Global Neuro—Comprehensive Online Diploma in Neurotrauma Care
- 09 September 2026 - 17 February 2027
- Andres M. Rubiano Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia
- Gregory Hawryluk Cleveland Clinic
- Andreas Demetriades University of Edinburgh
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Registration fee: USD 500.00
This Global Neuro Comprehensive Online Diploma in Neurotrauma Care has been developed for neurosurgeons and other health care providers, including residents, dedicated to the integral management of Neurotrauma, as well as complex and interdisciplinary patient care.
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Andres M. Rubiano
Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia -
Gregory Hawryluk
Cleveland Clinic -
Andreas Demetriades
University of Edinburgh
Andres M. Rubiano
Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia
Name and Title(s): Professor Andres M. Rubiano MD, PhD(c), IFAANS, FACS
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor of Neurosciences & Neurosurgery
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: Medical & Research Director, Meditech Foundation, Cali, Colombia
Professor of Neurosciences and Neurosurgery -Director of Neurotrauma Research, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia / Professor of Neurological Surgery, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Past 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 lies in Neurotraumatology and Clinical Research, encompassing areas such as trauma systems, emergency care, neurosurgery, and critical care.
Gregory Hawryluk
Cleveland Clinic
Name and Title(s): Temporary Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery Gregory Hawryluk MD, PhD, FRCSC
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor of Neurosurgery
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Dr. Gregory Hawryluk,MD, PhD, FRCSC
Current position(s) and affiliations: Neurosurgeon at Cleveland Clinic and Medical Director of the Brain Trauma Foundation
Greg completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Toronto. During this time he also completed a basic science PhD in Neural Repair and Regeneration under the supervision of Dr. Michael Fehlings which examined the mechanism by which neural precursor cells augment recovery from spinal cord injury.
He leads the development of the Brain Trauma Foundation's head injury guidelines, Co-Directed the development of the SIBICC algorithms and is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for academic achievements such as the Murray Goldstein Award of the National Neurotrauma Society as well as humanitarian awards such as the University Health Network’s Sopman Humanitarian Award.
Specific expertise: spine and brain trauma
Andreas Demetriades
University of Edinburgh
Name and Title(s): Mr Andreas Demetriades FRCS(Neuro.Surg), FEBNS
Profession: Physician
Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon
Other Affiliations:
Leiden University Medical Centre
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Skull base, Spinal surgery, Neuro-oncology, Pain and neuromodulation management, Epidemiology
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s):
Andreas Demetriades,
MB.BChir. (Cantab), M.Phil. (Cantab), FRCSEd (Neuro.Surg), FEBNS
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon, Edinburgh UK,
Past President EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies)
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery
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Jeffrey Rosenfeld
Alfred Hospital
Name and Title(s): Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld MD, MS, FRACS, FACS, FRCS(Ed), IFAANS.
Profession: Neurosurgeon
Job title: Professor of Neurosurgery
Other Affiliations:
Emeritus Professor, Department of Surgery, Monash University, The Clayton, Australia. 3168. Adjunct Professor in Surgery, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Skull base, Neuro-oncology
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld AC, OBE, MBBS, MD, MS, FAHMS, FRACS, FRCS(Edin), FACS, IFAANS, FRCS(Glasg) Hon, FCNST Hon, FRCST Hon.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Senior neurosurgeon at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne and Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Adjunct Professor in Surgery at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD, USA and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Foundation Director, Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME).
He is a retired Major General in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and was a former Surgeon General, ADF-Reserves.
He was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia, 2018, the highest civilian honour in Australia; and the International Lifetime Service Award of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 2018; the Neurosurgery Society of Australasia Medal, 2019; and the Sir Hugh Devine Medal of the RACS, 2019 which is the highest award the college can bestow during a surgeon’s life.
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma research and teaching. He has wide experience with the management of mass casualties and blast and penetrating injuries to the CNS.
Niklas Marklund
University of Lund
Name and Title(s): Dr. Niklas Marklund Professor
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor, consultant neurosurgeon
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery, Peripheral nerve injury
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Niklas Marklund, M.D.,PhD.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor and Academic Chair at the Department of Neurosurgery at Lund University, Sweden
Director of Lund Laboratory for Brain Injury research in Neurosurgery
Founding member and previous vice president of ENO (European Neurotrauma Organization)
Consultant neurosurgeon (överläkare), Lund University Hospital
European editor J Neurotrauma
Chair- Swedish Sports Concussion Society (SSCS) 2021-2023
Member (elected) World Federation of Neurological Surgery (WFNS)
Neurotraumatology Committee and Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee (SNC)2017.-2021 Chair EANS Trauma & Critical Care
Specific expertise: Neurotraumatology that includes experimental as well as clinical research and ranges from sports-related concussions to neurocritical care topics, vascular disorders and spinal neurosurgery.
Niklas Marklund is since 2016 professor and academic chair at the Department of Neurosurgery at Lund University, Sweden, as well as professor of neurosurgery at Uppsala University, Sweden. He went to medical school in Umeå, Sweden and had his neurosurgical training in Uppsala. After his PhD on traumatic brain injury in 2001, he spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow in Philadelphia, USA continuing his research on neurotraumatology. His main clinical and scientific areas of interest are neurotraumatology that includes experimental as well as clinical research and ranges from sports-related concussions to neurocritical care topics, vascular disorders and spinal neurosurgery.
Niklas Marklund was 2010-2016 the Swedish representative in the EANS training committee as well as the scientific secretary of the Swedish Neurosurgical Society. He hosted the 2015 Uppsala training course, is a current member of the EANS exam committee and is a Swedish course leader for the annual Scandinavian neurosurgical courses, Beitostolen, Norway. He is the current mentor of 7 PhD students and on the editorial board or associate editor of five journals including Journal of Neurotrauma, Brain& Spine and Acta Neurochirurgica. He is elected member of the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee and the Neurotrauma Committee of the WFNS. Niklas Marklund has a genuine sports interest and enjoys the art of piano playing. He is of course an individual member of the EANS and was in October 2017 elected as the section chair of Trauma & Critical Care of the EANS a position he held for 4 years.
Mathew Joseph
Christian Medical College, Vellore
Name and Title(s): Professor Mathew Joseph
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor of Neurosurgery
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Mathew Joseph MD, MBBS, MCh
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor of Neurosurgery in Christian Medical College, Vellore, India since 2004.
· President of Neurotrauma Society of India 2021 – 2023.
· Recognized teacher of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
· Vice Chancellor of College of Neurocritical Care 2020 – 2023.
· Chair of the Neurocritical Care Wing of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine 2025 -
Specific expertise: Traumatic brain injury and neurocritical care
Deepak Gupta
JPN Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , DELHI , India
Name and Title(s): Dr Deepak Gupta MBBS, MS.MCH,PHD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor Neurosurgery
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery, Pediatric neurosurgery, Peripheral nerve injury, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Prof. Deepak Kumar Gupta, M.B.B.S., M.S., MCH, FRCS ( Glasgow), PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor and Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS and associated JPN Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, India
Visiting faculty, Professor, Neurosurgery, Italy
Specific expertise: Pediatric Neurosurgery (Complex Craniofacial deformity correction, Encephalocele surgery, Simple and Complex Spinal dysraphism surgery, Childhood brain tumors : Craniopharyngiomas).
Congenital Spinal tumors/Craniovertebral junction anomalies.
Spine: Traumatic and Non-traumatic Degenerative deformity correction surgery & Craniovertebral junction surgery, Minimally Invasive Spine & Endoscopic Surgeries.
Brain trauma, Peripheral nerve and Brachial plexus surgery.
Neuro-oncology & Skull base tumor 6. Biomedical testing of Spinal Implants and Study of Brain Injury models with FEM.
Ryan Kitagawa
University of Texas
Name and Title(s): Ryan Kitagawa Associate Professor
Profession: Physician
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Ryan Kitagawa, M.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Neurotrauma at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston.
Dr. Kitagawa's clinical and research interests include traumatic brain injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, and stroke.
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma and critical care
Eve Tsai
The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa
Name and Title(s): Eve Tsai
Profession: Physician
Job title: Suruchi Bhargava Chair in Spinal Cord and Brain Regeneration Research
Other Affiliations:
University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Spinal surgery, Research Scientist
Additional biographical information:
Dr. Eve Tsai MD, PhD, CIP, FRCSC gained early acceptance into medical school, and obtained her medical degree and her Neurosurgery Residency at the University of Toronto. During her residency, she completed a PhD in spinal cord repair. Dr. Tsai then obtained subspecialty training in spine surgery and completed a Spine Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic. She has won numerous clinical, research, teaching and humanitarian awards.
She has been awarded the Presidential Achievement Award from the Republic of China, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40TM Award (based on: vision and leadership; innovation and achievement; impact; growth and development strategy; and community involvement and contribution); and the Top 25 Women of Influence, won for an unprecedented three years. She was also featured in Neurosurgical Focus as an international woman leader in neurosurgery (Neurosurg Focus 50 (3):E19, 2021).
Dr. Eve Tsai practices at the Ottawa Hospital and her main surgical interests spine and spinal cord diseases such as: spinal cord injury, spinal cord and spine tumors, syringomyelia, and myelopathy. Her research focuses on translating research advances to the clinical realm with respect to spinal cord and brain repair, biomaterials, MRI imaging of spinal cord tracts in humans and animals, stroke and clinical outcomes after spine surgery.Jamie Ullman
Northwell Health Northshore University Hospital
Name and Title(s): Jamie Ullman MD,FACS(C),FAANS
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Jamie S. Ullman, MD, FACS
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Vice Chair, Quality Improvement, Northwell Health , Department of Neurosurgery
Director of Neurotrauma Northwell Health, Department of Neurosurgery
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Chiara Robba
Policlinico San Martini
Name and Title(s): Prof Chiara Robba MD, PhD
Profession: Physician
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care, Neurology
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Chiara Robba, MD, PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations: San Martino Policlinico Hospital
Chiara Robba is a Consultant in Neuro and General Intensive Care at Policlinico San Martino, Genova. She worked for many years at Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge and she got a PhD in Neuroscience under the supervision of Prof Marek Czosnyka. She was Chair of the Neuro Intensive Care section of the ESICM. Her research interests are mainly on Neuromonitoring, autoregulation and mechanical ventilation.
Specific expertise: Neuromonitoring, neuro intensive care.
Jordan Komisarow
Duke University
Name and Title(s): Dr. Jordan Komisarow M.D.
Profession: Physician
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Neuro-oncology, Radiosurgery, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Jordan M. Komisarow, MD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Neurosurgeon, Duke Cancer Center, Durham, NC
Specific expertise: Traumatic Brain Injury
Se-Hyuk Kim
Ajou University Medical Center
Name and Title(s): Professor Se-Hyuk Kim
Profession: Physician
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Neuro-oncology
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Se-Hyuk Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
Chair, Brain Tumor Center and Gamma Knife Center at Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Korea.
Afiliated with:
- Korean Medical Society
- Korean Neurosurgical Society
- Korean Brain Tumor Society
- Korean Neurotraumatology Society
- Korean Society of Geriatric Neurosurgery
- Korean Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Society
- Korean Society for Neuro-Oncology
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Eiichi Suehiro
International University of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine
Name and Title(s): Eiichi Suehiro MD, PhD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor
Other Affiliations:
N/A
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Critical/Intensive care, Prehospital care, Emergency care, Research Scientist
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Eiichi Suehiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor of Neurosurgery, International University of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, Narita, Japan.
