag Chair for Spinal Research, and the Vice President of Neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. In 2024, he was appointed President of the Spinal Disorders and Peripheral Nerves Section of the AANS/CNS.

Dr. Uribe’s expertise includes the surgical treatment of scoliosis, spinal trauma, thoracic herniated discs, and spinal tumors, with a particular focus on minimally invasive spine surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Society of Lateral Access Surgery, and the Scoliosis Research Society.

Dr. Uribe earned his medical degree at the Instituto Superior de Ciencias de la Salud in Colombia, where he also completed his neurosurgery residency at Hospital San Vicente de Paúl. He later pursued a neurosurgery residency at the University of South Florida and a fellowship in spine surgery at the University of Miami.

His research interests include anatomical, biomechanical, and clinical studies on the application of minimally invasive spine surgery for complex degenerative diseases, traumatic injuries, and tumors.

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Giuseppe Lanzino, M.D., is a vascular and endovascular neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Lanzino specializes in the endovascular and surgical treatment of patients with cerebrovascular disorders, including cerebral aneurysms, brain and spinal arteriovenous malformations, dural fistulas, carotid stenosis, and cavernous malformations.

He completed his neurosurgery training at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Additionally, he pursued specialized training in neuroendovascular surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, and a fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

Dr. Lanzino has authored or co-authored more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and is the author of four textbooks.

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Dr. Mauricio Gámez is the President of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the CREO Cancer Center in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and Senior Medical Executive at MyCareGorithm, LLC. He was also an Assistant Professor and Consultant in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. Gámez earned his Medical Doctor degree with Summa Cum Laude honors from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP) in Mexico. He completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic, where he served as Chief Resident and received training at the Proton Therapy Center. After his residency, he pursued fellowships in CNS Radiation Oncology, Skull Base, Head and Neck Oncology, as well as Radiosurgery, Intraoperative Radiotherapy, and Brachytherapy at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

After completing his training, he joined the faculty at The Ohio State University. During his time at the James Cancer Center/Ohio State University, he was Associate Director of the Head and Neck/Intraoperative Radiotherapy fellowship program, as well as Institutional Leader of the Skull Base and Head and Neck Cancer Disease Team. Later, upon joining the Mayo Clinic faculty, he served as Assistant Professor and Consultant in the divisions of Head and Neck, Skull Base, Sarcomas, and Cutaneous Neoplasms.

Dr. Gámez’s research focuses on neoplasms of the Central Nervous System, Skull Base, Head and Neck, and skin. His areas of interest include proton therapy, functional radiotherapy, intraoperative radiotherapy, reirradiation, patient education, digital health, and personalized medicine. He is an active advocate for developing strategies to improve clinical outcomes, reduce toxicities, with the aim of preserving organs and enhancing the quality of life for patients.

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Dr. Clement Hamani earned his medical degree from the Escola Paulista de Medicina in São Paulo in 1993 and then obtained his PhD in Neurosciences from the same institution. He completed a fellowship in Research and Clinical Functional Neurosurgery at the Division of Neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital. In 2008, he joined the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as a Research Associate and became an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto. In 2013, he received the Ohye Award, granted by the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN), for promoting clinical research in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. In 2017, he joined Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Sunnybrook Research Institute.

Dr. Hamani is currently a Full Professor in Neurosurgery/Surgery and Co-Director of the Neurosurgery Research Council at the University of Toronto. He is a Senior Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, Director of Research at the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Preclinical Leader at the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, and a neurosurgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Hamani’s research focuses on the treatment of movement disorders, pain, epilepsy, and psychiatric disorders.

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Yoshua Esquenazi, M.D., is a neurosurgeon with specialized training in epilepsy surgery and surgical neuro-oncology. His practice focuses on brain and spinal tumors. Esquenazi integrates techniques such as brain mapping for awake craniotomies, stereotactic laser ablation, intraventricular endoscopy, stereotactic navigation, and fluorescence microscopy to enhance surgical safety and maximize tumor resection.

He earned his medical degree from the Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City, graduating as the top student of his class. During his studies, he participated in exchange rotations at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as in the William J. Harrington Medical Training Program for Latin America at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

He completed a general surgery internship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and his neurosurgery residency at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, where he served as chief resident of neurosurgery and received the Resident Award from the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Delta Chapter) and the Standing Ovation Award from Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.

During his residency, he worked in the neuroimaging and electrophysiology laboratory of the medical school and later completed a fellowship in epilepsy surgery at the same institution under the mentorship of Dr. Nitin Tandon. Subsequently, he pursued a fellowship in surgical neuro-oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

He is the author of numerous book chapters and articles and has received multiple awards and recognitions during his academic training.

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He holds a degree in Medicine and a residency in Neurosurgery from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas. He obtained his Master’s and PhD degrees in Neurology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He completed a Fellowship in Microsurgical Anatomy in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, under the supervision of Professor Albert Rhoton Jr. He also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neurology at the University of São Paulo (USP). Currently, he is an Associate Professor with Libre Docencia at the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Head of the Vascular Neurosurgery Service at UNIFESP, Coordinator of the Microsurgical Anatomy Laboratory at UNIFESP, Coordinator of the Neurosurgery Fellowship Program at UNIFESP, Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Neurosciences at UNIFESP, and Coordinator of the Neurosurgery Service at the Royal and Benevolent Portuguese Society of Beneficence in São Paulo.

