Giulio Gasparini is Associate Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery (SSD MED/29) at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome and Head of the Pre-prosthetic Surgery Unit at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. His clinical and research activity primarily focus on the surgical management of craniosynostosis and craniofacial malformations, as well as on the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) through both orthognathic and device-assisted approaches.
He is also deeply involved in advanced implant-prosthetic rehabilitation of severe maxillary atrophies, including the development and clinical validation of CAD-CAM subperiosteal and zygomatic implants. Prof. Gasparini has authored over 140 indexed papers, 10 book chapters, and more than 140 scientific abstracts, with an H-index of 26 and over 2,400 citations (Scopus, 2025).
He serves as lecturer and coordinator in several postgraduate and specialization programs and actively leads national and international multicenter studies in maxillofacial reconstruction and implant surgery.

Personal informations

Born in Milan, Italy, 9th April 1976.
Citizenship: Italian.

Education
- June 1995: High School degree of Maturità Classica at the Istituto Leone XIII of  Milan, final score 58 out of 60.
- July 2001: Medical School degree at the  Università degli Studi di Milano, final votation 110 out of  110 cum laude.
- November 2006: Neurosurgery Residency Program degree at the Università degli Studi di Milano, final votation 70/70 cum laude
- USMLE: United States Medical Licensing Examination obtained in August 2007  ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) certified
-  In June 2011: PhD (Research Doctorate) in Neuropsychology degree at the University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse, France, under the direction of Professor Franck-Emmanuel Roux and  Professor Jean François Dèmonet.

Languages: command of English and French.

Fellowships, Research Experiences
- September 2001 - June 2002: J 1 VISA to work as Research Fellow at the Brain Tumor Laboratory  of the Department of Neurosurgery of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston under the direction of Professor Peter M. Black.
-  November 2005 - November 2006 (fifth year of residency program) Resident at the Dept.of Neurosurgery, Universite’ Paul Sabatier de Toulouse, France à  fellowship in Brain Tumor Surgery and Human Brain Mapping. Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier UniversitairePurpan, Toulouse, France. Under the direction of Professor Franck-Emmanuel Roux
- January 2007 - November 2007 Neuro-Oncology and Brain Mapping Fellow at the Division of Neurosurgery, Dept. of Neurological Sciences of the Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, IRCCS , Milano. Under the direction of Professor Sergio Maria Gaini.
- July 2008 - May 2009 Senior Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle WA. Under the direction of Professor Richard G. Ellenbogen.

Current Positions
From November 2020 Head of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza Italy
From November 2020 Chief of Residency Program in Neurosurgery, at the Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, School of Medicine and Surgery
January 2022, affiliated Professor of Neurological Surgery at the Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
February 2023, Full Professor of Neurosurgeryat the Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, School of Medicine and Surgery

Surgical activity
The surgical activity is focused on:

• Adult and Pediatric Neuro-Oncology,
• Vascular Neurosurgery
• Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Craniofacial Surgery in Craniofacial Malformations

He has performed more than 2500 surgical procedures as Leading Surgeon, more than 1300 craniotomies (brain tumors, craniofacial, vascular) 

Affiliations to Organizations
From 2006: member of the Italian Society for Neurosurgery SINCH
From 2012: faculty of AO Neuro/Neuro Global Neuro Italian section.
From 2018: member of the European Association of Pediatric Neurosurgery ESPN
From 2017 member of the ERN CRANIO (craniofacial malformations) for the San Gerardo Hospital at the European Reference Network for Rare Disease, European Commission

Paper published
115 in peer review journals and main domains: Neuro-Oncology, Human Brain mapping, Pediatric neurosurgery, EXoscope Microneurosurgery, Training

h-index = 30   
 
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https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6602588630

