DBS and ethics in a historical perspective – WSSFN – World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Speaker

Professor Marwan Hariz
Emeritus Professor and previous Head Of Division of Functional and stereotactic Neurosurgery at Queen’s Square Hospital in London.

Professor Hariz currently joins Prof Patric Blomstedt in Sweden at Umea University’s Functional Neurosurgical Unit.
Professor Hariz is a well known and well loved speaker and neurosurgeon all over the world. He is one of the renowned neurosurgeons and researchers in the field of stereotactic neurosurgery.
He will talk about ethical issues pertaining to Deep Brain Stimulation as well as interesting Historical aspects of DBS.

Moderated by Dr Nico Enslin
Consultant neurosurgeon
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Constantiaberg
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa