Past Presidents

Scroll through the Roll of Honour of past presidents and see all the great names of pediatric neurosurgery who have held the position of ISPN President.

Wherever possible we have included a photograph of the president at the time of their presidency and wearing the ‘symbol of office’ – the ISPN poncho.

Shlomi Constantini

2023-2024 Read presidential message

Wan Tew Seow

2022–2023 Read presidential message

Frederick Boop

2021-2022 Read presidential message

José Francisco Salomão

2019–2021 Read presidential message

Wolfgang Wagner

2018–2019 Read presidential message

Graham Fieggen

2017–2018 Read presidential message

William Harkness

2016–2017 Read presidential message

Graciela Zuccaro

2015–2016

Chandrashekhar Deopujari

2014–2015 Read presidential message

Gordon McComb

2013–2014 Read presidential message

Kyu-Chang Wang

2012–2013 Read presidential message

Tadanori Tomita

2011–2012 Read presidential message

Paul Steinbok

2010–2011 Read presidential message

Saffet Mutluer

2009–2010 Read presidential message

Tai-Tong Wong

2008–2009 Read presidential message

Rick Abbott

2007–2008 Read presidential message

Carlo Mazza

2006-2007 Read presidential message

Joong-Uhn Choi

2005–2006 Read presidential message

Enrique Ventureyra

2004–2005 Read presidential message

Marion Walker

2003–2004

Shizuo Oi

2002–2003

Jonathan Peter

2001–2002 Read Biography

Alain Pierre-Kahn

2000-2001

Harold Rekate

1999-2000

Joon Ki Kang

1998-1999 Read Biography

Antony Hockley

1997-1998 Read Biography

David McLone

1996-1997 Read Biography

Sanat Bhagwati

1995-1996 Read Biography

Concezio Di Rocco

1994-1995 Read Biography

Robin Humphreys

1993-1994 Read Biography

Kiyoshi Sato

1992-1993 Read Biography

Claude Lapras

1991-1992 Read Obituary

Fernando Ruedo-Franco

1990-1991 Read Biography

Fred J. Epstein

1989-1990

Osamu Sato

1988-1989

Jean-François Hirsch

1987-1988 Read Obituary

Luis Schut

1986-1987

Donald Simpson

1985-1986

Karl H. Hovind

1984-1985

Harold H. Hoffman

1983-1984

Satoshi Matsumoto

1982-1983

Maurice Choux

1981-1982

Luciano Basauri

1980-1981

Kenneth Till

1979-1980

Raul Carrea

1978-1979

Antony J. Raimondi

1977-1978 Read Obituary

Joseph Ranshoff

1976-1977

Steen Flood

1975-1976

Karl Bushe

1974-1975

Jacques Rougerie

1973-1974

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