Contributors
Editor(s):
Federico Landriel
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eduardo Vecchi
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Contributor(s):
Berbeo Calderón ME, MD
Neuroscience Department Director, San Ignacio University Hospital
Javeriana School of Medicine
Bogotá
Colombia
/
Hospital Universitario
Bogotá
Colombia
Diaz RC, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Department Chief
Ignacio University Hospital, Javeriana School of Medicine
Bogotá
Colombia
/
Hospital Universitario
Bogotá
Colombia
Ajler P, MD, PhD.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Astur N, MD.
Pediatric Spine Fellow
Campbell Clinic Orthopedics
Memphis
TN - USA
/
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medicine and Hospitals
São Paulo
SP - Brazil
Awad BI, MD.
Spine Fellow - Department of Neurological Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - MetroHealth Medical Center - Cleveland
OH
USA
/
Department of Neurological Surgery
Mansoura University School of Medicine
Mansoura
Egypt
Beccaceci F, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Military Hospital
Mendoza
Argentina
Begun EM, BS.
Research Assistant - Department of Neurosurgery
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Michigan
USA
Beltrame S, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Belzberg A, MD.
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery - Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Bendersky D, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Benzel EC, MD.
Chairman, Professor of Surgery - Department of Neurosurgery
Neurological Institute
Center for Spine Health - Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland
OH
USA
Bozinov O, MD.
Staff Neurosurgeon, Resident Program Director - Department of Neurosurgery
University Hospital Zurich
Switzerland
Branch CL Jr. MD.
Professor and Chair - Department of Neurosurgery
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Winston Salem, New York
USA
Brotchi J, PhD, FACS.
Emeritus Professor and Chairman - Department of Neurosurgery
Erasme Academic Hospital
Brussels
Belgium
Burkhardt JK, MD.
Staff Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery
University Hospital Zurich
Switzerland
Bydon A, MD.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Bydon M, MD.
Resident Physician, PGY6 - Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Calcagni E, MD.
Director and Chairman - Orthopedic Department
Centro Medico Rivera
Buenos Aires
Argentina
/
Orthopedic Department
Centro de Estudio de las Enfermedades de la Columna Vertebral (CEECV)
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carrizo AG, MD, PhD.
Professor of Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cassini F, MD.
Staff Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery
Spine Division - Clínica Güemes, Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chen KS, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
Cremaschi F, MD.
Head Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurological Surgery - Vice Dean
National University of Cuyo, School of Medicine
Mendoza
Argentina
Cruz Bravo M, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Dahdaleh NS, MD.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
USA
Dawes B, MBBS (Hons) DipAnat.
Department of Neurosurgery
Austin Health - University of Melbourne
Australia
DeCuypere M, MD, PhD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Tennessee
Memphis
TN - USA
Deutsch H, MD.
Associate Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
USA
Du R, MD, PhD.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
El Ahmadieh TY, MD.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow - Northwestern University - Department of Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago
IL - USA
Erbulut DU, PhD.
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Neurosurgery
Koc University
Istanbul
Turkey
Fernandez J, MD.
Chief of Neurosurgery - Regional One Health
Trauma Center
Memphis
TN - USA
/
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Tennessee
Memphis
TN
/
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute
Memphis
TN
Fernández M, MD.
Chief Resident - Department of Neurosurgery
Military Hospital
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fernández Molina F, MD.
Medical Resident, Division of Neurosurgery
University Hospital, Buenos Aires University
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fessler RG, MD, PhD.
Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago
IL - USA
Fierstra J, MD, PhD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
University Hospital Zurich
Switzerland
Gala N, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
USA
Garategui L, MD.
Chief Resident - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ghobrial GM, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurological Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
USA
Gokaslan Z, MD.
Donlin M. Long - Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology, and Orthopaedic Surgery - Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery - Director, Neurosurgical Spine Program -Director, Neurosurgical Spine Metastasis Center. Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Goldschmidt E, MD, PhD.
Chief Resident - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
González Abbati S, MD.
Head, Cranial Base Section, Division of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Buenos Aires University
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Gonzalvo A, MD, FRACS.
