Christophe Cognard

Throughout his life and career, Christophe Cognard (Toulouse, France) has always sought to help advance the interventional neuroradiology (INR) space, and make the management...

Adnan Siddiqui

While he is a neurosurgeon by trade, Adnan Siddiqui (Buffalo, USA) has delved into an increasing number of domains throughout his career—not only through...

Michihiro Tanaka

Michihiro Tanaka, director of Neurosurgery and Neuroendovascular Surgery at Kameda Medical Center (Chiba, Japan), speaks to NeuroNews to discuss the factors that have shaped...

Phil White

Phil White’s career as a physician and researcher has seen him play a role in numerous major stroke trials, and serve as an educator...

Ameer Hassan

Having initially sought out a career in plastic surgery, Ameer Hassan (Harlingen, USA) switched gears to interventional neurology in 2005—a change of heart he...

J Mocco

As president of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), endovascular neurosurgeon J Mocco (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA) has...

Vitor Mendes Pereira

As medical accolades go, performing the world’s first robot-assisted neurointerventional procedure—a feat that Vitor Mendes Pereira and his team achieved back in 2019—is something...

Shelley Renowden

Through her many years as a consultant neuroradiologist at the North Bristol NHS Trust (Bristol, UK), as well as organising the European Course in...

Isil Saatci

Isil Saatci has been practising interventional neuroradiology (INR) in Ankara, Turkey for almost the entirety of her career—initially at Hacettepe University, where she also...

Pedro Lylyk

Pedro Lylyk’s work and achievements in the neurosurgical field have spanned several decades, and range from a momentous intracranial stent placement in 1996, to...

Michael Chen

Michael Chen—a neurointerventionist and professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, USA—speaks to NeuroNews to provide insight on...

Salim Hayek

Salim Hayek is chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland and a professor in Case Western Reserve University’s Department...

Else Charlotte Sandset

Else Charlotte Sandset is a consultant neurologist in the Stroke Unit of the Department of Neurology at Oslo University Hospital, and chair of the...

William Mack

William Mack is a professor of neurosurgery and vice-chair of academic affairs in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California...

Mitchell Elkind

Mitchell Elkind is a professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and chief of the Division of Neurology Clinical Outcomes Research and Population...

Timo Krings

“The most profound and scaring changes I felt are the impact of increased levels of anxiety and stress on the team,” comments Timo Krings...

Jens Fiehler

Virtual education offers unparalleled, and relatively inexpensive opportunities, but the joy of interacting in-person with colleagues and, frankly, appreciating a fine vintage after sessions,...

Richard P Klucznik

Richard P Klucznik currently serves as the president of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) and the director of interventional neuroradiology at The Methodist...

Jesse Dawson

“It is an amazing time to work in stroke medicine,” Jesse Dawson tells NeuroNews. Looking back at his career, he discusses the field’s biggest...

Jason Pope

Jason Pope is the president and CEO of Evolve Restorative Center in Santa Rosa, USA, and serves as president of the Californian Society of...

Patrick Brouwer

Patrick Brouwer speaks to NeuroNews about what he considers to be the most important developments in the neurointerventional field to date. As president of...

Adam Arthur

Adam Arthur was one of few neurosurgeons in the USA to develop a busy practice in both open cerebrovascular surgery and endovascular neurosurgery. As...

Bart van der Worp

President of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) Bart van der Worp emphasises the need for additional treatment options for patients with acute ischaemic stroke,...

Todd Sitzman

Todd Sitzman is the medical director of Advanced Pain Therapy at a comprehensive pain clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. As president of the North American...

Urs Fischer

Urs Fischer is a clinical researcher with a particular interest in the diagnosis, management, treatment, and outcome of patients with acute neurological diseases, especially...

Mayank Goyal

Mayank Goyal is a professor in the Department of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is the Director of...

Gregory Albers

Gregory Albers has been involved in two of the most transformative studies for stroke patient treatment and care in recent times. Here he speaks...

Simon Thomson

With a history of medicine in his blood and almost 30 years in the pain management field, Simon Thomson has been at the centre...

Laurent Pierot

Laurent Pierot chose a career in medicine in order to have the skills to help people on a global level. Now, as the current...

Joshua A Hirsch

At just 21-years-old, Joshua A Hirsch was the youngest person in modern history to graduate from his medical school. Since then, he has enjoyed...

Giancarlo Barolat

Over a 38-year career, Giancarlo Barolat has performed over 8000 neurostimulation procedures and has seen the field develop and change in a number of...

Tudor Jovin

As principal investigator for the REVASCAT and DAWN trials and having leadership roles in the SWIFT PRIME and ESCAPE trials, Tudor Jovin (University of...

Tommy Andersson

Tommy Andersson speaks to NeuroNews about how his career developed from physical education teacher to one of the world’s leading interventional neuroradiologists. He also...

Jacques Moret

As the course director of the Live Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery Course (LINNC; Paris, France) Jacques Moret talks about the importance of a live...

Guido Guglielmi

World-renowned as the inventor of the Guglielmi Detachable Coil (GDC), Guido Guglielmi speaks to NeuroNews about what inspired him to pursue that invention and...

Timothy Deer

Timothy Deer (Centre for Pain Relief, Charleston, USA) has recently been appointed president of the International Neuromodulation Society. He believes neuromodulation is now the...

Istvan Szikora

President of the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) 2014–2015, Istvan Szikora, speaks to NeuroNews about his career beginnings in anaesthesiology and...

Alim Louis Benabid

Winner of the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Science, the 2014 Lasker DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS)...

Robert E Harbaugh

Robert E Harbaugh, director of the Institute of the Neurosciences, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, and professor of the Department...

Joseph Broderick

Joseph Broderick, professor of neurology and director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA, has focused much of his career...

Vladimír Beneš Jr

Vladimír Beneš Jr is professor and chair at the First Medical School, Charles University, Postgraduate School of Medicine, Central Military Hospital in the Czech...

Mauricio Castillo

Mauricio Castillo is a professor of Radiology and chief, Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill,...

William T Couldwell

William T Couldwell is professor of neurosurgery in the Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA. He is the current...

Ali R Rezai

“My clinical and research career has been focused on the clinical applications of deep brain stimulation and the understanding of the mechanisms of deep...

Philip M Meyers

Philip M Meyers, associate professor of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physcians and Surgeons, New York, USA, tells NeuroNews about how...

Peter Hamlyn

Peter Hamlyn’s career has extended into many specialties including neuro and spinal surgery and sports medicine. He was on the advisory panel for the...

James Byrne

James Byrne, professor of Neuroradiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, was the first neuroradiologist to use the Guglielmi detachable coil in the UK and...

Louis Caplan

Louis Caplan, senior neurologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA, is a pioneer of the Harvard Stroke Registry and the Stroke...

Andrew Molyneux

“Angiographic perfection at the expense of a significant clinical complication may not be the best outcome for the patient,” Andrew Molyneux, now senior clinical...

Martin M Brown

Martin M Brown, professor of Stroke Medicine, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK, consultant neurologist, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square,...

David B Hackney

David B Hackney, professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA, and president of the American...

Toshio Hyogo

Toshio Hyogo, current president of the World Federation of Interventional Neuroradiology (WFITN) and 2004 president of the Japanese Society of NeuroEndovascular Therapy tells NeuroNews...

Alfredo Casasco

Alfredo Casasco, co-director of the Endovascular and Percutaneous Therapy Service, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Madrid, Spain, and president of the third ESMINT congress...

Raymond J Dolan

Raymond J Dolan, Kinross Professor of Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Neurology, University College London (UCL) and director of Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL,...

Gian Luigi Lenzi

Gian Luigi Lenzi, professor of Neurology, University of Rome, Italy, has a passion for producing good Chianti! In this interview with NeuroNews, the vice...