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Dr. Hai Sun completed his residency in Neurological Surgery at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, OR. Additionally, he undertook several distinguished fellowships: one in Epilepsy Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA; another in Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ; and a third in Endovascular Neurosurgery at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA.

Currently, Dr. Sun is an Associate Professor, Assistant Director of Research, and Assistant Director of the Residency Program in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. He is a member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and mentors graduate students in the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Dr. Sun specializes in surgical treatments for patients with epilepsy, brain and pituitary tumors, cerebrovascular anomalies such as aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, as well as ischemic strokes. He also practices general neurosurgery and performs spine surgeries.

Moreover, Dr. Sun conducts research in basic sciences and leads the Epilepsy and Brain Connectivity Laboratory. He is the principal investigator for a Developmental Ideas Award from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Epilepsy Research Program, focused on identifying imaging biomarkers for the development of post-traumatic epilepsy. His research interests include brain-computer interface, neuroimaging, the functional and structural connectome of the brain, and the pathophysiology of epilepsy.

Dr. Sun has co-authored over 80 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and seven book chapters.

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General Medical Surgeon with a specialization in Neurosurgery from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and training at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Certified by the Mexican Board of Neurological Surgery since 1991. Graduated with automatic honors for academic excellence from the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo. His solid academic background is complemented by certifications and competency exams that validate his excellence in neurosurgical practice.

He has a career spanning more than four decades in the field of neurosurgery and medical management. He has held key positions such as General Director of the General Hospital of Pachuca, President of the Mexican Board of Neurological Surgery, and of the Mexican Society of Neurological Surgery. He has organized numerous national and international congresses and has led initiatives in teaching, hospital supervision, and specialized programs in neurosurgery and rehabilitation.

Dr. Rangel Castilla is a vascular and endovascular neurosurgeon practicing private practice in San Luis Potosí. He received his medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. He did neurosurgery residency at Methodist Neurological Institute Houston Texas, and an enfolded pediatric fellowship at the Texas Children’s hospital, He then pursued a Skull base and cerebrovascular fellowship at the world renowned Barrow Neurological Institute under Dr Robert Spetzler mentorship. He then pursue an Endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at the University of Buffalo, New York, He then joined the department of neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, where he was assistant professor for 4 years before he returned to his hometown.
Dr. Rangel Castilla has contribute with more than 150 peer reviewed publications to the literature and has coauthor 3 books: Neuroendoscopic Surgery, Decision Making in Neurovascular diseases and Video Atlas of Neuroendovascular Procedures with publisher Thieme. These books had been translated to Spanish and Chinese language. He is currently working on two more projects: Neurocardiology and Video Atlas of Neuroendovascualr Pediatric Procedures.

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Medical Doctor graduated from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Neurosurgeon graduated from the Siglo XXI National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, and Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. President of the Latin American Chapter of Pediatric Neurosurgery of FLANC from 2010 to 2012.

Neurosurgeon at the ABC Medical Center.

Dr. Fiacro is a distinguished Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgeon with a strong academic background and a prolific research career.

He graduated as a medical doctor from the Superior School of Medicine of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and earned a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), consolidating his specialization in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery. His commitment to research and the advancement of neuroscience has earned him recognition as a Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) Level II, as well as his designation as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Mexican Academy of Surgery.

He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Neurosurgery, a leading scientific journal in the field of neurosurgery. Additionally, he serves as the Head of the Research Division at the Hospital Ángeles Pedregal, where he leads innovative projects in the area of neuroscience.

His impact on medical research is widely recognized, with over 130 publications in indexed journals, generating more than 4,200 citations and an h-index of 31, reflecting the significance of his contributions to the scientific literature.

Dr. Fiacro remains a key figure in the development of functional neurosurgery and in generating knowledge that impacts clinical practice and research in Mexico and internationally.

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Dr. Edgar Nathal is a distinguished neurosurgeon with a high-level academic and professional career. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Guadalajara and completed his residency in Neurosurgery at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco Suárez,” where he consolidated his specialized training.

Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurosurgery at the Cerebrovascular Research Institute of Akita, Japan, where he advanced his knowledge in the management of cerebrovascular pathologies. He also supplemented his training with a course in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Endoscopy under the guidance of Dr. Axel Perneczky at the University of Mainz and the Aesculap Academy in Tuttlingen, Germany.

His leadership in the field of neurosurgery is reflected in his role as president of the Neurovascular Surgery Section of the Mexican Society of Neurological Surgery (SMCN) and of the Vascular Chapter of the Latin American Federation of Neurosurgery (FLANC). He has also contributed to the training of new generations as a Full Professor of Vascular Neurosurgery at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

In terms of hospital management experience, Dr. Edgar Nathal served as Head of the Neurosurgery Department at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán” in Mexico City and is currently the Medical Director of the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco Suárez.”

His contribution to research is recognized through his membership in the National System of Researchers (SNI) and his designation as a Full Member of the National Academy of Medicine, institutions that endorse his impact on the scientific and clinical development of neurosurgery.

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