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2024–2025 Executive Board and Committees (Lyon)
Executive Board
Committees
Society Officers
Anthony Figaji
President Elect
Cape Town, South Africa
Federico di Rocco
Annual Meeting Chair
Lyon, France
Committee Chairs
Adrian Caceres
Audit
San Jose, Costa Rica
Tatiana Protzenko
Bylaws Vice Chair
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Artur da Cunha
Education Vice Chair
Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
Sharon Low
Education Vice Chair
Singapore
Hsin-Hung Robert Chen
Liaison Vice Chair
Taiwan
Martin Schuhmann
Membership Vice Chair
Germany
Danny Campos
Communication Vice Chair
Peru
Kazuaki Shimoji
Communication Vice Chair
Japan
Rick Abbott
Editor-in-Chief The Guide
New York, NY, USA
Eric Sribnick
Ad-hoc Neurotrauma Committee
United States
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee shall be appointed by the President of the ISPN before each regular meeting and shall have the duty of auditing the Treasurer’s accounts at the close of the calendar year in which that regular meeting was held. The appointed Chairperson shall then report to the next Annual Business Meeting.
Chair
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Vice Chair
Meng-Fai Kuo
Taipei, Taiwan
Bylaws Committee
The Bylaws Committee shall review the Constitution and Bylaws, shall seek proper advice when indicated, and make recommendations as to changes. The Bylaws Committee is also in charge of preapring and mantinating the ISPN operational guidelines & standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Chair
Suchanda Battacharjee
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Vice Chair
Tatiana Protzenko
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Members
Christopher Bonfield
Nashville, TN, USA
Javier Terrazo-Lluch
Mexico City, Mexico
Mirna Sobana
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Communication Committee
The Communication Committee shall comprise the elected Chairperson and as many active members as he/she may wish, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Subject to direction of the Executive Board, the Chairperson of the Communication Committee shall be responsible for the ISPN’s website and for the publication of any such publications as may be requested by the Executive Board.
Chair
Ron Baticulon
Manila, Philippines
Vice Chair
Danny Campos
Peru
Kazuaki Shimoji
Japan
Pierre-Aurélien Beuriat
Bron, France
Members
Llewellyn Padayachy
Pretoria, South Africa
Maximiliano Angelini
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Megan Still
Gainesville, FL, USA
Mohamed El-Beltagy
Cairo, Egypt
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Social Media Task Force
Sydney Mondane
Cape Town, South Africa
Le Quang My
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Sheila Sumargo
Bandung, Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
Matheus Fernando Manzolli Ballestero
São Carlos, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Juan Esteban Salas
Medellín, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Education Committee
The Education Committee shall be responsible for gathering information, conducting personal or co-operative studies or surveys, and for organizing any special meeting, which would enable it to accomplish the purposes of the ISPN.
Chair
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Vice Chair
Artur da Cunha
Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
Members
Abhaya Kulkarni
Toronto, ON, Canada
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Azmi Alias
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Benedetta Pettorini
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Irene Kim
Milwaukee, WI, United States
Jehuda Soleman
Basel, Switzerland
Kaushik Sil
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Kenichi Nishiyama
Niigata, Japan
Kristian Aquilina
London, United Kingdom
Moise Danielpour
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Nico Enslin
Cape Town, South Africa
Phillip Aldana
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sebastián G. Jaimovich
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sergio Valenzuela
Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Suchanda Battacharjee
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Ethics and Morals Committee
The Ethics and Morals Committee shall comprise the elected Chairperson and as many active members as he or she may wish (with approval of the Executive Board). Subject to direction of the Executive Board, the Chairperson of the Ethics & Morals Committee is vested with full responsibility for evaluating specific situations and making recommendations to the Executive Board for consideration and action.
Chair
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Vice Chair
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Members
Anthony Figaji
Cape Town, South Africa
Frederic Boop
Memphis, TN, USA
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Kenichi Nishiyama
Niigata, Japan
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Historian Committee
The Historian Committee shall preserve the archives of the ISPN and shall prepare from time-to-time a report at the request of the Executive Board.