Marianne Juhler (MJ) is professor of Neurosurgery at Copenhagen University, senior consultant at the Neurosurgery capital Clinic at Rigshospitalet and visiting professor for the University Clinic of Neurosurgery in the second largest city Aarhus. My clinical focus research is mainly in the areas of hydrocephalus and ICP physiology and –regulation; in particular from the pediatric perspective. In 2013, I was awarded the Olivecrona Prize for this research and an EANS prize “for Outstanding contribution to European Neurosurgical Education”, in 2019 I was the recipient of the Novo Tandem grant, and in 2021, I was the Snellmann honorary lecturer for the Finnish Neurosurgical Society. I was a member of the EANS Training committee 2008-2016 and since 2016 a member of the Scandinavian Neurosurgery Course training Committee. My teaching in these contexts is particularly concentrated on topics in pediatric neurosurgery. My bibliography covers 200 PubMed listed journal publications and contributions to several textbooks in both Danish and English.

Dr. Kestle is a pediatric neurosurgeon and clinical researcher in craniosynostosis and pediatric hydrocephalus. He was born in Toronto, went to the University of Western Ontario (BSc Biology) then trained in Neurosurgery in Toronto (1984-1992) and in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University (MSc, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 1989).  He began his career at the University of British Columbia in 1992.
In 1998, he joined the faculty at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he became Professor of Neurosurgery and served as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery Residency Program Director. He has served as Treasurer and as Scientific Chair of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Chair of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Neurosurgery:Pediatrics, and Chair American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery. His clinical practice focuses on hydrocephalus and craniosynostosis. His research is in hydrocephalus and craniosynostosis and he founded the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (hcrn.org).   He is currently Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair, Clinical Research and Residency Program Director in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Utah. >

Medical geneticist, Unit of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Policlinico Gemelli University Hospital, Rome
Associate Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Rome.
Documented scientific expertise in genetics, stem cell biology, gene targeted therapies and tissue engineering, with focus on craniosynostosis genetics and pathophysiology, identification of novel disease-associated genes, study of gene expression regulation, design of non-invasive nanotechnology-based treatments.
This research garnered funds from National Institutes of Health (USA), European Commission, Italian Ministries of Health and of University and Research, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Region of Latium, AFM-Telethon.
Member of the scientific committee of the European Reference Network on Rare craniofacial and ENT diseases (ERN CRANIO), where I also lead the geneticists’ working group; ERN CRANIO representative within the ESHG-ERN liaison group and for the Italian Ministry of Health.
Co-leader of academic training program (task 20.4) within the European Rare Disease Research Alliance.
Member of the scientific committee of the research biobank and lead research team on innovative biotechnology at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS.
Author of 90 scientific papers on peer-reviewed international journal; speaker/lecturer in >100 international conferences and courses.
Instructor of Experimental Biology and Genetics and faculty deputy for international activities at Università Cattolica.

Prof. dr. Irene Mathijssen studied Medicine at Erasmus University Rotterdam and did her plastic and reconstructive surgery training at Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam the Netherlands. Her thesis on craniosynostosis was successfully defended in 2011. In 2005, a fellowship craniofacial surgery in Paris with dr Eric Arnaud was taken. She became professor, specially in craniofacial anomalies in 2011 and is head of department Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery the Erasmus Medical Center since 2016. In that year she finished the MBA-health.
Irene Mathijssen was secretary-treasurer of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery from 2013 to 2023 and is now vice-president. She is the coordinator of the European Reference Network on Rare craniofacial anomalies and ENT disorders since the start in 2017, a network of 42 hospitals from 21 European countries.

Doctor in Medicine and Surgery cum laude in 5 years ½ at the “Catholic University” in Rome, Italy on July 2005.
Residency in Neurosurgery -2012 (50/50) “Catholic University” in Rome, Italy

Fellowship and Stages:

• November 2010- June 2011: Birmingham Children’s Hospital - Birmingham- United Kingdom
• October 2014 – April 2015: Clinical Fellow – Neurosurgery Department - Alder Hey’s Hospital - Liverpool - United Kingdom

Professional Experience:

• 2015-today: Consultant Neurosurgeon in the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades of Paris, France
• Coordinator of Craniofacial Unit - Pediatric Neurosurgery Department- Hôpital Necker Enfant Malades - Paris, France
• From 2020: Coordinator of French Reference Centre of craniofacial disease – CRANIOST – Filière Tetecou
• From 2022: secretary of ESCSF- European Society of Craniofacial Surgery

Professional Memberships:

• SFNCP – French Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery
• ESCSF- European Society of Craniofacial Surgery (secretary from 2023)
• ISCSF – International Society of Craniofacial Surgery
• ESPN – European Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery
• ISPN- International Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery

Research
Research focuses on congenital craniofacial anomalies, in particular on:

• modelling craniofacial growth and evaluation of surgical results
• genotype-phenotype correlation
• management of respiratory problems in syndromic craniosynostosis
• recognition of craniofacial syndromes by artificial intelligence
• study of the different mechanisms responsible for cranio-vertebral junction anomalies and syringomyelia in complex craniosynostosis

Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Genova, Italy

Dr. Stefano Pezzato is an anesthesiologist and pediatric intensivist at IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Children’s Hospital in Genova, Italy, one of Europe’s leading centers for pediatric surgery and critical care. He completed his training in Anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Medicine at the University of Genova under the mentorship of Prof. Paolo Pelosi, and joined the Gaslini Children’s Hospital in 2015. Within the Division of Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care led by Dr. Andrea Moscatelli, he provides care for children with complex cardiac and neurological conditions, with particular expertise in perioperative management, ECMO, and advanced neuromonitoring.
In 2023, Dr. Pezzato joined the Division of Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, where he established a collaborative research program focused on cerebral autoregulation and physiologic monitoring in critically ill infants. In 2024, he was appointed a CobiCure Fellow for MedTech Innovation at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, working to translate physiologic insights into next-generation digital monitoring technologies to advance outcomes in pediatric critical care.

Personal Information:born Arcola (SP), Italy 12/12/1961

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dec 2020 – Actual: Head of Neurosurgical Unit IRCCS Gaslini Genoa
Jun 2004-Actual : Coordinator of Spina bifida center IRCCS Gaslini Genoa
Nov 1990-Actual : Consulant neurosurgery IRCCS Gaslini Genoa
Nov 1999 - Nov 2000 : “Medecin Attache’ Associe’ ” : CHRU Lille France
Nov 1998: Visiting Physician - Neurosurgery unit Boston Children’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston (Massachussets), USA

Operatory curriculum: 6000 operations at Gaslini  Children’s Hospital
1100 operations on adult patients in San Martino Hospital, Genova and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille
Expertise: Brain and spinalTumor, Spinal disraphisme, CVJ diseases, Brain malformation, Spinal deformities, Craniostenoses, Brain AVM, Functional neurosurgery.

Didactic: Neurosurgery teacher for Specialization school University of Genoa , University of Turin,Messina,Brescia/Modena,Palermo,San Raffaele Milano

Member of Scientific societies:SINCH,ESPN,ISPN,AO SPINE, SICV
Collaborations: Neurosurgical Unit San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Neurosurgical Unit Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italian Institute of Technology IIT (robotic integration) Genoa, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital ,Centro Claudio Munari per l’epilessia, Milan, SIOP brain tumor subcomitee working group

ORCID: 0000-00033754-08908
H-index (scopus): 29
Total publications n° 191
Language: Italian, English,French.

Dr. Luca Proietti, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Head of the Spine Surgery Unit at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Policlinico Gemelli, Rome. He graduated in Medicine in 1999 with full marks and completed residency in Orthopedics and Traumatology with a focus on spinal disorders. His clinical practice covers degenerative, traumatic, infectious, and deformity conditions of the spine across the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions. He has specific expertise in minimally invasive procedures, navigation- and robotics-assisted surgery, and complex reconstructions.
Dr. Proietti’s research interests include outcome measurement, perioperative optimization, and value-based care in spine surgery. He has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications and regularly serves as speaker, course faculty, and organizer at national and international meetings. He is committed to multidisciplinary care, resident and fellow education, and the translation of evidence into surgical decision-making.

