What's New - October 8, 2004

Professor Patrick Hitchon received the Zucha Medal for Meritorious Service to Slovakian Neurosurgery at the 3rd Congress of Slovakian Neurosurgeons in Tatras Lesna, Slovakia. Professor Hitchon previously received an Honorary Doctorate from the Societas Medica Slovaca for his contributions to neurosurgical education in Slovakia.

What's New - May 21, 2003

Greg Foltz has accepted a neurosurgical faculty position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Iowa. He joins a distinguished faculty including Patrick Hitchon, Arnold Menezes, John VanGilder, Matthew Howard, Vincent Traneylis, Timothy Ryken and Hiroto Kawasaki. The corporate office of the Neurosurgery International Foundation will also transfer to Iowa City, Iowa. We look forward to establishing our physician exchange and internet consultation programs at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, the largest university-owned teaching hospital in the United States.

What's New - September 7, 2002

A delegation of NSI members from the US and UK attended the 3rd Russian Congress of Neurosurgery in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 4-8. Greg Foltz, Ali Mesiwala, Dave Lundin, Saadi Ghatan, Adam Lipson, Richard Hatfield and Henry Marsh gave presentations in a special section devoted to pediatric neurosurgery. Ramiro Lima from Montevidea, Uruguay and Sanhu Zhao from Shanghai, China visited Seattle for six weeks as part of the physician exchange program. Rovshan Khalil-zadeh is currently visiting Atkinson Morley's Hospital in Wimbledon.

What's New - May 18, 2002

Dr. Greg Foltz presented a paper entitled "Internet-Based Consultations in International Neurosurgery Education: Initial Experience with 200 Cases," at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). The paper was selected for a press release and will be featured in the Summer 2002 "Innovations in Technology" issue of the AANS Bulletin.

Special Announcements - December 20, 2001

Neurosurgery International supports the efforts of our Russian colleagues, Professors B.V. Gaidar and V.B. Semenyutin, in establishing an online neurosurgery journal, Russian Neurosurgery, published in both Russian and English. We encourage neurosurgeons from the US and UK to contribute articles of interest in support of this important endeavor.

The 3rd Russian Congress of Neurosurgery will take place in Saint Petersburg June 4-8, 2002 at the Russian Medical Military Academy. This promises to be an excellent educational meeting and an exciting opportunity to exchange ideas with our Russian colleagues during the "White Nights" of St. Petersburg.

What's New - December 2001

Richard Hatfield, Greg Foltz, and Henry Marsh completed a successful fact-finding visit to St. Petersburg which included presentations at the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies and visits to several area Children's Hospitals. We plan to continue working with our Russian colleagues, Professors Iova and Garmashov, in establishing a Seattle-St. Petersburg Children's Fund to support improved treatments for hydrocephalus and pediatric brain tumors. Plans are for a return visit in June 2002 to coincide with the 3rd Russian Congress of Neurosurgery.

Greg Foltz will be presenting a paper entitled "Internet-based Consultations in International Neurosurgery Education: Initial Experience with 200 Cases " at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting in Chicago in April 2001.

What's New - September 2001

Richard Hatfield, Greg Foltz, Roman Zoltowski, and Henry Marsh delivered an operating microscope donated by the British Government to our neurosurgical colleagues in Lviv, Ukraine. Pictures will be posted soon on the international medical missions webpage.

A fact-finding visit to St. Petersburg is scheduled for late October 2001. Henry Marsh, Richard Hatfield and Greg Foltz will meet with Dr. Dmitry Volokhotyuk and his pediatric neurosurgery colleagues to discuss future collaborations with Neurosurgery International.

We now have fully functional Russian, Chinese and Ukrainian versions of our website (thanks to Misha Gelfenbeyn, Andrij Myzak and Fang Chen).

The Doctor to Doctor online consultation forum has received its first cases from Albania, Bosnia, India and China. We welcome Drs. Fatos Olldashi, Kemal Dizdarevic, M. Balamurugan, Vincent Thamburaj, and Ming Song and their colleagues to our growing online community of international neurosurgeons. Our first international consultation from the Ukraine was posted on 2/3/01.

Greg Foltz will serve on the Joint International Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons at their annual meetings in October 2001 and April 2002.