Vice Chair
Marion Walker
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Members
Albert Tu
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Andrew Kobets
Bronx, NY, USA
Federico di Rocco
Lyon, France
Guirish Solanki
Birmingham, UK
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Shlomi Constantini
Tel Aviv, Israel
Liaison Committee
The Liaison Committee shall be composed of the elected Chairperson and other active members representing Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. The Liaison Committee is to establish & maintain relationships with other Pediatric neurosurgery & related bodies, to study areas of common interest and to make recommendations for activities to be considered by the Executive Board.
Chair
Samer Elbabaa
Orlando, FL, USA
Vice Chair
Hsin-Hung Robert Chen
Taiwan
Sebastián G. Jaimovich
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Members
Abenezer Aklilu
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Caitlin Hoffman
New York, NY, USA
Flavio Giordano
Florence, Italy
Masahiro Nonaka
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Michael Dewan
Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Pierre-Aurélien Beuriat
Bron, France
Suresh Sankhla
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Tenoch Herrada Pineda
Mexico City, Mexico
Varindera Paul Singh
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee shall be responsible for maiintaining & adavancing the ISPN membership base. The committee will review the applications for membership, verifying each application in accordance with Articles II and III of this Constitution and Bylaws and shall make recommendation for further action to the Executive Board.
Chair
Robert Keating
Washington, USA
Vice Chair
Xiao Bo
Shanghai, China
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Martin Schuhmann
Germany
Kaushik Sil
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Members
Abenezer Aklilu
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Azmi Alias
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Benedetta Pettorini
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Christian Dorfer
Vienna, Austria
Federico di Rocco
Lyon, France
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Hideki Ogiwara
Tokyo, Japan
Jose Hinojosa
Barcelona, Spain
Luca Massimi
Rome, Italy
Mirna Sobana
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Mohamed El-Beltagy
Cairo, Egypt
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Niina Salokorpi
Oulu, Finland
Pinar Ozisik
Ankara, Turkey
Ronnie Baticulon
Manila, Philippines
Suhas Udayakumaran
Kochi, Kerala, India
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Tenoch Herrada Pineda
Mexico City, Mexico
Thomas Roujeau
Montpellier, France
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
Berlin, Germany
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee shall request nominations for all offices before the Annual Meeting of the Executive Board. The Committee It is chaired by the immediate Past President.
Chair
Shlomi Constantini
Tel Aviv, Israel
Members
Wan Tew Seow
Singapore
Frederick Boop
United States
Tenoch Herrada Pineda
Mexico City, Mexico
Hakan Karabagli
Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Committee
The Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Committee shall represent all nurses and allied health professionals in the field of pediatric neurosurgery. The Committee shall prepare designated activities to support nurses and allied health professionals in the field.
Chair
Ashley Birch
Boston, MA, USA
Secretary
Olivia Freeman
Oxford, UK
Members
Allison Da Silva
São Paulo, Brazil
Cathy Cartwright
Kansas City, MO, USA
Jayne Hall
Oxford, UK
Kylie Teller
Perth WA, Australia
Leali Halfon
Tel Aviv, Israel
Maximiliano Angelini
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sara Breibart
Toronto, ON, Canada
Zoe Mawdsley
Liverpool, UK
Rocky Lock
Hong Kong
Scientific Program Committee
The Scientific Program Committee shall be responsible for developing the scientific program of the Annual meeting. The Scientific Program Committee will allow generous time for open discussion in the scientific program, shall decide the latest date for submission of manuscripts, establish the means of abstract submission. From submitted abstracts, papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation, and organized the order of oral presentations. The Scientific Program CoOmmittee works closely with the Local Organizing Committee of each Annual Meeting and the ISPN Professional Congress Organizer (PCO).
Chair
Vice Chair
Michael Dewan
Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Members
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Artur Henrique Galvao Bruno Da Cunha
Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
Kristian Aquilina
London, United Kingdom
Masahiro Nonaka
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Mohamed El-Beltagy
Cairo, Egypt
Seung-Ki Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Thomas Roujeau
Montpellier, France
Ways and Means Committee
The Ways and Means Committee is responsible to process the Annual Meeting Attednance Scholarships as well as the Visiting Fellowships program. The Committee will review the applications and identify worthy recipients of scholarships and fellowships based on pre-defined criteria. These applicants will be presented to the Executive Board for approval.
Chair
Benedetta Pettorini
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Vice Chair
Albert Tu
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ad-hoc Advocacy Committee
The Ad-hoc Advocacy Committee was established following an Executive decision at the ISPN Executive Board meetig in Singapore, December 2022. This committee shall formally engage in advocacy efforts, that have until now been supported through individual members.
