Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief
Eugene G. Pedachenko, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of Miniinvasive and Laser Spinal Neurosurgery, Scientific Adviser
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurosurgery • Neurotraumatology • Spinal neurosurgery • Public health organization
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Vadym V. Biloshytsky, MD, PhD, DSc
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Scientific and Organizational Department, Senior researcher
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurotrauma • Gene therapy • Pain medicine • History of neurosurgery
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus
Managing Editor
Anna N. Nikiforova
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of Medical Statistics, Statistician
Specialty • Statistics
Professional interests • Statistics • Publishing
ORCID • ResearchGate • Google Scholar
Editorial Board
Russell J. Andrews, MD
NASA Ames Research Center, Los Gatos, United States
Nanotechnology & Smart Systems, Research advisor
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • International Neurosurgery • Brain-Machine Interface • Nanotechnology
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus
Miguel A. Arraez, MD, PhD, Professor
Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, Spain
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Skull base • Pituitary • Neurooncology
ORCID • Scopus • ResearchGate
Rocco A. Armonda, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
Department of Neurosurgery
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Cerebrovascular Disease • Neurotrauma • Neurocritical Care
Iakiv V. Fishchenko, MD, PhD, DSc, Profesor
Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Kyiv, Ukraine
Spine Surgery Department, Chief Researcher
Specialty • Spine surgery
Professional interests • Endoscopic hernia surgery • Endoscopic decompression in spinal stenosis • Spinal deformity correction surgery • Spinal Stabilization Surgery
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • GoogleScholar
Nurperi Gazioğlu, MD, Professor
İstanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Pituitary surgery • Endoscopic skull base surgery • Paediatric neurosurgery • Neuroendoscopy
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • ResearchGate • LinkedIn
Gregory W. J. Hawryluk, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Cleveland Clinic, Neurological Institute, Center for Spine Health, United States
Department of Neurosurgery
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Traumatic Brain Injury • Spinal Cord Injuries
ORCID • Scopus • Google Scholar
Andriy P. Huk, MD, PhD
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of Endoscopic and Craniofacial Neurosurgery with a Group of Adjuvant Treatment, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurotrauma • Neurooncology • Health Care Management
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • GoogleScholar • ResearchGate
Kazadi Kalangu, MD
University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Spinal surgery • Head injury • Tumors of brain • Pediatric neurosurgery
Gayrat M. Kariev, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Neurosurgery of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Director of the Institute
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Brain tumors • Skull base surgery • Traumatic brain injury • Stroke • Hydrocephalus
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar
Yoko Kato, MD, PhD, Professor
Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Stroke Center, Head of Center
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurovascular surgery
Mykhaylo V. Khyzhnyak, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of Miniinvasive and Laser Spinal Neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Spine neurosurgery
ORCID • Scopus • Google Scholar
Tatyana A. Malysheva, MD, PhD, DSc
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Neuropathomorphology Department, Head of the department
Specialty • Pathology
Professional interests • Anatomy • Morphology • Oncology • Neurosurgery
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar
Volodymyr V. Medvediev, MD, PhD, DSc
Bohomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of neurosurgery, Associate professor
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Experimental neurosurgery • Restorative neurosurgery • Bioethics
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar
Israel Melamed, MD
Soroka Ben Gurion University Medical Center, Be'er Sheva, Israel
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Skull Base Surgery • Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery • Vascular Neurosurgery • Spine Neurosurgery
Andrii M. Netliukh, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Professor
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurovascular surgery • Spinal surgery • Neurooncology • Neurotraumatology
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar • ResearchGate
Nikolai G. Rainov, Dr. med. habil., Dr. h. c., FRSEd, Professor
MVZ Wirbelsäulenzentrum, München Taufkirchen, München, Germany
ISAR Klinikum, München, Germany
Neurosurgeon
Specialty • Neurosurgery • Neurosurgical Treatment of Chronic Pain
Professional interests • Neurooncology • Spinal neurosurgery • Endoscopic neurosurgery • Neuromodulation for chronic pain
ORCID • Scopus • ResearchGate • Google Scholar
Lukas G. Rasulić, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Department of diseases and injuries of peripheral nerves, functional neurosurgery and pain surgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Surgery of peripheral nerves • Functional neurosurgery • Pain surgery
Scopus • ResearchGate • LinkedIn
Volodymyr D. Rozumenko, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Acting director,
Department of Neurooncology and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurosurgery • Neurooncology • Oncology
ORCID • Scopus • Google Scholar
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, Professor
Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Brain tumours • Epilepsy surgery • Paediatric neurosurgery
Nathan A. Shlobin, MD, MBA
Columbia University Irving Medical Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, United States of America
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Resident
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Epilepsy • Functional neurosurgery • Global neurosurgery
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • GoogleScholar • ResearchGate
Andrii G. Sirko, MD, PhD, DSc
Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy, Dnipro , Ukraine
Faculty of Postgraduate Education, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Associate professor
Mechnikov Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital, Dnipro, Ukraine
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurosurgery • Neurotraumatology • Skull Base Surgery • Military Medicine • Reconstructive Neurosurgery • Critical Care
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar • ResearchGate • LinkedIn
Volodymyr I. Smolanka, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Uzhgorod National University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Rector
Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Professor
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Stroke • Neuro-oncology
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Martin Smrčka, MD, PhD, Professor
University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Skull base surgery • Vascular surgery • Neurooncology • Neurointensive care
Vitalii I. Tsymbaliuk, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
Bohomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Department of Neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Injury to peripheral nerves • Functional neurosurgery • Neuromodulation
ORCID • Web of Science • Scopus • Google Scholar
Alex B. Valadka, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Department of Neurological Surgery
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Neurocritical Care • Neurotrauma
Miroslav Vukić, MD, PhD, Professor
Medical School University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Department of neurosurgery, Head of the department
Specialty • Neurosurgery
Professional interests • Spine Surgery • Vascular Neurosurgery • Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Vladimir L. Zelman, MD, PhD, Professor
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, United States
Department of Anesthesiology, co-chairman
Specialty • Anesthesiology
Professional interests • Neurorestoration • Brain protection