Director of Neurosurgery - Austin Health
University of Melbourne
Australia
Gore SR, MD, MS.
Orthopedics - Consultant Endoscopic Spine Surgeon
Prime Surgical Center
Pune
MS - India
Gutierrez R, MD.
Staff Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery
Clínica Güemes, Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hamade YJ, MD.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow - Northwestern University - Department of Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago
IL - USA
Harrop JS, MD.
Professor - Department of Neurological Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia
PA - USA
Hellinger S, MD
Consultant Orthopaedic Department
ISAR Klinik
Munich
Germany
Hem S, MD.
Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery, Spine Division
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hilibrand AS, MD.
Associate Professor - Department of Orthopedic Surgery
The Rothman Institute - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia
PA - USA
Hong JT, MD, PhD.
Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
St. Vincent's Hospital, Catholic University
Korea
Hwang SW, MD.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
Jalón P, MD.
Head, Spine Section, Division of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Buenos Aires University
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jho DH, MD, PhD.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
USA
/
Neuroendoscopy, Chairman, Professor of Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
USA
Kahn EN, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
Khurana A, MBBS, MS, MRCS, MSC, FRCS (Tr & Orth).
Consultant Orthopaedic & Spinal Surgeon
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
New Port, South Wales
UK
Kim IS, MD, PhD.
Associate Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
St. Vincent's Hospital
Catholic University
Korea
Kim JY, MD.
Fellow - Department of Neurosurgery
St. Vincent's Hospital
Catholic University
Korea
Kim MS, MD.
Fellow - Department of Neurosurgery
St. Vincent's Hospital
Catholic University
Korea
Klimo P Jr. MD, MPH.
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Tennessee
Memphis
TN
/
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute
Memphis
TN
/
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Memphis
TN - USA
La Marca F, MD.
Associate Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
Landriel F, MD.
Neurosurgeon - Resident coordinator. Department of Neurosurgery - Spine Division
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Li Y, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison
WI – USA
Lin J, BA.
Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Macki M, BS.
Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Marchi L, MS.
Clinical Study Coordinator
Instituto de Patología da Coluna (IPC)
São Paulo
Brazil
Mendoza-Torres J, MD.
Spine Fellow - Department of Neurosurgery
Oakland University William Beaumont, School of Medicine
Royal Oak
Michigan
USA
Mercado Santori A, MD.
Chief of Neurosurgery Department - Spine Surgery
Military Hospital
Mendoza
Argentina
Mezzadri JJ, MD, PhD.
Head, Division of Neurosurgery
University Hospital, Buenos Aires University
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Miltos C, MD.
Chief of Neurosurgery Department
Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social
Asunción
Paraguay
Mouminah AS, MBBS.
Research Fellow - Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
Msaddi AK, MD.
Professor - Head of Neurosurgical and Spinal Department - Medical Director
Neuro Spinal Hospital
Dubai
UAE
Muhlbauer MS, MD.
Staff Neurosurgeon - University of Tennessee, Department of Neurosurgery
Memphis
TN
/
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute
Memphis
TN
/
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Memphis
TN - USA
Murakami H, MD, PhD.
Associate Professor - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University
Ishikawa
Japan
Neal MT, MD.
Chief Resident of Neurosurgery - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston Salem, New York
USA
Nicolas M, MD.
Thoracic Surgeon - General Surgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Oppenlander ME, MD.
Resident Physician - Division of Neurological Surgery
Barrow Neurological Institute - St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
USA
Ozer AF, MD.
Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Koc University School of Medicine
Istanbul
Turkey
Papademetriou K, BS.
Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Parihar V, MBBSS, MS, MCh, DNB.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
NSCB Governmental Medical College
Jabalpur
India
Park P, MD.
Associate Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
Perez-Cruet M, MD, MS.
Professor and Vice-Chairman - Department of Neurosurgery
Oakland University William Beaumont, School of Medicine
Royal Oak - Michigan
USA
Perin NI, MD, FRCS (Ed) FAANS.