Chair
Kemel A Ghotme
Bogota, Colombia
Vice Chair
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Members
Anthony Figaji
Cape Town, South Africa
Chandrashekhar Deopujari
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Eylem Ocal
Little Rock, AR, USA
Frederick Boop
United States
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Martina Messing-Juenger
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Phillip Aldana
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ruth Mitchell
Randwick NSW, Australia
Wan Tew Seow
Singapore
Ad-hoc Mentorship Committee
The Ad-hoc DEI and Mentorship Committee was established at the ISPN Meeting in Singapore, December 2022. The Committee shall be responsible for developing the Society’s Mentorship program and any other efforts to ensure global inclusion of pediatirc neurosurgeons and those in training.
Chair
Eylem Ocal
Little Rock, AR, USA
Vice Chair
Zulma Tovar-Spinoza
Syracuse, NY, USA
Members
Andrew Kobets
Bronx, NY, USA
Anthony Avellino
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Dunia Patricia Quiroga Angulo
Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
George Koutsouras
Syracuse, NY, USA
Griselda Ramires
Mexico City, Mexico
James Johnston
Birmingham, AL, USA
Jenny Sacree
Doha, Qatar
Kemel A Ghotme
Bogota, Colombia
Luz Monserrat Almaguer Ascencio
Mexico City, Mexico
Maria Milagros Niquen
Lima, Peru
Marike Zwienenberg
Sacramento, CA, USA
Martina Messing-Juenger
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Nabila Tighilt
Algiers, Algeria
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Niina Salokorpi
Oulu, Finland
Pinar Ozisik
Ankara, Turkey
Suchanda Battacharjee
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Wirginia Maixner
Parkville VIC, Australia
Ad-hoc Research Committee
The ISPN Ad-hoc Research Committee has been established as an ad-hoc committee following the ISPN meeting in 2022. The committee has the goal to further advance pediatric neurosurgery and scientific collaboration between members. ISPN has now started endorsed research activities, and the creation of focused clinical/scientific interest groups.
Chair
Jonathan Roth
Tel Aviv, Israel
Vice Chair
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
Berlin, Germany
Members
Abhaya Kulkarni
Toronto, ON, Canada
Jehuda Soleman
Basel, Switzerland
John Kestle
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
José Hinojosa
Barcelona, Spain
Michael Dewan
Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Sandip Chatterjee
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Suhas Udayakumaran
Kochi, Kerala, India
Xiao Bo
Shanghai, China
Members (Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Interest Group)
Manas Panigrahi
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Howard L Weiner
Houston, TX, USA
Helio Rubens Machado
Ribeirão Preto - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Christian Dorfer
Vienna, Austria
Members (Cardiovascular Junction Interest Group)
Richard Anderson
Ridgewood, NJ, USA
Dominic NP Thompson
London, UK
Federico di Rocco
Lyon, France
ISPN Guide
The ISPN Guide of Pediatric Neurosurgery is the current online compendium of Pediatric Neurosurgery related content: https://ispn.guide/
The Guide Editor-in-Chief
Rick Abbott
New York, NY, USA
Section Editors
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Alfred Pokmeng See
Boston, MA, USA
Bermans J Iskandar
Madison, WI, USA
Dominic NP Thompson
London, UK
Frederick Boop
United States
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Graham Fieggen
Cape Town, South Africa
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Kristian Aquilina
London, United Kingdom
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Nico Enslin
Cape Town, South Africa
Sandip Chatterjee
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Shlomi Constantini
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
Berlin, Germany
ISPN Library
The ISPN Library is currently under development and strives to become the largest global resource of pediatric neurosurgery educational materials, including the ISPN Guide.
Chair
Shlomi Constantini
Tel Aviv, Israel
Vice Chair
Frederick Boop
United States
Members
Albert Tu
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Belen Mariana Pronce Mezzatesta
Mendoza, Argentina
Daniel Donoho
Washington, USA
Guido Gromadzyn
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avenida Hipólito Yrigoyen, ABR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Harishchandra Lalgudi Srinivasan
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Harshal Nandlal Agrawal
Tel Aviv, Israel
Joel Katz
Akron, OH, USA
Linda Bosschers
Netherlands
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ron Baticulon
Manila, Philippines
Past ISPN Presidents
The Presidents of the ISPN are drawn from all continents of the Globe and the privilege of becoming President is given to a member of our society who has made an outstanding contribution to Pediatric Neurosurgery and the ISPN.
To look through the Roll of Honour of past presidents recalls the great names of pediatric neurosurgery and wherever possible we have obtained a photograph of each individual at the time of their presidency and wearing the ‘symbol of office’ – the poncho.
In addition to this, it has become a tradition for the President of the ISPN to provide a message at the start of their term of office to state their visions and objectives for the forthcoming year. On the Past Presidents section you will find some of these messages which encapsulate the contributions of our Presidents.
Past Society Officers
The Society Officers of the ISPN reflect the multi-national nature of our society. The elected Officers are responsible for the running of the Society and for the furthering of the aims of the Society in all its areas of endeavor. We are indebted to them for their time and commitment to the Society and looking through the lists of names for the Officers at the different annual meetings we see many of the great names in contemporary pediatric neurosurgery.
2023-2024 Executive Board and Committees (Toronto)
Executive Board
Committees
Society Officers
Shlomi Constantini
President
Tel Aviv, Israel
Gianpiero Tamburrini
President Elect
Rome, Italy
Federico di Rocco
Secretary
Lyon, France
Nelci Zanon
Assistant Secretary
São Paulo, Brazil
Sandip Chatterjee
Treasurer
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Richard Anderson
Assistant Treasurer
Ridgewood, NJ, USA
James Drake
Annual Meeting Chair
Toronto, ON, Canada
Abhaya Kulkarni
Annual Meeting Chair
Toronto, ON, Canada
Wan Tew Seow
Immediate Past President & Nominating Committee Chair
Singapore
Committee Chairs
Niina Salokorpi
Audit
Oulu, Finland
Guirish Solanki
Audit Vice Chair
Birmingham, UK
Llewellyn Padayachy
ByLaws
Pretoria, South Africa
Luca Massimi
Bylaws Vice Chair
Rome, Italy
Jeffrey Blount
Education
Birmingham, AL, United States
Artur da Cunha
Education Vice Chair
Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
Ulrich Thomale
Ethics & Morals
Berlin, Germany
Teddy Totimeh
Ethics & Morals Vice Chair
Accra, Ghana
Seung-Ki Kim
Liaison
Seoul, South Korea
Samer Elbabaa
Liaison Vice Chair
Orlando, FL, USA
Suchanda Battacharjee
Membership
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Robert Keating
Membership Vice Chair
Washington, USA
Sandi Lam
Membership Vice Chair
Chicago, IL, USA
Ramiro del Rio
Communication
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Meng-Fai Kuo
Communication Vice Chair
Taipei, Taiwan
Ronnie Baticulon
Communication Vice Chair
Manila, Philippines
Albert Tu
Communication Vice Chair
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Benedetta Pettorini
Scientific Program
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Michael Dewan
Scientific Program Vice Chair
Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Miroslav Gjurasin
Ways & Means
Zagreb, Croatia
Alison Wray
Ways & Means Vice Chair
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Jenny Sacree
Allied Health Professionals
Doha, Qatar
Marion (Jack) Walker
Historian
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Concezio Di Rocco
Editor-in-Chief CNS
Hannover, Germany
Rick Abbott
Editor-in-Chief The Guide
New York, NY, USA
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee shall be appointed by the President of the ISPN before each regular meeting and shall have the duty of auditing the Treasurer’s accounts at the close of the calendar year in which that regular meeting was held. The appointed Chairperson shall then report to the next Annual Business Meeting.
Chair
Niina Salokorpi
Oulu, Finland
Vice Chair
Guirish Solanki
Birmingham, UK
Bylaws Committee
The Bylaws Committee shall review the Constitution and Bylaws, shall seek proper advice when indicated, and make recommendations as to changes. The Bylaws Committee is also in charge of preapring and mantinating the ISPN operational guidelines & standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Chair
Llewellyn Padayachy
Pretoria, South Africa
Vice Chair
Luca Massimi
Rome, Italy
Members
Christopher Bonfield
Nashville, TN, USA
Javier Terrazo-Lluch
Mexico City, Mexico
Mirna Sobana
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Communication Committee
The Communication Committee shall comprise the elected Chairperson and as many active members as he/she may wish, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Subject to direction of the Executive Board, the Chairperson of the Communication Committee shall be responsible for the ISPN’s website and for the publication of any such publications as may be requested by the Executive Board.
Chair
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vice Chair
Meng-Fai Kuo
Taipei, Taiwan
Ron Baticulon
Manila, Philippines
Albert Tu
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Members
Llewellyn Padayachy
Pretoria, South Africa
Maximiliano Angelini
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Megan Still
Gainesville, FL, USA
Mohamed El-Beltagy
Cairo, Egypt
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Sydney Mondane
Cape Town, South Africa
Le Quang My
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Sheila Sumargo
Bandung, Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
Matheus Fernando Manzolli Ballestero
São Carlos, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Juan Esteban Salas
Medellín, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Audit Committee
The Education Committee shall be responsible for gathering information, conducting personal or co-operative studies or surveys, and for organizing any special meeting, which would enable it to accomplish the purposes of the ISPN.
Chair
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Vice Chair
Artur Henrique Galvao Bruno Da Cunha
Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
Members
Abhaya Kulkarni
Toronto, ON, Canada
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Azmi Alias
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Benedetta Pettorini
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Irene Kim
Milwaukee, WI, United States
Jehuda Soleman
Basel, Switzerland
Kaushik Sil
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Kenichi Nishiyama
Niigata, Japan
Kristian Aquilina
London, United Kingdom
Moise Danielpour
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Nico Enslin
Cape Town, South Africa
Philipp Aldana
Jacksonville, FL, United States
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sebastián G. Jaimovich
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sergio Valenzuela
Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Suchanda Battacharjee
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Ethics and Morals Committee
The Ethics and Morals Committee shall comprise the elected Chairperson and as many active members as he or she may wish (with approval of the Executive Board). Subject to direction of the Executive Board, the Chairperson of the Ethics & Morals Committee is vested with full responsibility for evaluating specific situations and making recommendations to the Executive Board for consideration and action.
Chair
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
Berlin, Germany
Vice Chair
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Members
Anthony Figaji
Cape Town, South Africa
Frederick Boop
United States
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Kenichi Nishiyama
Niigata, Japan
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Historian Committee
The Historian Committee shall preserve the archives of the ISPN and shall prepare from time-to-time a report at the request of the Executive Board.
Chair
Marion Walker
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Members
Albert Tu
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Andrew Kobets
Bronx, NY, USA
Federico di Rocco
Lyon, France
Guirish Solanki
Birmingham, UK
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Shlomi Constantini
Tel Aviv, Israel
Liaison Committee
The Liaison Committee shall be composed of the elected Chairperson and other active members representing Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. The Liaison Committee is to establish & maintain relationships with other Pediatric neurosurgery & related bodies, to study areas of common interest and to make recommendations for activities to be considered by the Executive Board.
Chair
Seung-Ki Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Vice Chair
Samer Elbabaa
Orlando, FL, USA
Members
Abenezer Aklilu
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Caitlin Hoffman
New York, NY, USA
Flavio Giordano
Florence, Italy
Masahiro Nonaka
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Michael Dewan
Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Suresh Sankhla
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Tenoch Herrada Pineda
Mexico City, Mexico
Varindera Paul Singh
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee shall be responsible for maiintaining & adavancing the ISPN membership base. The committee will review the applications for membership, verifying each application in accordance with Articles II and III of this Constitution and Bylaws and shall make recommendation for further action to the Executive Board.
Chair
Suchanda Battacharjee
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Vice Chair
Robert Keating
Washington, USA
Sandi Lam
Chicago, IL, USA
Members
Abenezer Aklilu
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Azmi Alias
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Benedetta Pettorini
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Bo Xiao
Shanghai, China
Christian Dorfer
Vienna, Austria
Federico di Rocco
Lyon, France
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Hideki Ogiwara
Tokyo, Japan
Jose Hinojosa
Barcelona, Spain
Luca Massimi
Rome, Italy
Mirna Sobana
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Mohamed El-Beltagy
Cairo, Egypt
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Niina Salokorpi
Oulu, Finland
Pinar Özışık
Ankara, Turkey
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ronnie Baticulon
Manila, Philippines
Suhas Udayakumaran
Kochi, Kerala, India
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Tenoch Herrada Pineda
Mexico City, Mexico
Thomas Roujeau
Montpellier, France
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
Berlin, Germany
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee shall request nominations for all offices before the Annual Meeting of the Executive Board. The Committee It is chaired by the immediate Past President.
Chair
Wan Tew Seow
Singapore
Members
Frederick Boop
United States
Griselda Ramirez
Mexico City, Mexico
José Hinojosa
Barcelona, Spain
Shih-Hung Yang
Taipei, Taiwan
Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Committee
The Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Committee shall represent all nurses and allied health professionals in the field of pediatric neurosurgery. The Committee shall prepare designated activities to support nurses and allied health professionals in the field.
Chair
Jenny Sacree
Doha, Qatar
Vice Chair
Ashley Birch
Boston, MA, USA
Secretary
Olivia Freeman
Oxford, UK
Members
Allison Da Silva
São Paulo, Brazil
Cathy Cartwright
Kansas City, MO, USA
Jayne Hall
Oxford, UK
Leali Halfon
Tel Aviv, Israel
Maximiliano Angelini
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scientific Program Committee
The Scientific Program Committee shall be responsible for developing the scientific program of the Annual meeting. The Scientific Program Committee will allow generous time for open discussion in the scientific program, shall decide the latest date for submission of manuscripts, establish the means of abstract submission. From submitted abstracts, papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation, and organized the order of oral presentations. The Scientific Program CoOmmittee works closely with the Local Organizing Committee of each Annual Meeting and the ISPN Professional Congress Organizer (PCO).
Chair
Benedetta Pettorini
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Vice Chair
Michael Dewan
Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Members
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Artur Henrique Galvao Bruno Da Cunha
Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
Kristian Aquilina
London, United Kingdom
Masahiro Nonaka
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Mohamed El-Beltagy
Cairo, Egypt
Seung-Ki Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Thomas Roujeau
Montpellier, France
Ways and Means Committee
The Ways and Means Committee is responsible to process the Annual Meeting Attednance Scholarships as well as the Visiting Fellowships program. The Committee will review the applications and identify worthy recipients of scholarships and fellowships based on pre-defined criteria. These applicants will be presented to the Executive Board for approval.
Chair
Vice Chair
Alison Wray
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Ad-hoc Advocacy Committee
The Ad-hoc Advocacy Committee was established following an Executive decision at the ISPN Executive Board meetig in Singapore, December 2022. This committee shall formally engage in advocacy efforts, that have until now been supported through individual members.
Chair
Kemel A Ghotme
Bogota, Colombia
Vice Chair
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Members
Anthony Figaji
Cape Town, South Africa
Frederic Boop
Memphis, TN, USA
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Martina Messing-Juenger
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Philipp Aldana
Jacksonville, FL, United States
Ruth Mitchell
Randwick NSW, Australia
Wan Tew Seow
Singapore
Ad-hoc DEI and Mentorship Committee
The Ad-hoc DEI and Mentorship Committee was established at the ISPN Meeting in Singapore, December 2022. The Committee shall be responsible for developing the Society’s Mentorship program and any other efforts to ensure global inclusion of pediatirc neurosurgeons and those in training.
Chair
Zulma Tovar-Spinoza
Syracuse, NY, USA
Vice Chair
Eylem Ocal
Little Rock, AR, USA
Members
Andrew Kobets
Bronx, NY, USA
Anthony Avellino
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Dunia Patricia Quiroga Angulo
Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
George Koutsouras
Syracuse, NY, USA
Griselda Ramires
Mexico City, Mexico
James Johnston
Birmingham, AL, USA
Jenny Sacree
Doha, Qatar
Kemel A Ghotme
Bogota, Colombia
Luz Monserrat Almaguer Ascencio
Mexico City, Mexico
Maria Milagros Niquen
Lima, Peru
Marike Zwienenberg
Sacramento, CA, USA
Martina Messing-Juenger
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Nabila Tighilt
Algiers, Algeria
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Niina Salokorpi
Oulu, Finland
Pinar Ozisik
Ankara, Turkey
Suchanda Battacharjee
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Teddy Totimeh
Accra, Ghana
Wirginia Maixner
Parkville VIC, Australia
Ad-hoc Research Committee
The ISPN Ad-hoc Research Committee has been established as an ad-hoc committee following the ISPN meeting in 2022. The committee has the goal to further advance pediatric neurosurgery and scientific collaboration between members. ISPN has now started endorsed research activities, and the creation of focused clinical/scientific interest groups.
