The International Neuromodulation Society Board of Directors
Executive OfficersINS President Marc Russo, MBBS DA (UK) FANZCA FFPMANZCA
A/Prof Marc Russo was born in Sydney, Australia and commenced medical studies at Sydney University graduating in 1989. He undertook training in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine with postgraduate qualifications as a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine. He enjoys music, skiing and wine but ideally not all at the same time.
INS President-Elect Konstantin Slavin, MD
Dr. Slavin graduated from medical school in Baku, Azerbaijan in the Soviet Union and completed his neurosurgery residency in Moscow. He then completed his second neurosurgery residency at UIC and a fellowship in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, OR. Dr. Slavin is current President-Elect of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) and past Secretary of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS). He is also the President of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) and the Past President of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN). For many years, he was an Executive Committee member of the Joint Section on Pain of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Slavin is published in many books and peer-reviewed journals and is an associate editor or editorial board member for a number of publications, including Neuromodulation, Neurosurgery, Brain Sciences, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Acta Neurochirurgica and others; he is the current editor-in-chief of Progress in Neurological Surgery. His first book on Peripheral Nerve Stimulation was published in 2011; another book, co-edited with Sam Eljamel on Neurostimulation: Practice and Principles, came out in 2013; the third one, Stimulation of Peripheral Nervous System: The Neuromodulation Frontier was released in 2015. The most recent book on Neuromodulation for Facial Pain came out in 2021. INS Past President Robert M. Levy, MD, PhDDr. Robert Levy earned his medical degree at Stanford University, where he also received his Ph.D. in neurosciences and completed a postdoctoral fellowship. He performed a second postdoctoral research fellowship and his residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, where his mentors included Dr. Howard Fields, Dr. Charles Wilson, and Dr. Yoshio Hosobuchi. He then moved to Northwestern University where he rose to the level of Tenured Professor of Neurological Surgery, Physiology, and Radiation Oncology at the Feinberg School of Medicine. During this period, he served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery.He was then recruited to serve as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and Co-Director of the UF Health Jacksonville Neuroscience Institute at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, FL. He most recently served as the Founding Director of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute and Director of the Harvey Sandler Center for Neurosurgery in Boca Raton, FL. Dr. Levy has authored several textbooks and published 300 peer reviewed journal articles. He has been the recipient of many national and international honors and awards and has been listed in the Best Doctors in America. His current research involves novel applications of neurostimulation and targeted drug delivery to the brain. He has assisted with the design and implementation of multiple new neuromodulation technologies and instruments. INS Secretary Jan Vesper, MD, PhD
Department of Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotaxy University Hospital Duesseldorf Germany INS Treasurer Lawrence Poree, MD, PhDDr. Poree holds the position of Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) where he serves as the director of the Neuromodulation service. He started his neuromodulation career as a basic science researcher at UC Berkeley where he investigated the analgesic properties of CNS hormones. He continued his research at Johns Hopkins University in the department of Biomedical Engineering where he investigated the neural pathways involved in spinal cord stimulation. He decided to apply his research to medical practice and enrolled at Stanford University where he earned his medical degree and completed his residency in anesthesia while continuing to conduct research on new non-opioid based pain medications. He then completed an interventional pain fellowship at UCSF. He founded and served as medical director of a private practice comprehensive pain management clinic for the next 15 years. During this time, he was able to consult with neuromodulation companies and completed a pivotal multi-center trial for DRG stimulation. He returned to academia 2 years ago to help advance the use of neuromodulation technologies at the University of California San Francisco Pain Management Center. He continues his academic research on the investigation of novel spinal cord stimulation systems. For the past 8 years he has served on the North American Neuromodulation Society board of directors where his focus is on education and credentialing. He has co-authored several publications in the neuromodulation field including spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal therapy training guidelines. Editor-in-Chief, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
Dr. Robert Levy earned his medical degree at Stanford University, where he also received his Ph.D. in neurosciences and completed a postdoctoral fellowship. He performed a second postdoctoral research fellowship and his residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, where his mentors included Dr. Howard Fields, Dr. Charles Wilson, and Dr. Yoshio Hosobuchi. He then moved to Northwestern University where he rose to the level of Tenured Professor of Neurological Surgery, Physiology, and Radiation Oncology at the Feinberg School of Medicine. During this period, he served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery. Staff Executive Director & Supervising Journal Manager Tia Sofatzis
Tia Sofatzis graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, with a B.A. in American and English Literature. Tia had served as Managing Editor of Neuromodulation since its inception in 1998, as Supervising Journal Manger since 2023, and as INS Executive Director since 2001. She is perpetually inspired by the people who are working wonders in this field and helping those in need.
Managing Editor Mary Bockman PriceMary Bockman Price graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor of science degree in business management, and a master of arts degree in counseling psychology from Argosy University. Mary has served as the Editorial Assistant of Neuromodulation since 2009, and Managing Editor since 2023. Mary currently resides in Huntsville, Alabama. She greatly enjoys working for the Society and the journal during this time of growth. Regional Chapter PresidentsArgentina I Australia & New Zealand l Benelux Countries l Brazil l Canada l China l Colombia l France l Germany l India l Indonesia l Israel l Italy l Japan l Kazakhstan l Korea l Nordic l North America l Poland l Portugal l Russia l SE Europe l Spain l Switzerland l Turkey l UK & Ireland Argentina: Enrique Brichetti, MD
Australia & New Zealand: Michelle O’Brien, MBBS(Qld), FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, Mmed
Benelux Countries: Lisa Goudman, PhDLisa Goudman obtained a master of science in statistical data analysis in 2018 and additional specializations in epidemiology and public health methodology in 2020 and biostatistics in 2022. In 2019, she obtained her PhD entitled “Objective measurements in patients with chronic low back & leg pain”, in which she explored EEG responses, heart rate variability and quantitative sensory testing in relation to Spinal Cord Stimulation. Brazil: Arthur Cukiert, MDArthur Cukiert was born in Santo Andre, Brazil in 1963. He graduated at Sao Paulo University in 1986 and finished his neurosurgical training at the Hospital das Clinicas of Sao Paulo University in 1991. He spent a year at the Montreal Neurologic Institute as a Clinical & Research Fellow. Back in Brazil, he worked at Sao Paulo Hospital das Clinicas, developed the Hospital Brigadeiro neurosurgical service and was a medical assistant at the ABC Faculty of Medicine in Sao Paulo. He received a PhD degree in Neurophysiology in 1996 from the Biological Sciences Institute of the Sao Paulo University. He is presently the Director of the Sao Paulo Epilepsy Clinic, and Head of its Epilepsy Surgery Program. He is part of the ILAE Pediatric Surgery Task Force and had organized several Epilepsy Surgery Techniques Meetings over the years. He was President of the Brazilian Functional Neurosurgery Society and of the Brazilian Congress of Update in Neurosurgery. He presented more than 400 lectures worldwide, attended to 350 meetings, presented 800 abstracts and published 150 peer reviewed papers and 9 books. His activities center on the surgical treatment of refractory epilepsy and pituitary tumors. Published Books:
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Canada: Anuj Bhatia, MBBS MD PhD FRCA FFPMRCA FIPP FRCPC (Anesthesia & Pain Medicine) EDRA CIPS ASRA-PMUC
Anuj Bhatia is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Director of the Comprehensive Integrated Pain Program at University Health Network, Toronto. He is the Chair of the Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group of the Canadian Pain Society, President of the Canadian Neuromodulation Society, Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Pain Medicine Specialty committee, Co-Chair of the North American Neuromodulation Society’s Research Committee and a member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine’s Research Committee. He has an Adjunct Faculty appointment at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation. His clinical and research interests include the use of epidemiological tools and wearable technology for assessing outcomes of neuromodulation and other interventional treatments for chronic neuropathic and musculoskeletal pain. He has published over 100 papers, 6 book chapters, and co-authored two books on interventional pain procedures. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the European Journal of Pain, the Canadian Journal of Pain, and Pain Medicine. He was a member of the international guideline development panel for the use of intravenous ketamine infusions, the role of contrast during pain procedures, and cervical and lumbar facet, and sacroiliac joint interventions for relieving pain. China: Guoming Luan, MD, PhD