Associate professor
Consultant Pediatric Neurosureon
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Chief Medical Officer
Neurocenter
Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland


Dr. Niina Salokorpi graduated from the University of Tartu, Estonia. In 2004, she began her neurosurgery fellowship at Oulu University Hospital, Finland. Since 2009, she has served as a consultant in pediatric neurosurgery at the same institution. In 2022, Dr. Salokorpi was appointed Chief Medical Officer of the Neurocenter at Oulu University Hospital, which provides neurosurgical and neurological services across Northern Finland.
She has held numerous leadership roles within the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), and the Executive Committee of the Finnish Neurosurgical Society.
Dr. Salokorpi’s current research focuses on the application of advanced imaging and other technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment outcomes of brain tumors. Her clinical expertise lies in pediatric neurosurgery, with a particular emphasis on the treatment of craniosynostosis.

Current Position/Designation:
Professor of Neurosurgery

Institutional Affiliation:
Besta Neurosurgical Institute

Graduated in Medicine University of Bologna, 1976, Cum Laude
Full Training in Neurosurgery 1985
EANS Training Certificate, 1985) 
Full Professor of Neurosurgery, Humanitas University, Milano, Italy, 2017-2024
Prof of Global Neurosurgery, Besta Neurological Institute, 2025- present
Honorary Professor of Neurosurgery Burdenko Institute, Moskow, Russia
Universita’Ospedale Italiano di Buenos Aires, Argentina, University of Surabaya, Indonesia, Northwestern University, Peshawar, Pakistan, Visting Professor University of Cambridge
Chairman the Neurotrauma Committee of the WFNS (2002-2009)
President Italian Neurosurgical Society 2010-2012
President, the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 2017-2021
Past and Honorary President 2021- Present
International life time recognition award from the AANS
Life Time recognition Award of the International Neurotrauma Society (INTS)
Invited speaker in the last 10 years to 72 international meetings in all the 5 Continents of the WFNS
Chairman of 5 international training course for young Neurosurgeons, teacher in other 17 Courses
Organizer of 6 International World Meetings
Reviewer for Journal of Neurotrauma, Acta Neurochirurgica , Jorunal of Neurosugical Sciences, Frontiers, Focus, JNS, Brain Sciences

H-index=62    14757   total citations by 10586 documents
Total number if indexed documents 340
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7006077203 as 17-9-2025

Haed of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin


Head of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, since 12/2014. Professor Dr. med., specialized in pediatric brain tumors, neuroendoscopy, hydrocephalus and CNS congenital malformations. Certified Neurosurgeon since 2004 graduated from Department of Neurosurgery, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Medical education completed 1998, attending medical schools in Tübingen, Vienna and Berlin with internships at Cornell Medical School (New York Hospital and Sloan Kattering Cancer Center), New York and Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA. Venia legendi in 2007. Research fellowship and clinical observership in 2007 at Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA.
Lead of the Pediatric Neurosurgical Panel and deputy chair of the German pediatric brain tumor network (HIT). Pediatric Neurosurgery Section co-chair of the German Neurosurgical Society (DGNC). Executive Board member of the ISPN and ESPN. Editor in Chief of Child’s Nervous System (Springer) and Editorial Board member of Pediatric Neurosurgery (Karger). Former Neurosurgical co-chair of the eSIOP brain tumor group 2018-2022. Former Executive board member IFNE. Former Representative of the Section “Endoscopic Neurosurgery, Neuronavigation and Intraoperative Imaging” of the DGNC, 2011-2018.
Published more than 214 PubMed listed papers and additional multiple book chapters. Co-Founder of the Association of Neuroesthetics. Invited Speaker and organizer at numerous international conferences and neurosurgical courses.

