Current Department:
Departments of Neurological Surgery & Radiation Oncology UCSF San Francisco

Current Positions:
Professor in Residence
Vice Chairman Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Director Radiosurgery Program
Co-Director Skull Base Tumor Program
Robert & Ruth Halperin Chair in Meningioma Research

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, meningiomas, skull base surgery, radiosurgery

Research Interests:
meningiomas, radiosurgery, outcomes instruments for adult tumors

Hobbies:
golf, wine, vintage formula ford racing

Sheehan, Jonas
Membership Chair

Current Department:
Department of Neurosurgery
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Cancer Institute
Hershey, Pennsylvania

Current Positions:
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Director of Neuro-Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute

Clinical Interests:
primary and metastatic brain tumors, skull base surgery, radiosurgery

Research Interests:
malignant brain tumors, metastatic tumors, radiosurgery, neurocognitive outcomes in brain tumor patients

Hobbies:
biking, Fly fishing

Current Department:
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Cincinnati
Mayfield Clinic
Cincinnati, OH

Current Positions:
Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Chairman of the Board, Mayfield Clinic

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, intraoperative MRI, local therapies (seeds, wafers), radiosurgery

Research Interests:
frameless radiosurgery, local therapies (seeds, wafers), molecular epidemiology, stem cell therapy

Hobbies:
cars, tennis, travel

Bernstein, Mark
Advisory Board

Current Department:
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Current Positions:
Professor, Department of Surgery
Co-Director, Gamma Knife

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, radiosurgery, lumbar disc disease, international surgery

Research Interests:
gliomas , radiosurgery, qualitative studies, bioethics

Hobbies:
fishing, cottaging, communing with dogs, non-medical writing

Current Department:
Departments of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Current Positions:
Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Founding Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Emeritus, Children’s Hospital
Director, Brain Tumor Research Laboratory, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Clinical Interests:
brain tumors, epilepsy, meningiomas, hydrocephalus

Research Interests:
brain imaging and image-guided surgery, brain tumor biology and treatment, cerebrospinal fluid physiology and hydrocephalus

Hobbies:
international travel, watching old videos, being with my family doing whatever

Current Department:
Departments of Neurological Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Current Positions:
Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director Brain Tumor Program
Co-Director Center for Skull Base Surgery

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, skull base surgery, radiosurgery

Research Interests:
clinical trials in malignant brain tumors, translational therapies in brain tumor models, novel methods of brain tumor imaging, brain tumor epidemiology

Hobbies:
tennis, harp

Current Departments:
Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 1990 - present
Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 1995 - present

Current Positions:
Professor and Chairman, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Professor and Chairman, Baylor College of Medicine Director, Residency Program, Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Brain Tumor Center, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The Anne C. Brooks & Anthony D. Bullock, III Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Clinical Interests:
primary and metastatic brain tumors, enhanced accessibility and safety of brain tumor surgery, third ventricle, brainstem, and pineal region tumors

Research Interests:
role of surgery for malignant gliomas, srgery versus radiosurgery in the management of brain metastasis, biology of gliomas

Hobbies:
travel, wine, scrabble, bridge

Current Department:
Brain Tumor & Neuro-Oncology Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Current Positions:
Professor of Surgery and Oncology
Director, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center
Director, Cleveland Clinic Gamma Knife Center
Rose Ella Burkhardt Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Fellowship Director, Neurosurgical Oncology

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, meningiomas, stereotactic radiosurgery

Research Interests:
radiosurgery, technology in surgery, gliomas, outcomes

Hobbies:
technology (audio/video/computers), raising my kids

Asher, Anthony
Community Collaborative Initiatives

Current Department:
Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

Current Positions:
President, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Director, Brain Tumor Program, Carolinas Medical Center
Co-Chairman, Brain Tumor Fund for the Carolinas

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, meningiomas, radiosurgery

Research Interests:
brain metastases, primary brain tumors, adult learning science

Hobbies:
tennis, running

Current Department:
Surgical Neurology Branch
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health

Current Positions:
Staff Neurosurgeon

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, pediatric brain tumors, spinal cord and brainstem tumors, benign tumors, familial tumor disorders