Associate Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York
USA
Pimenta L, MD, PhD.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
UCSD San Diego
California
USA
/
Instituto de Patología da Coluna (IPC)
São Paulo
Brazil
Prasad SK, MD.
Associate Professor - Department of Neurological Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia
PA - USA
Prina JR, MD.
Chairman - Department of Neurosurgery
Clínica Güemes, Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Qiu Y, MD.
Professor - Department of Spine Surgery
Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School
Jiangsu
China
Quinteros M, MD.
Staff Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery
Clínica Güemes, Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Quraishi NA, LLM FRCS (Tr & Orth).
Consultant Spine Surgeon - Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery - Queens Medical Centre Campus of Nottingham
University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham
UK
Rasmussen J, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ratre S, MBBS, MS, MCh.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
NSCB Governmental Medical College
Jabalpur
India
Resnick DK, MD, MS.
Professor and Vice Chairman, Residency Program Director, Co-Director, Spinal Surgery Program - President, Congress of Neurological Surgeons – Director, research Council, North American Spine Society – Past Chair, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine - Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
USA
Richter B, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
USA
Riesenburger RI, MD.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children - Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
Rodriguez A, MD, PhD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Ropper AE, MD, PhD, FRCP.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
Rubino P, MD.
Staff Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital de Alta Complejidad “El Cruce”
Florencio Varela - Buenos Aires
Argentina
Safain MG, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
Samdani AF, MD.
Chief of Spine Surgery - Department of Neurosurgery
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Philadelphia
USA
Sarnthein J, PhD.
Neurophysiologist - Department of Neurosurgery
University Hospital Zurich
Switzerland
Sarramea H, MD.
Director and Chairman - Orthopedic Department, Centro de Estudio de las Enfermedades de la Columna Vertebral (CEECV)
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Shafafy M, MBBS, FRCP (Tr & Orth).
Consultant Spine Surgeon - Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery - Queens Medical Centre Campus of Nottingham
University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham
UK
Shinmura K, MD.
Staff Physician - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University
Ishikawa
Japan
Smith D, MD.
Chairman Thoracic Surgery Section - General Surgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Smith ZA, MD.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
USA
Steinmetz MP, MD.
Chairman, Associate Professor - Department of Neurological Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
USA
Syed HR, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington
USA
Takagi I, MD.
Attending Neurosurgeon - Legacy Spine and Neurological Specialists
Little Rock
Arkansas
USA
Tan KD, MD.
Chief Resident - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
Tan LA
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
USA
Tecle NE, MD, MS.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow - Department of Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
USA
Tedesco N, MD.
Chief Resident - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Toscano M, MD.
Resident Physician - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tsuchiya H, MD, PhD.
Professor - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University
Ishikawa
Japan
Vecchi E, MD.
Assistant Professor - Vice-Chairman Department of Neurosurgery
Chairman Spine Division - Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Voyadzis JM, MD, FAANS.
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington
USA
Wang AC, MD.
Chief Resident - Department of Neurosurgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
Warner Jr. WC, MD.
Professor - Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics
Memphis
TN - USA
Weingart J, MD.
Professor of Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Wolinsky JP, MD.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery - Department of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
USA
Wong AP, MD.
Neurosurgery Fellow, Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
USA
Yadav YR, MBBS, MS, MCh.
Associate Professor and Head of Department of Neurosurgery
NSCB Governmental Medical College
Jabalpur
India
Yampolsky CM, MD.
Chairman - Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Italiano
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Yañez A, MD.
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery - Hospital Pedro de Elizalde - Staff Neurosurgeon - Department of Neurosurgery
Spine Division - Clínica Güemes, Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Yeung AT, MD.
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Voluntary Professor - Department of Neurosurgery
University of New Mexico School of Medicine - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Desert Institute of Spine Care
Phoenix, Arizona
USA
Ypa P, MD.
Chief of Residents - Division of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Buenos Aires University
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Zammar SG, MD.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow - Northwestern University - Department of Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
USA
Zhu Z, MD.
Associate Professor - Department of Spine Surgery
Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School
Jiangsu
China