Chair
Jonathan Roth
Tel Aviv, Israel
Vice Chair
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
Berlin, Germany
Members
Abhaya Kulkarni
Toronto, ON, Canada
Jehuda Soleman
Basel, Switzerland
John Kestle
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Jose Hinojosa
Barcelona, Spain
Michael Dewan
Mt. Juliet, TN, USA
Sandip Chatterjee
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Suhas Udayakumaran
Kochi, Kerala, India
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Christian Dorfer
Vienna, Austria
Federico di Rocco
Lyon, France
ISPN Guide
The ISPN Guide of Pediatric Neurosurgery is the current online compendium of Pediatric Neurosurgery related content: https://ispn.guide/
The Guide Editor-in-Chief
Rick Abbott
New York, NY, USA
Section Editors
Adrian Caceres
San Jose, Costa Rica
Frederick Boop
United States
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Rome, Italy
Graham Fieggen
Cape Town, South Africa
Jeffrey Blount
Birmingham, AL, United States
Kristian Aquilina
London, United Kingdom
Nelci Zanon
São Paulo, Brazil
Nico Enslin
Cape Town, South Africa
Sandip Chatterjee
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Shlomi Constantini
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
Berlin, Germany
ISPN Library
The ISPN Library is currently under development and strives to become the largest global resource of pediatric neurosurgery educational materials, including the ISPN Guide.
Chair
Shlomi Constantini
Tel Aviv, Israel
Vice Chair
Frederick Boop
United States
Members
Albert Tu
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ramiro del Rio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ron Baticulon
Manila, Philippines
2022–2023 Executive Board (Viña del Mar)
Executive Board
Society Officers
Wan Tew Seow
President
Singapore
Shlomi Constantini
President Elect
Tel Aviv, Israel
Federico di Rocco
Secretary
Lyon, France
Eylem Ocal
Assistant Secretary
Little Rock, AR, USA
Sandip Chatterjee
Treasurer
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Sergio Valenzuela
Annual Meeting Chair
Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Frederick Boop
Immediate Past President & Nominating Committee Chair
United States
Committee Chairs
Niina Salokorpi
Audit
Oulu, Finland
Guirish Solanki
Audit Co-chair
Birmingham, UK
Llewellyn Padayachy
ByLaws
Pretoria, South Africa
Luca Massimi
Bylaws Co-chair
Rome, Italy
Suchanda Battacharjee
Membership
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Farideh Nejat
Membership Co-chair
Tehran, Iran
Sandi Lam
Membership Co-chair
Chicago, IL, USA
Ramiro del Rio
Communication
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Meng-Fai Kuo
Communication Co-chair
Taipei, Taiwan
Ronnie Baticulon
Communication Co-chair (app & social media)
Manila, Philippines
Hideki Ogiwara
Liaison
Tokyo, Japan
Seung-Ki Kim
Liaison Co-chair
Seoul, South Korea
Ulrich Thomale
Ethics & Morals
Berlin, Germany
Teddy Totimeh
Ethics & morals Co-chair
Accra, Ghana
Benedetta Pettorini
Scientific
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ricardo Santos de Oliveira
Scientific Co-chair
Ribeirao Preto - Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Nelci Zanon
Education
São Paulo, Brazil
Jeffrey Blount
Education Co-Chair
Birmingham, AL, United States
Miroslav Gjurasin
Ways & Means
Zagreb, Croatia
Alison Wray
Ways & Means Co-chair
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Jenny Sacree
Allied Health Professionals
Doha, Qatar
Marion (Jack) Walker
Historian
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Concezio Di Rocco
Editor-in-Chief CNS
Hannover, Germany
Rick Abbott
Editor-in-Chief The Guide
New York, NY, USA
Jonathan Roth
Ad-hoc Research Committee
Tel Aviv, Israel
Kemel A Ghotme
Ad-hoc Advocacy Committee
Bogota, Colombia
Zulma Tovar-Spinoza
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Committee
Syracuse, NY, USA
2021-2022 Executive Board (Singapore)
Executive Board
Society Officers
Frederick Boop
President
United States