Prof. Guoming Luan is the Vice-President of Beijing Sanbo Brain Hospital of the Capital Medical University, established in Beijing in 2004. He achieved the Medical Degree in 1982 and studied under the guidance of Zhongcheng Wang, considered to be the founder of modern neurosurgery in China, at the Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing culminating in a PH.D in 1989. He gained professional research experience for two years in the University of California, Los Angeles, USA (UCLA). Afterward he devotes himself to clinical and research work about Functional Neurosurgery and focuses on the therapy of Epilepsy. In 2002, he created a technique, which is to use bipolar electrocoagulation to burn superficial cortex when treating refractory epilepsy. The latter was approved by the President of International Functional Neurosurgery later that year. This unique technique has now been adopted worldwide. Colombia: William Omar Contreras Lopez, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon from the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá; with Fellowship AO in Spine Surgery from the Pontifical University of Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil; Fellowship in Functional and Stereotaxic Neurosurgery at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil; and Fellowship in Surgical Microanatomy at Hospital de la Beneficence Portuguesa in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Doctor med "Summa Cum Laude" from Albert Ludwig’s University in Freiburg, Germany, and Post-doctorate in Neurology from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) Brazil. His main interests are in the field of Neuromodulation, Molecular Neurosurgery, Cloning, Bioengineering and Trans-humanism. He also performs translational research in DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation), VBS (Visual Brain Stimulation), ABS (Auditory Brain Stimulation), BWE (Brain Wave Entrainment), Virtual and Augmented Reality, as well as Neurogaming (Video Games). Guest editor of BMC Cancer; Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery; Journal of Psychotherapy, Frontiers in Psychiatry and Psychological Disorders Co-author of two Apps for smartphones to help patients with Parkinson's Disease: Listenmee and Parkinsounds. Co-author of important original works such as: The cloning of the world's first river buffalo, the creation of virtual reality glasses for Parkinson's, the use of augmented reality to treat phantom limb pain; a prospective, randomized, double-blind study on: Stimulation of the motor cortex in chronic neuropathic pain. Author and Co-author of important original works such as: Neural transplant protocol in humans with Parkinson's and Huntington's Disease (22 transplant patients). The description and original publication of two new surgical techniques: 1. Endoscopic cordotomy for chronic intractable pain. 2. Simultaneous bilateral deep brain stimulation (awarded in the Netherlands at the ESSFN Congress). The first and largest case series in Colombia of fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele. Co-author of Utility Model Patent No. 12 169719, Resolution No. 4221 of 02/10/2015. Rhythmic external auditory and visual device in the form of glasses to control gait in Parkinson's patients. Co-author of the Book Geniuses in the Mind: Neurosciences of Creativity; “Genios en la mente”. Contributor to two winning Cannes Lions Health Awards in France in 2016 Contributor to three winning Clio Awards in 2016 Young Neurosurgeon Award from the Minimal Invasive Society in Florence, Italy and from the World Federation of Neurosurgery Society WFNS in Rome, Italy. CEO of NEMOD Neuromodulation Center. Neurosurgeon at: International Foscal Clinic Bucaramanga; Clínica Centro, Clínica General del Norte, Clínica la Merced Barranquilla. Full Professor of medicine at the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, Professor of master’s degree in Neuropsychology for Simon Bolivar University. France: Denys Fontaine, MD, PhDProf. Denys Fontaine, MD, PhD, University Hospital of Nice, France Germany: Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dirk Rasche
