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)

jonaroth@gmail.com

Vice Chair:

Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale (Berlin, Germany)

uthomale@charite.de

Members:
Abhaya Kulkarni (Toronto, Canada) – abhaya.kulkarni@sickkids.ca
Jehuda Soleman (Basel, Switzerland) – jehuda.soleman@gmail.com
John Kestle (Salt Lake City, USA) – john.kestle@hsc.utah.edu
Jose Hinojosa (Barcelona, Spain) – jose.hinojosa@sjd.es
Michael Dewan (Mt Juliet, USA) – michael.dewan@vumc.org
Sandip Chatterjee (Kolkata, India) – sandipchat@gmail.com
Suhas Udayakumaran (Kochi, India) –dr.suhas@gmail.com
Xiao Bo (Shanghai, China) – xiao977@hotmail.com

Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Interest Group:

  • Manas Panigrahi (Hyderabad, India) – manasp1966@gmail.com
  • Jeffrey Blount (Birmingham, USA) – jeffrey.blount@childrensal.org
  • Howard L Weiner (Houston, USA) – hlweiner@texaschildrens.org
  • Helio Rubens Machado (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) – hrmachad@gmail.com
  • Christian Dorfer (Vienna, Austria) – christian.dorfer@meduniwien.ac.at

Cardiovascular Junction Interest Group:

  • Richard Anderson (Ridgewood, USA) – randerson@neurosurgerynj.com
  • Dominic NP Thompson (London, UK) – dominic.thompson@gosh.nhs.uk
  • Federico di Rocco (Lyon, France ) – federicodirocco@gmail.com