Executive directors of the Japan Society of Neurotraumatology and the Japan Society of Neurosurgical Emergency.
Specific expertise: neurotrauma, neurocritical care, cerebrovascular disease
Lori Shutter
University of Pittsburgh
Name and Title(s): Professor Lori Shutter MD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Vice Chair of Education; Division Chief of Neurocritical Care
Other Affiliations:
VIce President, Neurocritical Care Society
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care, Neurology
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Lori A. Shutter, Prof Dr.
Current position(s) and affiliations: Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside and Washington Hospital-Pennsylvania.
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma
Luzius Steiner
University of Basel
Name and Title(s): Prof Luzius Steiner MD, PhD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor and Chairman Anesthesiology
Other Affiliations:
PhD 2003 University of Cambridge (Cerebral perfusion after traumatic head injury)
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care, Neuroanesthesia, geriatric anesthesia, postoperative cognitive decline and delirium
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Luzius Steiner, Prof. MD, PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Dr Steiner is Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology University Hospital of Basel and Medical Head Department of Acute Medicine at the University Hospital of Basel
Specific expertise: neurointensive care, neuromonitoring, neroanesthesia, geriatric anesthesia
Claude Hemphill
University of California, San Francisco
Name and Title(s): Professor Claude Hemphill MD,MAS
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Areas of specialty:
Neurovascular, Critical/Intensive care, Neurology
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Claude Hemphill, MD, MAS
Current position(s) and affiliations: Professor of Neurology at UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and Director of Neurocritical Care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
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Specific expertise: Neurocritical Care
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.
He currenly lead the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Franco Servadei
Humanitas University
Name and Title(s): Professor Franco Servadei No
Profession: Physician
Job title: Prof of Neurosurgery
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Franco Servadei, M.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor of Neurosurgery, Humanitas University , Milano, Italy
Honorary Professor of Neurosurgery at Burdenko Institute, Moskow, Russia, Universita’ Italiana di Buenos Aires, Argentina, University of Surabaya, Indonesia, north Wetsern University, Peshawar Pakistan andUniversity of Cambridge , UK.
Chairman the Neurotrauma Committee of the WFNS (2002-2009)
President Italian Neurosurgical Society 2010-2012
President Elect , WFNS (2015) and President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies from 2017 to 2021 than Padt President
Invited speaker in the last 10 years to 72 international meetings in all the 5 Continents of the WFNS
Visiting professor in UK, Taiwan, Russia, Argentina, India, Indonesia, USA, Brazil, Vietnam, France, Bolivia
Chairman of 5 international training course for young Neurosurgeons, teacher in other 17 Courses
Organizer of 5 International World Meetings
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma
Kee Park
Harvard Medical School
Name and Title(s): Kee Park
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Kee B. Park, M.D., MPH,
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Director of Policy and Advocacy Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
Co-Chair, Global Neurosurgery Committee World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
Member, Expert Advisory Panel on Surgical Care World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Gail Rosseau
George Washington University
Name and Title(s): Gail Rosseau MD, FAANS, FACS
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Gail Rosseau M.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Chairman of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies World Health Organization Liaison Committee (WFNS-WHO), and an officer of the G4 Alliance (Surgical, Obstetrics, Trauma and Anesthesia).
Served on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery (FIENS) and of ThinkFirst, the International Head and Spine Injury Prevention Program. She has been elected to leadership positions in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Societe de Neurochirurgie de Langue Francaise (SNCLF) and the WFNS.
Specific expertise: Pituitary and skull base surgery, microvascular compression syndromes and stereotactic radiosurgery. Her clinical practice currently is focused in the area of Traumatic Brain Injury.
Anthony Figaji
University of Cape Town
Name and Title(s): Professor Anthony Figaji MBChB FCS Phd
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Anthony Figaji MBChB, MMED, FCS (Neurosurgery), PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor and Head Paediatric Neurosurgery at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
National Research Foundation SARChI Chair of Clinical Neurosciences
Secretary of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Scientific chair of the Society of Neurosurgeons of SA
Pediatric Director of the Brain Trauma Foundation.
He is past president of the International Neurotrauma Society and one of the founder members of Global Neuro.
Specific expertise: Paediatric Neurosurgery
Mark Wilson
Imperial College of London
Name and Title(s): Mark Wilson
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Prof. Mark Wilson, MBBChir PhD FRCS (SN) FIMC MRCA
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor of practice of brain injury at Imperial College and is honorary professor (the Gibson Chair) of pre-hospital care at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
He works in neurosurgery and pre-hospital care at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and for Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust.
Clinical lead for neurotrauma at the Trust and co-director of the Imperial Neurotrauma Centre.
Chair of the trauma committee for the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS)
He is co-founder of GoodSAM.org.
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery and pre-hospital care, acute and traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially the first few minutes and hours after injury.
Claudius Thomé
University of Innsbruck
Name and Title(s): Prof Dr med Claudius Thomé MD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Prof. Claudius Thomé, M.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Director of the University Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria) and President of the Austrian Society for Spine Surgery (ÖGW) since 2009.
eccElearning Spine Surgery Education Programme faculty.
Specific expertise: Spine surgery. Thomé's research interests include subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral vasospasm, tissue engineering in degenerative spine disease, evidence-based and minimally invasive spine surgery, and intensive care neuromonitoring and neurotraumatology.
Shaheem De Vries
University of Cape Town
Name and Title(s): Dr Shaheem De Vries
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Shaheem de Vries, Dr.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Current Head of the Western Cape Government Health Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Currently completing an executive MBA at the Graduate School of Business with a special interest in safety within complex systems. Dr de Vries is also a UCT alumnus.
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma
Shelly Timmons
Medical College of Wisconsin
Name and Title(s): Professor of Neurosurgery Shelly Timmons Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery; Co-Director, Neuroscience Institute
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, Prof
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma
Geoffrey Manley
University of California, San Francisco
Name and Title(s): Prof Dr Geoffrey Manley MD, PhD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Professor of Neurosurgery
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Geoffrey Manley, Prof Dr
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Margaret Liu Endowed Professor in Traumatic Brain Injury
Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, Brain and Spinal Injury Center (BASIC)
University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Neurosurgery
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Specific expertise: Dr. Manley's research interests range from molecular aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to the clinical care of TBI victims.
Ernest Barthélemy
Downstate Health Science University
Name and Title(s): Ernest Barthélemy MD, MA, MPH
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Ernest Barthelemy, MD, MPH, MA
Current position(s) and affiliations: Chief of Neurosurgery, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
President and Co-Founder, Society of Haitian Neuroscientists
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma, Global Neurosurgery
Lubdha M. Shah
University of Utah
Name and Title(s): Lubdha M. Shah MD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Lubdha M. Shah, MD
Current position(s) and affiliations: Director of spine imaging, University of Utah
Specific expertise: neurointerventional spinal procedures such as epidural steroid injections
Robson Amorim
Federal University of Amazonas
Name and Title(s): Dr Robson Amorim PhD
Profession: Physician assistant
Job title: Neurosurgeon
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Critical/Intensive care, Emergency care
Additional biographical information:
Robson Amorim
MD, Ph.D., Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of São Paulo and Federal University of Amazonas
Supervisor of the Neurosurgery Residency at Getulio Vargas University Hospital
Secretary of the Department of Neurointensive Care of the Brazilian Neurosurgery Society
President of the Brazilian Academy Society
Global Neuro Faculty
120 peer-reviewed published papers with a focus on Neuroemergency Surgery
2 Published Books (Both about Neurotraumatology)
Uzma Samadani
University of Minnesota
Name and Title(s): Uzma Samadani MD, PhD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations: University of Minnesota
Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota with graduate faculty appointments in Neuroscience and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Wellingson Paiva
University of Sao Paulo
Name and Title(s): Wellingson Paiva MD, PhD
Profession: Physician
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Paiva Wellingson, MD, PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine of London.
Professor and Supervisor of the Neurotrauma Unit - Hospital das Clínicas USP.
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Alfonso Lagares
Hospital 12 de Octubre
Name and Title(s): Alfonso Lagares MD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Prof. Alfonso Lagares M.D., PhD.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Head of Department Neurosurgery. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Professor of Neurosurgery. Universidad Complutense de Madrid Coordinator of the Investigation Group: Neurotraumatology and Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Area de Neurociencias, Instituto de Investigación imas12. Consultant Neusurgeon. Hospital Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Madrid. Consultant Neurosurgeon Hospital Monográfico Asepeyo (Coslada).
Editor of the journal Neurocirugía, Official Journal of the Spanish Neurosurgical Society; ISSN:1130-1473 included in the JCR and PubMed.
Member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery(SENEC), European Association of Neurological Surgeons(EANS) and American Association of Neurological Surgeons(AANS)
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma management, Comprehensive management of Aneurysm, AVMs and SAH. More than 20 years experience in spine surgery.
Expertise both in open and endoscopic cranial base surgery. Including pituitary tumors, meningioma and acoustic neurinomas.
Expertise in Trigeminal Neuralgia management both by open surgery and percutaneous approach.
José Fernández-Alén
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
Name and Title(s): Dr. José Fernández-Alén MD, PhD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Jose Fernandez Alen, Dr. MD, PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations: Head of the Neurosurgery service at the Hospital Universitario de La Princesa by competitive examination.
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma
Michael Fehlings
University of Toronto
Name and Title(s): Prof Dr Michael Fehlings MD,PhD, FRCSC,FACS
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Michael G. Fehlings, M.D., PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FRSC, FCAHS
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor of Neurosurgery, Vice Chair Research, Department of Surgery, Co-Director, Spine Program and McLaughlin Scholar in Molecular Medicine at the University of Toronto in Canada.
Gerry and Tootsie Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration
Senior Scientist, Krembil Brain Institute
Scientist, McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network
Dr. Fehlings combines an active clinical practice in complex spinal surgery with a translationally oriented research program focused on discovering novel treatments for the injured brain and spinal cord. This is reflected by the publication of over 900 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 90) chiefly in the area of central nervous system injury and complex spinal surgery.
Dr. Fehlings leads a multi-disciplinary team of researchers that is examining the application of stem cells, nanotechnology and tissue engineering for CNS repair and regeneration. He is also Chair of the Advisory Committee of the AO Foundation Clinical Investigation Division and leads several international clinical research trials. In addition, Dr. Fehlings is involved in a number of exciting initiatives, including the Center for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application (CRANIA).
Specific expertise: Central nervous system injury and complex spinal surgery (SCI).
Uzma Samadani
University of Minnesota
Name and Title(s): Uzma Samadani MD, PhD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations: University of Minnesota
Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota with graduate faculty appointments in Neuroscience and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Marek Czosnyka
University of Cambridge
Name and Title(s): Prof Marek Czosnyka
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Marek Czosnyka, Prof.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
In 1986 he obtained PhD tile for his thesis about Intracranial Pressure processing and interpretation. In 1991 was offered scientific position at University of Cambridge, UK.
Reader in Brain Physics (2003) and in 2013- Professor of Brain Physics in Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge, UK. In a meanwhile, in 2006 he was granted by President of Poland the title of Belvedere (Warsaw) Professor of Technical Sciences.
Specific expertise: Brain Physics
Elham Rostami
University of Uppsala
Name and Title(s): Elham Rostami
Additional biographical information:
Elham Rostami, MD, PhD, born in Iran. She studied at Karolinska Institute in Sweden. she interned in Bangalore, India and provided medical care for children with Aspergers in Sweden all while obtaining fellowships from Johns Hopkins to research stroke, training on fMRI techniques at NIH in Bethesda, and starting a PhD on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). After graduating in 2008, Rostami worked as an ED physician, and worked on addiction, prior to graduating from neurosurgery training in 2017, after which she was appointed an associate professor in neurosurgery, a clinical scientist at the prestigious Karolinska Institute, and a consultant neurosurgeon at the Uppsala University Hospital in the subsequent years. She also holds a Wallenberg clinical fellow position.
Rostami’s extensive research profile encompasses many aspects of TBI, from biomarkers, physiology, pharmacology, treatment, and imaging amongst many others. She authored and co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications, and contributed to myriad book chapters. She is a recognised authority on CBF, and has been an invited speakers to several major conferences to speak on the matter, including the EANS and Euroanaesthesia. In addition to her busy clinical duties, she is active in mentoring research theses for PhD students both as a main and as a co-supervisor. She has attracted over 13 million Swedish Krona (EUR ~1.3 million) in research funding. Furthermore, Rostami serves as the Vice Chair of the Neurotrauma Section of the EANS, is a member of the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, and is a commissioner in the assessment group of the Faculty of Medicine's Foundation for Psychiatric and Neurological Research.
Michael Reinert
Hirslanden St. Anna
Name and Title(s): Michael Reinert
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Prof. Michael Reinert, M.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Consultant neurosurgery physician at the Neuro- and Spinal Center at the Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna in Lucerne nd Spinal Center Central Switzerland Ticino, Switzerland.
Chief Physician of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Neurocenter of the Canton of Ticino in Lugano.
Specific expertise: Neurooncological treatments of brain tumors and skull base tumors, minimally invasive treatments of spinal, degenerative and traumatic pathologies.
Ann Parr
University of Minnesota
Name and Title(s): Ann Parr PhD, MD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Ann Parr, MD, PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgeons, University of Minnesota
Director, Spinal Neurosurgery Preceptor, University of Minnesota
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
David LeFeuvre
University of Cape Town
Name and Title(s): David LeFeuvre
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Prof. David Le Feuvre, M.D., FCS
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Assoicate Professor University of Cape Town
Consultant Neurosurgeon Neurovascular Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, MBChB Convener, Division of Neurosurgery, South Africa
Member of the Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa South African Neurointervention Society
World Federation of Therapeutic and Interventional Neuroradiology (Secretary, 9th Bienniel Meeting, 2011)
Specific expertise: Cerebrovascular surgery, Neuro-intervention, Neuro-oncology: Skull Base surgery and glioma surgery.
Oscar L Alves
Hospital Lusiadas
Name and Title(s): Oscar L Alves MD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Oscar L. Alves, M.D
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Head of Neurosurgery Hospital Lusíadas Porto
Senior Consultant in Neurosurgery Centro Hospitalar de Gaia Espinho
Cranial Base Consultant Centro Hospitalar entre Douro e Vouga
Fulbright Fellow
Executive Board Member and Treasurer CSRS-E
Board Member Spine Committe WFNS
Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery Hôpital Lariboisiere, Université Paris VII, France
Post-Doc Assistant, Neurosurgery, Medical College of Virginia, USASpecific expertise: Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery
Randy Bell
Avera, University of South Dakota
Name and Title(s): Professor Randy Bell MD
Profession: Physician
Job title: Neurosurgery/Endovascular Neurosurgery
Other Affiliations:
Adjunct Professor of Surgery Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Bethesda, MD Military Director/Advisor Brain Trauma Foundation
Areas of specialty:
General neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Neurovascular
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Randy Bell, MD
Current position(s) and affiliations: Avera Mckennan Hospital and University Health Center, University of South Dakota School of Medicine
Dr. Randy S. Bell is an endovascular neurosurgeon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota who specializes in the care cerebrovascular disorders including stroke. He recently retired from active duty in the United States Navy where, for 20 years practicing at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and other locations around the world, he cared for the wounded who returned from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the Co-PI on the forthcoming second edition guidelines for the management of penetrating brain injury.
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery, endovascular neurosurgery, traumatic cerebrovascular injury
Alex Valadka
Virginia Commonwealth University
Name and Title(s): Alex Valadka MD
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Alex Valadka, MD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery Director, American Board of Neurological Surgery President-Elect, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Francis Bernard
Université de Montréal
Name and Title(s): Francis Bernard
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Francis Bernard, MD, FRCPC
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Full Clinical Professor at University of Montréal since 2018.
Director of the neurological care unit (NCCU) of the Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur in Montreal (HSCM) since 2006 and is responsible for its development.
He is the author of an intracranial hypertension management guide, which is supported by INESSS for its excellence.
Researcher at the HSCM research center since 2007. He is the co-director of the trauma and critical care research axis of the center since 2012. He acts as a reviewer for various scientific journals and the FRQ-S.
He is also the only Canadian member of the clinical standardization team of the NIH granted BOOST-3 trial.
Specific expertise: Internal medicine and Critical care
Celeste Dias
University of Porto
Name and Title(s): PhD Celeste Dias Associate Professor
Profession: Physician
Job title: Intensive Care Consultant
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Critical/Intensive care, Emergency care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Maria Celeste Dias Ferreira M.D., PhD
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Senior Consultant in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Clinical Coordinator of the Neurocritical Care Unit, Intensive Care Department, University Hospital São João, Porto in Portugal.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Pre and Postgraduate education, since 2017.
Supervision of MsD and PhD of students from the Univ. of Minho and the Univ. of Porto(FMUP, FCUP e FEUP).
Associate Member of “Centro de Matemática da Universidade do Porto”, Faculty of Sciences, UP, since 2013.
External Professor for ICBAS, University of Porto, Postgraduate education; PG Courses, CESPU, Gandra, and PG Courses, ESS Norte, Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Oliveira Azemeis.
Specific expertise: Anaesthesiology, Neurocritical and Intensive Care.
John Hurlbert
University of Arizona
Name and Title(s): Dr John Hurlbert MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): John Hurlbert, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor, Surgery
Co-Medical Director, Spine ProgramJohn Hurlbert joined the University of Arizona Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery in August 2016 in the role of co-director of the UA Spine Program. His focus includes program-building, residency, and spine fellowship training and clinical and translational research.
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Gustavo Patriota
Hospital de Emergência e Trauma Senador Humberto Lucena
Name and Title(s): Dr. Gustavo Patriota PhD
Andras Büki
Örebro University
Name and Title(s): Prof. Andras Büki
Profession: Physician
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Neurovascular, Skull base, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): András Büki M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Andras Buki has been pursuing research activity in the field of neurosciences since over 30 years including a two-years fellowship at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA studying proteolytic processes in traumatic axonal injury.
He was awarded the Aesculap Research Price (2000) and the European Lecturer Award (2022) of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).
He chaired a clinical department at the University of Pecs, in Hungary for seven years before he moved to Sweden in January 2022, as Professor of Neurosurgery at Örebro University and consultant neurosurgeon at the University Hospital, Region Örebro Län.
He has served as work package leader for biomarker research within the framework of the EU FP-7 funded CENTER TBI project and have been participating in InTBIR since its grounding.
He is past president of the Hungarian Neurosurgical Society, of the International Neurotrauma Society and past- treasurer of the EANS.
He is board member of the European Brain Injury Consortium and the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee, editorial board member of Brain and Spine, Journal of Neurotrauma and Frontiers Neurotrauma.
His focus as an active neurosurgeon is primarily at the field of skull base surgery and neurotrauma.
His current research interest is related to the role of biomarkers in the diagnostics and prognostication of brain injuries of various severity and origin.
Specific expertise: General neurosurgery and Neurotrauma
Aurelia Peraud
University of Ulm
Name and Title(s): Prof. Dr. med. Aurelia Peraud
Profession: Physician
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma, Neuro-oncology, Pediatric neurosurgery, Critical/Intensive care
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Aurelia Peraud M.D.
Current position(s) and affiliations: Head Pediatric Neurosurgery, Epilepsy surgery and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Ulm University, Clinic for Neurosurgery, Germany.
Specific expertise: Pediatric neurosurgery
Jong Hyun Kim
Dongguk university Gyeongju hospital
Name and Title(s): Jong Hyun Kim
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Jong Hyun Kim, Dr.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Specific expertise: Neurosurgery
Michael Buchfelder
University of Erlangen
Name and Title(s): Prof. Dr. Michael Buchfelder
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Michael Buchfelder, Prof. Dr. med
Current position(s) and affiliations: Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma
Angelo Pompucci
Santa Maria Goretti hospital
Name and Title(s): Dr Angelo Pompucci Prof
Guoyi Gao
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Name and Title(s): Guoyi Gao
Profession: Physician
Other Affiliations:
none
Areas of specialty:
Neurotrauma
Additional biographical information:
Name and title(s): Guoyi Gao, M.D., PhD.
Current position(s) and affiliations:
Professor and chair of the Neurotrauma division, Neurosuegery Department, Beijign Tiantan hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijign, China.
Vice Chairman of Young Member committee of Chinese Trauma Society
Vice director of Neurotrauma Board of Chinese Trauma society
Board member of Education Committee, Chinese Neurosurgeon Society
Vice Director of Head trauma committee of Shanghai Neurosurgical Association
Specific expertise: Neurotrauma, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Chad Gordon
Johns Hopkins University
Name and Title(s): Chad Gordon
Additional biographical information:
Dr. Chad Gordon is the pioneer behind the emerging field known as “Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery". As an internationally recognized expert in cranioplasty reconstruction and custom skull implants. Dr. Gordon is the Section Chief of Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Director for the Johns Hopkins Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship, Professor of Plastic-Reconstructive Surgery and Neurological Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Principal Investigator of the Neuroplastic Surgery Laboratory at Johns Hopkins. He also chairs the Annual Harvard-Hopkins Neuroplastic Surgery Symposium and is the inaugural President for the Society of Neuroplastic Surgery.
Dr. Gordon has performed several "first-in-human" surgeries with state-of-the-art cranial implants and holds numerous patents for patient-specific craniofacial implants and computer-assisted/robot-assisted technologies. With advanced training in adult craniomaxillofacial surgery, his clinical expertise includes neuroplastic surgery, which encompasses reconstructive surgery in the craniofacial, skull and scalp regions. Over the last nine years, he has developed this new subspecialty with strong collaboration alongside Neurosurgery. His main concentration involves optimizing reconstructive outcomes for adult neurosurgical patients including brain/skull tumor, head trauma, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, and neurofibromatosis. Dr. Gordon serves as the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center with the Department of Neurosurgery. He is responsible for coordinating complex craniofacial reconstructions alongside a large group of dedicated neurosurgeons and multidisciplinary specialists at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Gordon received his doctor of osteopathic medicine degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a residency in plastic-reconstructive surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and a fellowship in adult craniomaxillofacial surgery at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Gordon's main research interests include neuroplastic surgery, adult craniofacial surgery, cranioplasty, and customized cranial implants. In 2015, Dr. Gordon became an Associate Editor for the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. This journal is recognized as the leading international journal for the specialty of craniofacial surgery, and is now the official journal of the Society of Neuroplastic Surgery, for which Dr. Gordon serves as President. In addition, Dr. Gordon serves as an associate editor for the Annals of Plastic Surgery.
This Global Neuro Comprehensive Online Diploma in Neurotrauma Care has been developed for neurosurgeons and other health care providers, including residents, dedicated to the integral management of Neurotrauma, as well as complex and interdisciplinary patient care.
The diploma program is a combination of lectures, tutorials and case studies, to increase participants' basic understanding of evidence-based practice in neurotrauma. The video lectures will be delivered weekly and will be available in a repository for remote access during the 21 weeks duration of the program.
The program is organized in 10 modules (typically each one with 6 lectures, totaling 61 lectures). These will be evaluated with a multiple-choice test with a minimum required score of 70%. At the end of the 10 modules a final exam evaluating the content of the whole program will be performed online.
The final grade will be a sum of the module’s exams (50%) and the final exam (50%). The minimum required score to obtain the certification will be 7.0 / 10 (70%)
Agenda
Module 1 Neurotrauma Epidemiology and Trauma Care Systems
Date(s): 9 Sep to 22 Sep, 2026
Faculty: Franco Servadei (Humanitas University / Italy), Ernest Barthelemy (Downstate Health Science University / USA), Andres Rubiano (University of El Bosque / Colombia), Jeffrey Rosenfeld (Monash University / Australia), Kee B Park (Harvard Medical School / USA), Gail Rosseau (George Washington University / USA)
· C1: Epidemiology of TBI in High Income Settings
· C2: Epidemiology of TBI in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
· C3: Trauma Systems and Organized Neurotrauma Care
· C4: Neurotrauma Care Systems in Disasters and in Rural Settings
· C5: Cranial Neurotrauma in the Context of Global Neurosurgery
· C6: Global Neurotrauma and Prevention
· Recommended Readings
· Module 1 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 2 Insights of Neurotrauma Pathophysiology
Date(s): 23 Sep to 6 Oct, 2026
Faculty: Niklas Marklund (University of Lund / Sweden), Mathew Joseph (CMC Vellore / India), Anthony Figaji (Cape Town University / South Africa), Andres Rubiano (University of El Bosque / Colombia), Gregory Hawryluk (Cleveland Clinic / USA), Michael Fehlings (University of Toronto / Canada)
· C1: Neuroproteomics and Biomarkers in Neurotrauma
· C2: Patterns of Primary Injury in Neurotrauma
· C3: Spectrum of Secondary Injuries in Cranial Neurotrauma
· C4: Brain Edema Concepts in Traumatic Brain Injury
· C5: Intracranial Pressure and Cranial Compartment Syndrome
· C6: Spinal Neurotrauma: Current Concepts in Pathophysiology
· Recommended Readings
· Module 2 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 3 Initial Assessment and Management of the Neurotrauma Patients
Date(s): 7 Oct to 20 Oct, 2026
Faculty: Deepak Gupta (AIIMS New Delhi/ India), Mark Wilson (Imperial College / UK), Claudius Thomé (Innsbruck Medical University / Austria), Shaheem De Vries (University of Capetown / South Africa), Shelly Timmons (Indiaan University / USA), Ryan Kitagawa (University of Texas Health Sciences Center / USA)
· C1: Glasgow Coma Scale, Pupillary Index and Outcome
· C2: Prehospital Care of TBI Patients in Advanced Trauma Systems
· C3: Prehospital Care of SCI Patients in Advanced Trauma Systems
· C4: Prehospital Care of Neurotrauma in Low Resources Areas
· C5: Emergency Care of TBI in Polytrauma Patients
· C6: Initial Fluid Resuscitation in Neurotrauma Patients
· Recommended Readings
· Module 3 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 4: Neurotrauma Diagnostic Systems and Brain Monitoring Devices I
Date(s): 21 Oct to 3 Nov, 2026
Faculty: Geoffrey Manley (University of San Francisco / USA), Lubdha M Shah (University of Utah/ USA), Robson Amorim (Federal University of Amazonas / Brazil), Jamie Ullman (North shore University Hospital /USA), Chiara Robba (Policlinico San Martini / Switzerland), Jordan Komisarow (University of Durham / USA)
· C1: Basic and Advanced Imaging in Cranial Neurotrauma
· C2: Basic and Advanced Imaging in Spinal Trauma
· C3: Invasive and Non-Invasive ICP Monitoring Systems
· C4: PTI02 Monitoring Systems
· C5: Transcranial Doppler in Traumatic Brain Injury
· C6: Near Infrared Spectroscopy Systems in TBI
· Recommended Readings
· Module 4 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 5: Neurotrauma Diagnostic Systems and Brain Monitoring Devices II
Date(s): 4 Oct to 17 Oct, 2026
Faculty: Eve Tsai (The Ottawa Hospital / Canada), Uzma Samadani (University of Minnesota / USA),
Marek Czosnyka (Cambridge University / UK), Lori Shutter (University of Pittsburgh/ USA), Luzius Steiner (University of Basel / Switzerland), Elham Rostami (University of Uppsala / Sweden)
· C1: Ventricular Catheters and External Drainage Systems in TBI
· C2: Pupillometry for Traumatic Brain Injury
· C3: Multiparametric Monitoring Systems in TBI
· C4: Brain Temperature Monitoring in TBI
· C5: Jugular Venous Saturation in TBI
· C6: Microdialysis in Traumatic Brain Injury
· Recommended Readings
· Module 5 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 6 Surgical Management of Neurotrauma Patients I
Date(s): 18 Nov to 1 Dec, 2026
Faculty: Wellingson Paiva (University of Sao Paulo/ Brazil), Se-Hyuk Kim (Ajou University / South Korea), Eiichi Suehiro (International University of Health and Welfare / Japan), Luigi Berra (University Hospital Policlinico Umberto I -Sapienza University of Rome / Italy), Alfonso Lagares (Hospital 12 de Octubre / Spain), Jose Fernandez Alén (Hospital Universitario de la Princesa / Spain)
· C1: Surgical Management of Acute Subdural Hematomas
· C2: Surgical Management of Epidural Hematomas
· C3: Surgical Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
· C4: Surgical Management of Brain Edema
· C5: Surgical Management of Chronic Subdural Hematomas
· C6: Surgical Management of Skull Depressed Fractures and Frontal Sinus Fractures
· Recommended Readings
· Module 6 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 7 Surgical Management of Neurotrauma Patients II
Date(s): 2 Dec to 15 Dec, 2026
Faculty: Michael Fehlings (University of Toronto / Canada), Andreas Demetriades (Edinburgh University / United Kingdom) / Himansu Shekhar (Ninewells Hospital & Medical School / United Kingdom), Michael Reinert (Hirslanden St. Anna / Switzerland), Ann Parr (University of Minnesota / USA), David Le Feuvre (University of Cape Town / South Africa), Oscar Alves (Hospital Lusiadas / Portugal), Randy Bell (Avera Mckennan Hospital and University Health Center / USA)
· C1: Timing of Surgical Intervention for Spinal Cord Injury
· C2: Surgical Management of Cervical Spine Injuries
· C3: Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Injuries
· C4: Surgical Management of Complex Spinal Trauma
· C5: Surgical Management of Traumatic Cranio-Facial Arterial Injuries
· C6: Surgical Management of Craniovertebral Junction Trauma
· C7: Surgical Management of Penetrating Brain and Spinal Trauma
· Recommended Readings
· Module 7 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 8 Critical Care Management of Neurotrauma Patients
Date(s): 16 Dec to 29 Dec, 2026
Faculty: Alex Valadka (Virginia Commonwealth University / USA), Jean-Claude Hemphill (University of California / USA), Niklas Marklund (University of Lund / Sweden), Francis Bernard (Université de Montréal / Canada), Celeste Dias (Centro Hospitalar São João / Portugal), John Hurlbert (University of Arizona / USA)
· C1: Critical Care Management of High ICP in TBI
· C2: Critical Care Management of Brain Hypoxia in TBI
· C3: The Lund Therapy in TBI
· C4: Critical Care Management of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
· C5: Critical Care Management of TBI Patients with Lung Injuries
· C6: Critical Care Management of Spinal Cord Injuries
· Recommended Readings
· Module 8 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 9 Integral Management of Special Neurotrauma Populations
Date(s): 30 Dec, 2026 to 12 Jan, 2027
Faculty: Gustavo Patriota (Hospital de Emergência e Trauma Senador Humberto Lucena / Brazil), András Büki (University of Pecs / Hungary), David Adelson (Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at WVU Medicine / USA), Aurelia Peraud (University of Ulm / Germany), Jong Hyun Kim (Korea University Hospital of Guro / South Korea), Michael Buchfelder (University of Erlangen / Germany)
· C1: Management of Neurotrauma Patients with Coagulopathy
· C2: Management of Elderly Patients with TBI
· C3: Surgical Management of Pediatric Patients with TBI
· C4: Critical Care Management of Pediatric Patients with TBI
· C5: Management of Patients with Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus
· C6: Management of Patients with Sodium Disorders after TBI
· Recommended Readings
· Module 9 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Module 10 Updates, Complex Cases and Complications in Neurotrauma Patients
Date(s): 13 Jan to 26 Jan, 2027
Faculty: Angelo Pompucci (Santa Maria Goretti Hospital / Italy), Guoyi Gao (Beijing Tiantan Hospital / China), Wellingson Paiva (University of Sao Paulo/ Brazil), Gregory Hawryluk (Cleveland Clinic / USA), Antony Belli (University of Birmingham / United Kingdom), Chad Gordon (Johns Hopkins University / USA)
· C1: Management of Complex Skull Base Trauma with CSF Leaks.
· C2: Management of Complex Cases after Decompressive Craniectomy
· C3: Management of Complex Post Traumatic Epilepsy
· C4: Updates in TBI Classification
· C5: Management of Patients with Sport Related Concussions
· C6: Management of Complicated Scalp Injuries after TBI
· Recommended Readings
· Module 10 Examination (On-Line Quiz)
Final Exams: Two times 25 Questions (Coordinators: A Demetriades, A. Rubiano, G. Hawryluk)
Date(s): 27 Jan to 17 Feb, 2027
To support the content provided, each module will include a forum for participants to ask module relevant questions from faculty
Accreditation: To be confirmed
By completing this course, participants will be better able to:
- Demonstrate the magnitude of the spectrum of neurotrauma epidemiology worldwide and how different types of injuries can affect patients in different age groups.
- Develop the ability to read and understand published research related to cranial and spinal neurotrauma, integrated management and outcomes.
- Analyze the differences of initial assessment and management of neurotrauma patients in different level of resource availability, interacting with protocols, guidelines, consensus and evidence-based interventions in a wider frame of patient safety first.
- Develop the appropriate decision-making skills to apply a multi-disciplinary and cross-specialty approach to the prehospital, emergency care, surgical and critical care management of neurotrauma patients.
- Generate the essential knowledge and critical analysis to define futility of care in complex cases and in neurotrauma care related complications.
- Normal Resident_30% off (30%)
- Lower-and Middle-Income countries (LMICs) Resident_50% off (50%)
- Lower-and Middle-Income countries (LMICs) Specialist_30% off (30%)
Cancellation policy: No refund for any cancellation within 30 days of the event date
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