India: Paresh Doshi, MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Neurosurgery)Prof. Paresh Doshi is the Director of Neurosurgery and Stereotactic and Functional neurosurgery at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai. He has been a pioneer in functional neurosurgery in India. He had been trained in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London and the Maudsley hospital, London. He further obtained selective functional neurosurgical experience from Prof. Benabid, Prof. Marwan Hariz, Prof. Marc Sindou and others. He established the first dedicated department of Functional neurosurgery in India in 1997. The functional neurosurgical program at his institute has several firsts to its credit, e.g. first deep brain stimulation surgery (DBS) in India (1997), first surgery for obsessive compulsive disorder (2010), first DBS surgery for depression in Asia and Australia (2013), first occipital nerve stimulation for migraine (2012) etc. It offers functional neurosurgical fellowship for a period of one year. This is one of the few centres around the world where comprehensive functional neurosurgery training for all subspecialties of functional neurosurgery is available, i.e. movement disorders, pain, epilepsy, spasticity and psychiatric disorders. It also has the widest spectrum of surgical procedures being performed, ranging from rhizotomies to lesional surgeries to neuromodulation. Prof. Doshi, has been on the board of several organizations, academic and non-academic. He has recently served as the President of the Indian Society For Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery (ISSFN). He is on the board of WSSFN and AASSFN societies. He is the trustee of Parkinson’s care trust, a non-governmental organization catering to Parkinson's disease patients. He has been awarded several awards, including the Indo-American young achiever’s award and Medscape India award for excellence in neurosciences. He has published extensively and is on the editorial board of many journals. He has been invited in numerous national and international meetings to deliver lectures. Prof. Doshi is passionate about functional neurosurgery. His aim is to empower every neurosurgical department in his country to perform some part of functional neurosurgery. He is the founding President of The Neuromodulation Society (India). Indonesia: Alif Noeriyanto Rahman, MD, SpOT, FIPP, CIPS He is an orthopedic surgeon who graduated from University of Brawijaya. The first orthopedic surgeon certified with FIPP (2018) and CIPS (2019). He is currently an active WIP examiner (World Institute of Pain) as well. His excellent leadership skills brought him to be the chairman of Depok Orthopedic and Pain Intervention Center (DOPIC); educational program director of PRECURSOR (The First ComprehensiveCourse in Musculoskeletal in Pain Intervention and Regeneration that covers multiple specialties) alongside Padjadjaran University; founder and owner of Jakarta Pain School (JPS); and general secretary of PERDINI (Indonesia Pain Intervention Society). His interest to develop neuromodulation in Indonesia made him be the first president of INA-NS (International Neuromodulation Society Indonesian Chapter).
Italy: Andrea Landi, MDAndrea Landi is Associated Professor in Neurosurgery at the University of Padua since march 2018. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Milan in 1983 and obtained post-degrees in Neurosurgery (University of Milan – 1988) and Neurology (University of Verona – 1993). He spent his fellowships at the INSERM CHRU de Grenoble (F) in 1990-91 and at the Montreal Neurological Institute (Montreal CND -1991) following a comprehensive program in functional neurosurgery, neuromodulation and epilepsy surgery. Japan: Hidehiro Hirabayashi, MD, PhD
Kazakhstan: Chingiz Shashkin, MD Korea: Pyung Bok Lee, MD
Dr. Pyung Bok Lee, a renowned pain medicine specialist, is an active clinician and researcher. He works as a professor of the department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University School of Medicine and a director of a pain management center at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. Nordic: Kliment Gatzinsky, MD, PhDDr. Kliment Gatzinsky holds a full time position as Senior Consultant at the Department of Neurosurgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. He graduated from the Medical School at Gothenburg University, where he also received his PhD degree in neurosciences. After completing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at The Royal Free Hospital in London, he did his neurosurgical residency at Sahlgrenska University Hospital where he was appointed as Consultant after finishing his neurosurgical training. He has served as head of the Functional Neurosurgery Pain Unit at the hospital since 2004. Since 2005 he is also working as Visiting Consultant on permanent basis at the Department of Neurosurgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, where he started up the neuromodulation unit.
