WSSFN – World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
WSSFN – World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Speakers
Adriana Lucía López Ríos, MD
Adriana Lucía López Ríos, MD
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery. Hospital San vicente Fundación Rionegro, Colombia.
Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgeon with a formal clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada; degree recognized by the Colombian Ministry of Education. Oncologic and Skull Base Neurosurgeon with a formal clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada; degree recognized by the Colombian Ministry of Education. Neurosurgeon graduated from the University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Physician and Surgeon graduated from the University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Active member of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and also of the Colombian Society of Neurosurgery.
Founder of the Neurofunctional Program at the San Vicente Foundation University Hospital and Specialized Centers of San Vicente Foundation, which currently has 34 specialists involved in the process of patient selection, surgical intervention, rehabilitation, and follow-up for candidates for deep brain stimulation, spinal stimulation, cortical stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, phrenic nerve stimulation, occipital nerve stimulation, among others.
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William Hutchison, PhD, Msc, Professor
William Hutchison. PhD, Msc, Professor
Dept.’s Surgery and Physiology, Univ of Toronto. Senior Scientist, Clinical and Computational Neuroscience. Krembil Research Institute, Humboldt Scholar. Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto Ontario, Canada
Dr. William D. Hutchison is a Full Professor of Surgery and Physiology at St. George’s University, University of Toronto. He holds a PhD from the Australian National University (1990), an MSc from the University of Toronto (1986), and a BSc (Honours) from the University of Toronto (1983). His career includes roles as Senior Scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hutchison has received numerous awards, including the Kraicer Award and the Alexander Von Humboldt Scholarship. His research focuses on deep brain stimulation and movement disorders, with notable publications in Nature Communications and NeuroImage. He has secured significant research funding from CIHR and the W. Garfield Weston Foundation.
Jesús Pastor, PhD
Jesús Pastor, PhD
Head of Clinical Neurophysiology Department. University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
PhD in Neurosciences and Head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Department at the Hospital de la Princesa. Responsible for neurophysiological studies at the National Reference Units for the Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy, Pain Treatment by Neuromodulation and Surgical Treatment of Movement Disorders. Principal Investigator of the Epilepsy and Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology Group, Translational Neuroscience area, at the Princesa Biomedical Research Institute. Author of 220 conference communications and more than 150 publications including international articles and chapters. Principal Investigator of more than 10 competitive research projects. Research Interest Score = 1343, h-index = 28.
Cristina Torres Díaz, MD, PhD
Cristina Torres Díaz, MD, PhD
Deparment of Neurosurgery. University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
After completing her neurosurgery residency, Dr. Torres pursued a fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, Canada, from 2008 to 2010. She earned her PhD from the Autonomous University of Madrid, focusing on medication-resistant epilepsy, graduating cum laude.
Dr. Torres is currently Co-Director of the Movement Disorders Surgery Unit at the Neurosurgery Department of University Hospital La Princesa, a national reference center for the surgical treatment of medication-resistant epilepsy, movement disorders, and neuropathic pain. She is also at the Functional Neurosurgery Department at Ruber International Hospital in Madrid. Additionally, Dr. Torres serves as Secretary of the Spanish Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (SENFE).
Moderated by
Dr. Cristina Torres Díaz
Dr. Cristina Torres
Co-director, Movement Disorder Surgery Unit
Hospital Universitario de La Princesa,
Madrid, Spain
Dr. Nico Enslin
Dr Nico Enslin
Consultant neurosurgeon
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Constantiaberg
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa