World Society for Stereotactic
and Functional Neurosurgery

The WSSFN would like to congratulate all the award winners who exemplify their interest in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery!

Spiegel-Wycis Award: Andres Lozano (Canada), Takaomi Taira (Japan)

President’s Award: Mojgan Hodaie (Canada)

Tasker Award: Joachim Krauss (Germany)

Sang Sup Chung Award:

The WSSFN leadership is pleased to announce two awards (clinical and research field) in honor of deceased professor Sang Sup Chung (1938-2021). The awards are 2500 USD each. The awards will be bestowed during the 2022 WSSFN meeting in Korea. The aim of the Sang Sup Chung clinical award is to recognize the important pioneering clinical researches in the field of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery in Asian region. And the aim of the Sang Sup Chung research award is to recognize the innovative and pioneering basic and research works in the field of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery in Asian region.

Clinical Award: Takamitsu Yamamoto (Japan)
> Spinal cord stimulation for vegetative state and minimally conscious state.

Research Award: Zang Hee Cho (Korea)
> Developed the world first PET scanner in 1975 and the pioneer of CT and MRI.

​Abstracts Awards:

• Best Oral Presentation – Clinical
  Evolution Of Targeting Of The Anterior Limb Of The Internal Capsule Circuits For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Multi-institutional Experience
  Josue Avecillas Chasin, Kisueng Choi, Andrew Smith, Helen Mayberg, Brian Kopell, Martijn Figee (USA)
• Best oral presentation – Basic Science
  Unbiased Whole Brain Circuit Examination Reveals Novel Neurons That Restore Locomotion After Spinal Cord Injury
  Newton Cho, J. Squair, N. James, L. Baud, A. Leonhartsberger, K Sveistyte, K Galan, Q Barraud, M Goubran, L Batti, S Pages, M Gauthier, T Hutson, C Kathe, A Bichat, O Rizzo, M Hodara, J Bloch, G Courtine (Canada/Switzerland
• Best Poster Presentation – Clinical
  Effects Of Thalamic DBS For Tourette’s Syndrome in a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
  Pablo Andrade, Juan Carlos Baldermann, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle (Germany)
• Best Poster Presentation – Basic Science
  Enhanced Delivery Of Aducanam Via FUS Alleviates Cognitive Impairment In Neuropathology In Alzheimer’s Disease
  Chanho Kong, Eun-Jeong Yang, Jaewoo Shin, Junwon Park, Won Seok Chang, Changhan Lee, Hyunju Kim, Hye-Sun Kim, Jin Woo Chang (Korea)
• Karger Award – Best Oral Presentation
  Extensive Frontal Focused Ultrasound Mediated Blood-brain Barrier Opening for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
  So Hee Park, Kyoungwon Bail, Seun Jeon, Won Seok Chang, Byong Seok Ye, Jin Woo Chang (Korea)
• Karger Award – Best Poster Presentation
  Differences In STN Subregional Activity During Performance Of A Motor Conflict Task In Humans With Parkinson’s Disease
  Travis Stewart, Jessica McDonnell, Joseph Neimat, Scott Wylie, Neileke Van Wouwe (USA)
• Karger Award – best oral presentation runner up
  Sub-second Fluctuations Of Extracellular Dopamine And Serotonin Levels Encode Learning Signals That Influence Behavioral Control And Conscious Phenomena Experience In Humans
  Kenneth Kishida, Adrian Laxton, Stephen Tatter (USA)
• Karger Award – Best Poster Presentation runner up
  Prospective Randomized Clinical Study: Does TYRX Antibiotic Envelope For DBS IPG Replacement Affect IPG Infection Rate?
  Terry Coyne, Michael Colditz, Tomas Heard, Peter Silburn (Australia)
• Best Oral Presentation – Honorable Mention #1
  7 Years Of 7-tesla In Deep Brain Stimulation For Parkinson’s Disease: Pinpointing The Dorsal STN
  Maarten Bot, Neils Rijks, Lisa Verlaat, Naomi Kremer, Varvara Mathiopoulou, Francisca Ferreira, Mark Robers, Rob de Bie, Pepijn van den Munckhof, Rick Schuurman (The Netherlands)
• Best Oral Presentation – Honorable Mention #2
  Diffusion Tensor Imaging Evaluation Of Pateints With Disorders Of Consciousness Prior To Deep Brain Stimulation: A Preliminary Study
  Marina Raguz, Darco Oreskovic, Andelo Kastelancic, Petar Marcinkovic, Marin Lakic, Fadi Almahariq, Dominik Romic, Domagoj Dlaka, Niko Radovic, Igor Fuckan, Vedran Deletis, Darko Chudy (Croatia)
• Best Poster Presentation – Honorable Mention #1
  The Effect Of Pulsed RF Combined With A Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection On Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy – Vietnam Prospective Study
  Viet-Thang Le, Tuan An Pham (Vietnam)
• Best Poster Presentation – Honorable Mention #2
  An Artificial Intelligence-driven System of Grading Trigeminal Neuralgia And Prediction of Surgical Outcome
  Timur Latypov, Rose Yakubov, Peter Hung, Pascale Tsai, Matthew Walker, Wanzhang Wai, Marina Tawfik, Frank Rudzicz, Mojgan Hodaie (Canada)

Travel Grant Award:
Abhinav Goyal / Akmal Masyhudi / Alexandre Boutet / Andrew Chan Tai Kong
Benjamin Davidson / Can Sarica / Chen Feng / Cletus Cheyuo / Artur Vetkas
Eldaniz Mammadli / Galih Permana / İsmail Şimşek / Jason Yuen
Kazuaki Yamamoto / Manish Baldia / Maria Rosaria Scala / Marina Raguz
Melissa Chua / Muhammad Reza Arifianto / Mustafa Kılıç / Newton Cho / Nirmala Shankar
Olga Maria Parras Granero / Oskar Puk / Ozcan Sonmez / Pritam Gurung
Raenette David / Roman Kiselev / Saurabh Gupta / Timur Latypov / Vanisha Tamling
Vikas Sharma / Viktor Peskov / Vladimir Murtazin / Vybhav R