Dr. Gatzinsky’s main interest is in neurosurgical treatment of chronic pain disorders. Having more than 20 years of experience in the field of neuromodulation, he has developed a strong expertize in this therapy for treatment of pain. This knowledge is raised on a transdisciplinary vision in order to optimize outcomes, which has contributed to the build-up and development of the neuromodulation units at the University Hospitals in Gothenburg and Stavanger. Dr. Gatzinsky uses most neuromodulation techniques on a regular basis, including spinal cord, dorsal root ganglion, peripheral nerve, repetitive transcranial/epidural motor cortex, and sacral nerve stimulation. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews and book chapters and has ongoing international teaching and advisory board assignments in the field.
Dr. Gatzinsky serves as expert advisor for SBU (The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care) for evaluation of neurosurgical techniques in the treatment of chronic pain disorders. He has served on various medical and professional boards both in Sweden and internationally and is a reviewer for several scientific journals.
Dr. Gatzinsky is keen to advance the field of neuromodulation for chronic pain from both a practical and scientific point of view, and he tries to push the boundaries based on the rapid technical development that is taking place in this field at the moment. He continuously strives to broaden his skills and to motivate his collaborators in order to create optimal conditions for good outcomes. A collaboration between disciplines is crucial in this context.
North America: Corey W. Hunter, MD
Corey W. Hunter, M.D. is an interventional pain management physician practicing in New York City, holding board certifications in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as well as Pain Medicine. In addition to owning his own private practice, he is an assistant clinical professor of PM&R at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and the CEO of the Ainsworth Ambulatory Surgery Center in Long Island, NY. He is currently the President of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS). Poland: Dr. Witold Libionka
Portugal: Mariano Veiga MD, MSc, DESAIC, EDPM-ESRA Candidate of medical sciences (PhD), Neurosurgeon-algologist (specializes in interventional and surgery treatment of chronic pain) of the Group of Functional Neurosurgery, the N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Chief expert in neuromodulation pain syndrome in the Russian Federation. Currently holding the post of President of National Neuromodulation Society in Russia (NNSR), Vice-President of the Society of Interventional Pain Treatment and Russian Society for Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery (RSFSN). He studied at Yerevan State Medical University, residency at Armenia Republican Medical Center. Graduated study at Group of Functional Neurosurgery, the N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, where his mentor was Prof. Shabalov V.A. He participated in International onsite training: 1) Faculte De Medecine, University Center for Neurological and Neurosurgical Disorders, Toulouse, France; 2) Hodgkin Building, King’s College London, Guy’s Campus, London. Member of nine scientific societies: International Neuromodulation Society (INS), International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), National Neuromodulation Society in Russia (NNSR), European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN), Russian Society for Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery (RSFSN), Society of Neurosurgeons of Russia, Society of Interventional Pain Treatment, Russian Association for the Study of Pain. Member of numerous international program committees. Actively has been taking part in international and Russian conferences. Author of books and articles about treatment of chronic pain. Spheres of interest is interventional and surgery treatment of chronic pain syndromes. Author of study courses in neurosurgery and algology. Often speaks on media in Russia, promoting treatment chronic pain syndromes and methods of neuromodulation. South Eastern Europe: Damianos Sakas, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece (2000 –). Graduate of Ionnidios School of Piraeus (1972) and Medical School, University of Athens (1978). Certificate of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates USA (1979). Military service in the Greek Navy (1979 -1981). Spain: Carlos Tornero Tornero, MD, PhD
Dr. Carlos Tornero Tornero is an anesthesiologist and is currently head of the Anesthesiology-Resuscitation and Pain Therapeutics service at the University Hospital of Valencia. Its main areas of activity focus on pain treatment and fundamentally on neuromodulation. He has a Master in Pain Pathophysiology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The Pain unit of the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia that he directs, won the award for best Pain unit in Spain in 2014. He is currently president of the Spanish Society of Neuromodulation (Spanish chapter of INS). He is director of the Chair of Pain of the CEU-Vithas Foundation University, which has the functions of dissemination and research on issues related to pain. He is president of the Pain Commission of the University Hospital of Valencia. He has written different chapters of books and scientific articles, focusing his attention on research related to the anatomy of pain. Switzerland: Dr. Matthieu Cachemaille
