Event Details

• Peter Hutchinson
  University of Cambridge 
×
Peter Hutchinson
University of Cambridge
Name and Title(s): Professor Peter Hutchinson
Additional biographical information:
Peter Hutchinson BSc (Hons), MBBS, PhD (Cantab), FRCS (Surg Neurol) FMedSci is Professor of Neurosurgery, NIHR Research Professor and Head of the Division of Academic Neurosurgery at the University of Cambridge. He is Director of Clinical Research at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
 
He holds an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon post at Addenbrooke’s Hospital with a sub-specialist interest in the management of neuro-trauma, specifically head and traumatic brain injury. He has a research interest in acute brain injury, utilising monitoring technology  to increase the understanding of the pathophysiology of brain injury, and in the investigation and treatment of concussion. He also leads the international RESCUE studies evaluating the role of decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury. He was awarded the Olivecrona Prize (the “Nobel Prize for Neurosurgery”) for his work on cerebral metabolism in acute brain injury).
 
He has co-authored over 500 publications (including NEJM,  Lancet and Brain) and been lead applicant in over £20m of grants (including MRC and NIHR). He is joint editor of the Oxford Textbook of Neurological Surgery and “Head Injury – A Multidisciplinary Approach”. 
 
He is Director of Clinical Studies at Robinson College, Past President of Clinical Neurosciences Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, Meetings Secretary of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, Treasurer of the International Neurotrauma Society and Chief Medical Officer for the Formula One British Grand Prix. 
 
 
close
• Ivan Timofeev
  Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
×
Ivan Timofeev
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Name and Title(s): Mr Ivan Timofeev MD FRCS (SN) PhD FEBNS
Profession: Physician
Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Ivan Timofeev, FRCS (SN) PhD FEBNS
Current position(s) and affiliations: Neurosurgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specific expertise: Adult spinal disease, Neurotrauma
close
• Michael Fehlings
  University of Toronto 
×
Michael Fehlings
University of Toronto
Name and Title(s): Professor Michael Fehlings MD PhD FRCSC
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor of Neurosurgery
Other Affiliations:
Division of Neurosurgery, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery
Additional biographical information:
Dr. Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS is the Vice Chair Research for the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and a Neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network. Dr. Fehlings is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, holds the Robert Campeau Family Foundation / Dr. C.H. Tator Chair in Brain and Spinal Cord Research at UHN, and is a Senior Scientist at the Krembil Brain Institute. In the fall of 2008, Dr. Fehlings was appointed the inaugural Director of the University of Toronto Neuroscience Program (which he held until June 2012) and is currently Co-Director of the University of Toronto Spine Program. Dr. Fehlings combines an active clinical practice in complex spinal surgery with a translationally oriented research program focused on discovering novel treatments to improve functional outcomes following spinal cord injury (SCI).
close

• ×

  Alexander Younsi

  Heidelberg University Hospital

  Name and Title(s): PD Dr. med. Alexander Younsi FEBNS

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Neurosurgeon

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery

  Additional biographical information:

  I am a Neurosurgeon interested in Neurotraumatology, TBI, and SCI, with a research lab for experimental neuroregenerative and neuroprotective treatment approaches.

  close
  ×

  Jibin Francis

  Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHFT

  Name and Title(s): Jibin Francis

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Spinal surgery

  close
  ×

  Mark Wilson

  Imperial College, London

  Name and Title(s): Professor Mark Wilson

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Prehospital care, Emergency care

  close
  ×

  Mark Kotter

  University of Cambridge

  Name and Title(s): Mark Kotter

  close
  ×

  Antonio Belli

  University of Birmingham

  Name and Title(s): Prof Antonio Belli

  Profession: Scientist

  Job title: Professor of Trauma Neurosurgery

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma

  Additional biographical information:

  Prof Belli graduated from Tor Vergata University in Rome in 1992 with a degree in Medicine and Surgery. He completed a doctoral degree (MD) on neurobiochemistry of brain ischaemia and reperfusion at Tor Vergata University and then moved to the UK in 1994.

  He trained as a neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital, Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Royal Free Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital.

  Prof Belli ia a former Director of the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre in the UK  and is an NIHR Senior Investigator. He has been Chief or Principal Investigator of numerous neurotrauma studies and has led multiple large-scale grants. 

  close
  ×

  Andrea Lavinio

  Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Name and Title(s): Andrea Lavinio

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care, Emergency care

  close
  ×

  Andrew Reisner

  Emory University

  Name and Title(s): Professor Andrew Reisner MD

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Pediatric Neurosurgeon

  Other Affiliations:

  1 World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies - WFNS 2 American Association of Neurosurgeons - AANS 3 Congress of Neurological Surgeons - CNS 4 International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons IISPN 5. Society of British Neurosurgeons - SBNS (International member)

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurotrauma, Pediatric neurosurgery

  Additional biographical information:

  Dr. Andrew Reisner is a board certified pediatric neurosurgeon. He completed a neurosurgery residency at Emory University in 1993 and subsequently did a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco.  He has been an attending neurosurgeon at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) for 25 years. He has a large clinical practice and has averaged over 400 surgical cases annually over this period. He is directly responsible for all aspects of the patients’ care and manages the full gamut of pediatric neurosurgical problems, including brain tumors, congenital CNS diseases, hydrocephalus and trauma.

  Dr. Reisner is a Professor in both the Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Emory University and is involved in resident training.  He established the fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Emory University in 2012.  

  Dr Reisner established the Neurotrauma and Concussion programs at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) and, as Director, is responsible for the logistics and monitoring of compliance of implemented evidence-based pathways (see attached CHOA Neurotrauma 1 page summary).   Dr Reisner championed the implementation of evidence-based pathways in 2022 for severe TBI which has resulted in sustained 40 % improvement in mortality (peer reviewed published data).  The concussion program, Pediatric Concussion Care | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (choa.org) established in 2015 has fulfilled the overwhelming need for management of these children and to date, the concussion program has had > 50,000 patient interactions.   The CHOA Concussion guidelines (toolkit) have been adopted worldwide concussion-tookit.pdf (choa.org)

  Dr. Reisner’s research activity includes a variety of clinical aspects of pediatric neurosurgery with a focus on head injuries.   He established the Pediatric Neurotrauma Lab in 2018, a translational lab housed on the Emory campus.   The laboratory efforts focus on pediatric TBI and concussion biomarkers and has budget of over $5 million, including approx. $500,000 in NIH awards.  Most notable findings are a biomarker that correlates with TBI severity and may have utility in identifying victims of child abuse.    

  He has authored over 126 papers, abstracts and book chapters and given over 320 presentations nationally and internationally  (details in accompanying CV and NIH Biosketch).  

  Dr Reisner was appointed Elaine and John C. Carlos Chair of Neurotrauma at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in 2017.     

  His awards include the Trubshaw Medal, given to the most distinguished surgical resident, resident teaching awards and multiple community service awards.   More recently, in 2020 he was awarded the  Children’s Care Network – Award of Merit for significant contributions to Pediatrics. 

  In 2021, Dr Reisner was nominated to the Chair, Neurotraumatology, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) – 2021-2023.   The WFNS represents more than 30,000 neurosurgeons worldwide and works with its member societies to improve neurosurgical care and enhance research worldwide.    

  close
  ×

  Adel Helmy

  University of Cambridge

  Name and Title(s): Adel Helmy

  Profession: Physician

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Skull base

  close
  ×

  Mario Ganau

  Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT

  Name and Title(s): Mario Ganau MD PhD MBA LLM FEBNS FRCS(Ed) FFSTEd FACS

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon

  Other Affiliations:

  Professor of Neurophysiology & Nanotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Kutaisi University, Georgia

  Areas of specialty:

  Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery, Critical/Intensive care

  Additional biographical information:

  Mario Ganau MD PhD MBA LLM FEBNS FRCS(Ed) FFSTEd FACS
  Consultant Neurosurgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford - UK; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford - UK

  Mr Ganau is a neurosurgeon and scientist with a wide breadth of knowledge in the application of
  innovation technology to clinical practice. Following formal medical and neurosurgical training in Italy and
  France, he completed fellowships in neurotrauma and spinal surgery in the UK and Canada, before joining
  Oxford University Hospitals where he became Trauma Lead for the Neurosurgical Department. Through his attendance to the NHS Leadership Academy programs he has established a leading cranioplasty pathway, which is ranking among the most performing ones in the UK; and since 2023, he was appointed by NHS England as Clinical Lead for Neurosurgery for the entire South-East Region of England. 
  HIs academic curriculum includes a PhD in Nanotechnology and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, as well as economics studies at London School of Economics, UK, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland and Oxford Brookes University, UK. Mr Ganau has completed the Global Clinical Scholar program in Clinical Trials at Harvard Medical School and his core scientific interest is mainly focused towards the diagnostic and theranostic aspects of nanomedicine. During his tenure as visiting researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, USA, he explored the ethical impact of medical innovations with the aim to enhance the quality of a comprehensive technology-based patient-centered approach. Along this path at the forefront of clinical practice and basic research he authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and edited books, which led him to
  receive several awards, recognitions and accolades in Europe, North America and Asia.

  close
  ×

  Andres M. Rubiano

  University El Bosque / ValleSalud Clinical Network

  Name and Title(s): Professor Andres M. Rubiano MD, PhD(c), IFAANS, FACS

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Chair of Neurological Surgery Service

  Other Affiliations:

  Meditech Foundation Medical and Research Director

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care, Epidemiology, Prehospital care, Emergency care, Research Scientist

  Additional biographical information:

  Name and title(s): Andres M. Rubiano, MD, PhD

  Current position(s) and affiliations: Chief of Neurological Surgery Service at Valle Salud IPS.

  Professor of Neurosciences and Neurosurgery -Director of Neurotrauma Research, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia / Professor of Neurological Surgery, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

  Chair of the Neurotraumatology Committee of the WFNS / Chair of the International Committee of the Neurotrauma and Critical Care Section of the AANS.

  Specific expertise: His expertise is in Neurotraumatology and Clinical Research, including aspects like trauma systems, emergency care, neurosurgery, and critical care.

  close
  ×

  Peter Whitfield

  South West Neurosurgery Centre

  Name and Title(s): Professor Peter Whitfield

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon

  Other Affiliations:

  President Society of British Neurological Surgeons

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Neuro-oncology

  close
  ×

  Marios Papadopoulos

  St. George's Hospital

  Name and Title(s): Marios Papadopoulos

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Professor

  Other Affiliations:

  I am Professor of Neurosurgery at St George's Hospital in London. I practise general neurosurgery with subspecialist interest in vascular neurosurgery and complex spine. My research interest is the acute management of spinal cord injury. I am co chief investigator in the DISCUS randomised controlled trial.

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery

  close
  ×

  Angelos Kolias

  University of Cambridge

  Name and Title(s): Dr Angelos Kolias MD, PhD, FRCS (SN)

  Profession: Physician

  Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon

  Areas of specialty:

  General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Skull base, Spinal surgery, Neuro-oncology, Critical/Intensive care, Rehabilitation

  close

The course has been developed for:

• Neurosurgeons
• Spine surgeons
• Critical care physicians
• Neurosurgery and critical care nurses
• Mid-Level practitioners
• Neurosurgery residents and fellows
• Translational researchers interested in learning about clinical aspects of neurotrauma