Research Interests:
hemangioblastomas, gliomas, tumor suppressor syndromes

Hobby:
golf

Current Department:
Departments of Neurological Surgery & Otolaryngology
UCSF

Current Positions:
Associate Professor in Residence
Co-Director Skull Base Tumor Surgery Program
Reza and Georgianna Khatib Endowed Chair in Skull Base Tumor Surgery

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, skull base tumor surgery, intrinsic spinal tumor surgery

Research Interests:
mechanisms of glioma immunoresistance, immunotherapy of glioma
signaling cascades in skull base tumors

Current Department:
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Department of Neurological Surgery, UC, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
Department of Neurological Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC),
Orange, CA
Department of Neurological Surgery, Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital, Newport
Beach, CA
Department of Neurological Surgery, St Joseph’s Hospital, Orange, CA

Current Positions:
Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery
Associate professor of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, UC Irvine Neuro-Oncology Program
Co-Director, UC Irvine Skull Base Surgery Program
Neurosurgeon, Hoag/UCI Gamma Knife Center

Clinical Interests:
adult and pediatric malignant and benign primary brain tumors, adult and pediatric metastatic brain tumors, skull base tumor microsurgery, acoustic tumors, meningiomas, gamma knife radiosurgery, stereotaxis, intraoperative MRI

Research Interests:
clinical trials for train tumor patients, outcomes analysis for brain tumor surgery, outcomes analysis for stereotactic radiosurgery,
molecular epidemiology and biomarkers for brain tumors, radiobiology, developmental glial biology

Hobbies:
sailing, history

Current Department:
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Current Positions:
Professor of Neurosurgery

Clinical Interests:
immunotherapy for brain tumors

Research Interests:
immunotherapy using molecular biologic techniques

Current Department:
Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School
Tokyo Japan

Current Positions:
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School
Vice-Chairman of WFNS Neuro-Oncology Committee

Clinical Interests:
intraoperative brain mapping, awake surgery, photodynamic diagnosis and therapy

Research Interests:
sonodynamic therapy, genetic analysis in brain tumor, gene therapy

Hobbies:
tennis, amateur radio (HAM), electric equipment craft

Current Department:
Department of Surgical Neurology, The University of Dundee, Scotland.

Current Positions:
Head of Department of Surgical Neurology, University of Dundee
Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Specialty advisor
Chairman of Clinical Governance Committee- Specialist Services
Director functional neurosurgery program & co-director neurosurgery for mental disorders national service.
Secretary of British Sterotactic & Functional Neurosurgery Group, Secretary of Dundee Medical Club.

Clinical Interests:
skull base neuro-oncology, acoustic & pituitary tumors, image guided surgery, robotics in neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery.

Research Interests:
photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy, lasers in neurosurgery, robotic applications in neurosurgery, interaoperative radiotherapy.

Hobbies:
golf, fishing, exploring points of interest.

Current Department:
Department of Neurosurgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

Current Position:
Specialist Registrar in Neurosurgery

Clinical Interests:
adult malignant brain tumors, skull base meninigiomas, orbital tumors

Research Interests:
outcomes of surgery for malignant tumors, natural history of metastases, medical statistics, clinical databases

Hobbies:
watercolour painting, philately

Sandmair, Anu-Maaria
International
Finland

Current location:
Praxis Dr. Sandmair, Augsburg, Germany
(Klinikum Ingolstadt, Department of Neurosurgery, Germany)
(A.I.Virtanen Institute, Kuopio University, Finland)

Clinical Interests:
neuro-ongology, high grade glioma, spinal surgery, peripheral nerves

Research Interests:
brain tumor reseach, high grade glioma, gene therapy, cerebral aneurysms

Hobbies:
family and friends, good food, reading, outdoor activities

Current Department:
Division of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland

Current position:
Deputy Attending in Neurosurgery

Clinical Interests:
brain intrinsic neoplasms, spinal tumors, vascular neurosurgery

Research Interests:
novel glioma therapies, local biodistribution of therapeutic molecules, diagnostic strategies in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Hobbies:
sports, music, food, wine & whiskey

Current Department:
Department of Neurological Surgery
National Neurological Institute “C.Besta”
Milan, Italy

Current Positions:
Director Experimental Surgical Neuro-oncology Program

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, meningiomas, skull base surgery