Dr. Matthieu Cachemaille is currently working as an anaesthesiologist at “La Tour” Hospital in Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland since 2022. He previously practiced as a senior physician in the anaesthesiology department at the University Hospital (CHUV) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Turkey: Prof. Dr. Gül Köknel Talu
Prof.Gül Köknel Talu,MD, FIPP United Kingdom and Ireland: James FitzGerald, MA BM BCh FRCS(SN) PhD
James FitzGerald PhD is Professor of Neural Interfacing at the University of Oxford, and a consultant neurosurgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Prof FitzGerald holds an MA in Physics and BM BCh medical qualifications from the University of Oxford, a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Directors-at-LargeChris Gilligan, MD, MBA, is an Interventional Pain Medicine physician who is board certified in Pain Medicine. Dr. Gilligan is the Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Gilligan currently serves on the Finance Committee and Scientific Planning Committee of NANS as well as the NANS Certificate in SCS sub-committee. Dr. Gilligan oversees the Brigham and Women’s Pain Medicine Fellowship that trains ten fellows each year. In addition, he trains physicians in pain procedures and neuromodulation around the world and serves as an examiner for the World Institute of Pain. Kiran V. Patel, MD, is an Interventional Pain Management physician board certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology. Dr. Patel is the Director of Pain Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and Founder/CEO of the NYC Neuromodulation Center of Excellence. She is the ACGME Pain Medicine Fellowship program at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell. Dr. Patel is currently the Treasurer of NANS and has been on the NANS Board of Directors for the past 6 years. Dr. Patel has co-chaired the NANS Cadaver workshop for the past several years and is currently chair of the NANS Certificate in SCS sub-committee. Dr. Patel trains physicians in pain procedures and neuromodulation nationally and internationally. Director-at-Large - Congress OrganizerStana Bojanic, BSc, MB, BS, FRCS, (SN) Stana Bojanic, BSc, MB, BS, FRCS, (SN) Consultant Neurosurgeon, Oxford UK since 2004 Regional Directors-at-LargeJulie Pilitsis, MD, PhD - United States
Julie G. Pilitsis MD, PhD is the newly appointed Dean and Vice President of Medical Affairs at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. Previously, she served as Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics and a Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience at Albany Medical College. Dr. Pilitsis developed functional neurosurgery practices at two institutions and was one of five female neurosurgeons to chair a department. Additionally, she acts as a national leader across multiple organizations including North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) and ASSFN. With the support of the NANS and International Neuromodulation Society (INS) board of directors, she began the NANS and INS Women in Neuromodulation section, where she was the first chair. Over the course of her career, she has mentored over 150 students through translational research projects and has published 200 articles. She acts as a specialty editor for the journal: Frontiers in Pain Research: Neuromodulatory Interventions, is on the editorial board of Neuromodulation, and has been recognized with Pain Paper of the Year by Neurosurgery for three past years. Dr. Pilitsis maintains significant diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and obtained an MBA with concentration in bioinformatics in December 2021. Daniel Benzecry Almeida, MD - Latin America MAIN PROFESSIONAL DATA: Philippe Rigoard, MD, PhD - Europe, Canada, and Africa Prof. Philippe Rigoard is senior surgeon and coordinator of the Spine & Neuromodulation Unit within the Neurosurgical Department at the Poitiers University Hospital in France. He is also an Honorary Consultant in the pain clinic of Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust hospital in London, UK; an Anatomy Conference reader at the Human Morphology Institute, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Poitiers; a researcher at Inserm CIC (Clinical Investigation Center) 802; and the research program director of the N3Lab (Neuromodulation & Neural Networks Lab) in Poitiers. He has expended a lot of effort to rebuild the INS French chapter (Société Française de NeuroModulation, SFNM), which is now represented again in the global community. To be announced - Asia, Australia and New Zealand
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