Dr. Andrew Reisner is a board-certified pediatric neurosurgeon at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). He has a large practice and has averaged over 350 surgical cases annually over the last 3 decades.   
Dr Reisner completed his neurosurgery residency at Emory University and a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco.  He has joint appointments in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Emory University.  Dr. Reisner’s research activities include a variety of clinical aspects of pediatric neurosurgery with a focus on traumatic brain injuries.  He established the Pediatric Neurotrauma Lab (PNL)  Pediatric Neurotrauma Lab – Translational TBI Research | Emory & CHOA.   He has authored 200+ papers, abstracts and book chapters and given 400+ presentations nationally and internationally.   PNL has been awarded $14+ million for research funding.     
Dr Reisner was appointed Elaine and John C. Carlos Chair of Neurotrauma at CHOA in 2017.     His awards include the Trubshaw Medal, given to the most distinguished surgical resident, multiple resident teaching and community service awards.   More recently, he was awarded the Children’s Care Network Award of Merit for significant contributions to Pediatrics. 
In 2021, Dr Reisner was nominated to the Chair, Neurotraumatology, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) – 2021-2023.

MD, FRCPCH, FFICM, MA Cantab
ORCID ID- 0000-0001-8695-1314
Paediatric Intensivist and Paediatric Trauma Lead
Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge
Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK

Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and an Affiliated Assistant Professor with the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on translational neuroscience and the application of advanced neuro-monitoring and multi-modal data integration to improve outcomes following paediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI). She collaborates extensively with the University’s Departments of Paediatrics, Neurosciences, Medicine, and Biostatistics, and has played a key role in advancing data-driven clinical research methodologies within PICU. Through her mentorship and leadership, Dr Agrawal actively fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and the development of emerging clinician-scientists in paediatric neurocritical care research.

Chief Investigator:

1. STARSHIP study (Studying Trends of Autoregulation in Severe Head Injury in Paediatrics), the first prospective multi-centre investigation of cerebral autoregulation in children with TBI, with extensions from the study exploring neuro-imaging data and long-term follow-up after TBI.
2. 4P study (Prospective Proof-of-Principle in paediatric TBI) to establish a UK-wide research-ready network
3. PROMPT (prognostic modelling project) an international collaboration combining datasets from over 2,000 paediatric TBI patients to generate the first validated outcome prediction model in this field.
4. ARTSHIP study (Age related thresholds in Severe Head Injury in Paediatrics), international collaboration combining high-resolution physiological monitoring data from children with TBI.
5. COMetSHIP (Cerebral Oxygenation-Metabolism in Severe Head Injury in Paediatrics): Local study of brain tissue oxygenation and cerebral microdialysis

1. Collaborator on the MRC-funded TBI-REPORTER platform, contributing to the development of paediatric data infrastructures within a national experimental medicine network.
2. Collaborator on European survey for pTBI with European Societies of Neurosurgeons, Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), and Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care.
3. Collaborator on International Delphi consensus group for Transcranial Doppler use in PICU
4. Genomic medicine (as PI for GENOMICC and rapid genome sequencing in PICU)
5. PI for Neuro-COVID studies
6. PI for Rapid diagnostics in paediatric critical care (VAP-Dx)
7. Neuro-section Chair for the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)
8. Member of academic and professional networks: the NIHR Brain Injury Initiative and the Paediatric Critical Care Society Scientific Group and reviewer for multiple high-impact journals.

Board-certified Neuroradiologist with over 10 years of combined clinical and academic experience in advanced neuroimaging. Proven expertise in diagnostic imaging of the central nervous system, with a strong focus on pediatric neuroradiology, emergency neuroradiology, neuro-oncology, and advanced MRI techniques (perfusion and spectroscopy).

Currently Consultant Neuroradiologist at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS (Rome) and PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Graduated in Medicine and specialized in Radiology cum laude. Holder of the European Diploma in Neuroradiology (EDiNR) and a II Level Master in Diagnostic Neuroradiology.

Author and co-author of multiple peer-reviewed publications in high-impact international journals (including AJNR, Neuroradiology, and Cancers). Active member of ESR, ESNR, SIRM, and AINR. Proficient in DICOM environments, PACS/RIS, and advanced imaging workstations.

Languages: Italian (native), English (professional), Spanish (working).