THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION

Franco Servadei, M.D.

WORLD FEDERATION OF Professor of Neurosurgery
Humanitas University and Research Hospital
NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETIES Milano Italy

Tel: +39 02 8224 5422

+39 33 5669 0853 (personal)
Email: franco.servadei@gmail.com
Email: franco.servadei@hunimed.eu
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
President:
Franco Servadei
President-Elect:
Nelson Oyesiku
First Vice-President:
Basant Misra
Secretary:
Akio Morita
Assistant-Secretary:
Miroslav Vukic Milano 10 September 2021
Treasurer:
Amir Samii
Assistant-Treasurer:
Najia El Abbadi
President of the XVI Congress:
Enrique Osorio-Fonseca

OFFICERS OF THE FEDERATION

Second Vice-Presidents:
Kenan Arnautovic (AANS) Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Hari Chandran (AASNS)
Abderrahmane Sidi Said (CAANS)
André Grotenhuis (EANS) my term as President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical
Jose Marcus Rotta (FLANC)
Kresimir Rotim (at large) Societies is ended today .
Nasser El-Ghandour (at large)
The best compliment I received is very short and it comes from
HONORARY PRESIDENTS
A. Adeloye A. Konovalov
the Young Neurosurgical Forum: “He did what he promised”.
H. Azevedo-Filho E. R. Laws We have worked all together to improve the concept of global
A. Basso F. Loew
J. Brotchi M. Loyo-Varela neurosurgery, to decrease the disparities and to promote
M. Choux J.G. Martin-Rodriguez
N. Dan R. Patterson neurosurgery all over the world.
A. El Khamlichi L. Quintana
N. Hashimoto F. Rueda-Franco All of us were also able to keep Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical
R. Heros M. Samii
A. Hudson R. Spetzler
education alive during the pandemia with new teaching methods:
H. W. Jung L. Symon our Societies and our Committees organized countless Meeting on
T. Kanno F. Tomasello
T. Kawase Y.K. Tu the web, web simulation Meeting, hybrid teaching...
S. Kobayashi U. Türe
In Latin we say ex malo bonum: from the worst experience we can
Coordinator Committee Activities:
P. David Adelson learn how to improve our clinical activities (we are first physicians
OFFICERS OF XVII CONGRESS
and then neurosurgeons) and how to reach more Neurosurgeons all
President of the XVII Congress over the World.
Enrique Osorio-Fonseca
Honorary President: We were all very worried about postponing the World Congress
Tito A. Perilla
Vice-President: and having all the elections on the web; on the contrary, due to the
Hernando Cifuentes Lobelo
2nd Vice-President: hard work of the LookUs Company (Metin) and of our Central
Antonio Montoya Casella
Secretary:
office (Teresa and Ling) we had the largest number of voting
Andres Rubiano Escobar delegates (over 250) in the WFNS history. I have here also to thank
Assistant-Secretary:
Fernando Hakim all the delegates for their availability to follow us in this new
Treasurer:
Victor Hugo Bastos experience.
Assistant-Treasurer:
Juan Carlos Benedetti
Last but not least we have already elected my successor: Prof
Chairman, Scientific Programme Com: Oyesiku from US, who is now the new WFNS President.
Alfredo Pedroza
Then we had 3 candidates for President Elect, all of them perfectly
WFNS CENTRAL OFFICE suitable for the job.
5, Rue du Marché,
1260 Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland Unfortunately only one could win, and we have now Najia El
Tel: +41 22 362 4303
Fax: +41 22 362 4352
Abbadi: the first Women President of all Surgical Societies and the
Website: www.wfns.org
WFNS XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF NEUROSURGERY
Bogotá, Colombia, 2021
 THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION

Franco Servadei, M.D.

WORLD FEDERATION OF Professor of Neurosurgery
Humanitas University and Research Hospital
NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETIES Milano Italy

Tel: +39 02 8224 5422

+39 33 5669 0853 (personal)
Email: franco.servadei@gmail.com
Email: franco.servadei@hunimed.eu
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
President:
Franco Servadei
President-Elect: first African President. Innovation is an important part of our
Nelson Oyesiku
First Vice-President: work, and we neurosurgeons are the best innovators.
Basant Misra
Secretary: With Nelson and Najia I leave my position with a strong
Akio Morita
Assistant-Secretary: confidence in a great future for the WFNS.
Miroslav Vukic
Treasurer:
Amir Samii
Assistant-Treasurer:
Najia El Abbadi Un abbraccio a tutti (go to Google and translate from Italian!)
President of the XVI Congress:
Enrique Osorio-Fonseca

OFFICERS OF THE FEDERATION All the best,

Second Vice-Presidents:
Kenan Arnautovic (AANS)
Hari Chandran (AASNS)
Abderrahmane Sidi Said (CAANS)
Franco
André Grotenhuis (EANS)
Jose Marcus Rotta (FLANC)
Kresimir Rotim (at large)
Nasser El-Ghandour (at large)

HONORARY PRESIDENTS
A. Adeloye A. Konovalov
H. Azevedo-Filho E. R. Laws
A. Basso F. Loew
J. Brotchi M. Loyo-Varela
M. Choux J.G. Martin-Rodriguez
N. Dan R. Patterson
A. El Khamlichi L. Quintana
N. Hashimoto F. Rueda-Franco
R. Heros M. Samii
A. Hudson R. Spetzler
H. W. Jung L. Symon
T. Kanno F. Tomasello
Franco Servadei
T. Kawase Y.K. Tu Professor of Neurosurgery
S. Kobayashi U. Türe
Humanitas University and Research Hospital, Italy
Coordinator Committee Activities: Immediate Past President, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
P. David Adelson

OFFICERS OF XVII CONGRESS

President of the XVII Congress
Enrique Osorio-Fonseca
Honorary President:
Tito A. Perilla
Vice-President:
Hernando Cifuentes Lobelo
2nd Vice-President:
Antonio Montoya Casella
Secretary:
Andres Rubiano Escobar
Assistant-Secretary:
Fernando Hakim
Treasurer:
Victor Hugo Bastos
Assistant-Treasurer:
Juan Carlos Benedetti
Chairman, Scientific Programme Com:
Alfredo Pedroza

WFNS CENTRAL OFFICE

5, Rue du Marché,
1260 Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 362 4303
Fax: +41 22 362 4352
Website: www.wfns.org
WFNS XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF NEUROSURGERY
Bogotá, Colombia, 2021