Research Interests:
brain tumor cancer stem cells, local delivery strategies for brain, tumor treatment, meningiomas

Hobbies:
culinary, sailing

Current Department:
Departments of Neurological Surgery UCSF
San Francisco

Current Positions:
Professor in Residence
Vice Chairman Department of Neurosurgery
Director of the Division of Neuro-Oncology
Lai Wan Kan Chair of Neurological Surgery

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, neuroimaging , quality of life/survivorship in neuro-oncology

Research Interests:
clinical trials in neuro-oncology, neuroimaging research

Hobbies:
reading, hiking, running

Warnick, Ronald
Nominating

Current Department:
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Cincinnati
Mayfield Clinic
Cincinnati, OH

Current Positions:
Professor of Neurosurgery
Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Chairman of the Board, Mayfield Clinic

Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, intraoperative MRI, local therapies (seeds, wafers), radiosurgery

Research Interests:
frameless radiosurgery, local therapies (seeds, wafers), molecular epidemiology, stem cell therapy

Hobbies:
cars, tennis, travel

Current Department:
Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Current Positions:
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics

Clinical Interests:
pediatric epilepsy, pediatric brain tumors, functional brain mapping, pediatric neurosurgery

Research Interests:
tuberous sclerosis complex, medulloblastoma , CNS development

Hobbies:
running, music, religious studies

Current Department:
Department of Neurological Surgery UCSF
San Francisco

Current Positions:
Assistant Professor in Residence

Clinical Interests:
pituitary adenomas, glioblastomas, meningiomas, brain metastases,

Research Interests:
angiogenesis, oncolytic viruses,

Hobbies:
jogging

Current Department:
Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Current Positions:
Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Clinical Interests:
brain metastases, pituitary adenomas, stereotactic radiosurgery
trigeminal neuralgia, vestibular schwannomas

Research Interests:
brain metastases management, development/application of a radiosurgery-based AVM grading system, outcomes after radiosurgery for benign adult brain tumors

Hobbies:
downhill skiing, wine

Current Department:
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA. 19104

Current Positions:
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Principal Member, Neuro-Oncology Program, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Human Brain Tumor Tissue Bank, University of Pennsylvania

Clinical Interests:
image-guided neurosurgery for adult brain tumors, surgical treatment for glioma and meningioma, intraoperative motor and speech corticography, MRI techniques in surgical navigation

Research Interests:
molecular therapeutics for gliomas, genetic testing for oligodendroglioma, genomic classification of glioma molecular subtypes, MR imaging of glioma invasion and angiogenesis

Hobbies:
running, biking, tennis, kayaking and boating, classical music, wine

Current Department:
Brain Tumor and NeuroOncology Center and Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
San Francisco

Current Positions:
Associate Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Associate Director, Brain Tumor and NeuroOncology Center
Director, Center for Translational Therapeutics


Clinical Interests:
adult brain tumors, meningiomas, radiosurgery, clinical trials

Research Interests:
drug delivery to the CNS, signal transduction inhibitors, convection enhanced drug delivery

Hobbies:
running, tennis, skiing

Current Department:
University of Utah Department of neurosurgery

Current Position:
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology

Clinical Interests:
management of patients with metastatic and primary brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, awake cortical mapping and preoperative functional imaging of patients with brain tumors.

Research:
hypoxia inducible factor, meningioma models, clinical outcomes

Hobbies:
running, skiing, tennis, hot rod building, old car restoration, woodworking, reading

Current Department:
Department of Neurosurgery
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Current Positions:
Professor
Vice Chairman
Mary Beth Pawelek Chair in Neurosurgery
Medical Director, Brain and Spine Center

Clinical Interests:
skull base surgery, neuro-oncologic surgery

Research Interests:
meningiomas, outcomes for adult tumors

Hobbies:
live music, backcountry hiking

Current Department:
Department of Neurological Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York NY

Current Positions:
Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Oncological Sciences
Director Brain Tumor Program
Co-Director Radiosurgery Program


Clinical Interests:
adult primary brain tumors, adult metastatic brain tumors, epilepsy, meningiomas, radiosurgery

Research Interests:
translational brain tumor research, embryonic stem cells

Hobbies:
skiing, swimming, horse back riding