Our team

Principal Investigators – Steering Board

Prof. dr. Arnaud J.P.E. Vincent, MD PhD

Neurosurgeon
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Professor of Oncological Neurosurgery

Prof. dr. Steven De Vleeschouwer, MD PhD

Neurosurgeon
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Professor of Neurosurgery
Head of Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery

Prof. dr. Mitchel S. Berger, MD FACS FAANS

Neurosurgeon
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Professor
Director, Brain Tumor Center

Dr. Brian V. Nahed, MD FACS FAANS

Neurosurgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Associate Professor Neurosurgery, Harvard
Program Director Neurosurgery Residency Program
Migliaro Endowed Scholar in Neurosurgery

Prof. dr. Marike L.D. Broekman, MD PhD LLM

Neurosurgeon
Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague
Professor of Translational Neuro-Oncology

Dr. Timothy R. Smith, MD PhD MPH

Neurosurgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
Associate Professor Neurosurgery, Harvard
Director, Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center (CNOC)

Prof. dr. Frederic F. Lang, MD FACS FAANS FAAAS

Neurosurgeon
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery

Prof. dr. Sandro M. Krieg, MD PhD MBA

Neurosurgeon
University Hospital Heidelberg
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

Prof. dr. Philippe Schucht, MD

Neurosurgeon
Inselspital University Hospital Bern
Head of Neuro-Oncology Center
Deputy Chair, Department of Neurosurgery

Dr. Takashi Maruyama, MD

Neurosurgeon
Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital
Professor of Neurosurgery

Dr. Arthur Wagner, MD

Neurosurgeon
Technical University Munich

Dr. Jordina Rincon-Torroella, MD

Neurosurgeon
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Prof. dr. Kate Drummond, MBBS MD FRACS

Neurosurgeon
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Central Nervous System Tumors

Prof. dr. Constantinos Hadjipanayis MD PhD

Neurosurgeon
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
L. Dade Lunsford Professor
Vice-Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery
Co-Director, UPMC Brain Tumor Center

Prof. dr. Alessandro Olivi, MD

Neurosurgeon
Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery

Dr. Andrés Cervio, MD

Neurosurgeon
FLENI
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery

Prof. dr. Johan Pallud, MD PhD

Neurosurgeon
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris Sainte-Anne
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery

Dr. Yoshua Esquenazi Levi, MD

Neurosurgeon
University of Texas Health Science Center
Director, Department of Neurosurgical Oncology

Dr. Jasper K.W. Gerritsen, MD PhD

Resident Neurosurgery
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Coordinator Rotterdam
Co-Coordinator PIONEER Consortium

Dr. Jacob S. Young, MD

Neurosurgeon
University of California, San Francisco
Coordinator San Francisco
Co-Coordinator PIONEER Consortium

Amy Maguire, MS

Speech and Language Pathology Clinician
Massaschusetts General Hospital Boston
Coordinator Boston (Mass General)

Dr. Joshua Bernstock, MD PhD

Resident Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston
Co-Coordinator Boston (Brigham)

Noah Nawabi, BSc

Research Associate
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston
Co-Coordinator Boston (Brigham)

Dr. Antonio G. Dono, MD

Resident Neurosurgery
University of Texas Health Science Center
Coordinator Houston (UT Health)

Dr. Tommy S. van Solinge, MD PhD

Resident Neurosurgery
Haaglanden Medical Center
Coordinator The Hague

Dr. Sebastian Ille, MD

Neurosurgeon
University Hospital Heidelberg
Coordinator Heidelberg

Dr. Grazia Menna, MD

Resident Neurosurgery
Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Coordinator Rome

Dr. Steven Smeijers, MD

Resident Neurosurgery
UZ Leuven
Coordinator Leuven

Austin Carmichael

Research Coordinator
The Johns Hopkins University
Coordinator Baltimore

Dr. Kristy Boggs, PhD

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Coordinator Pittsburgh

David Hasler, MSc

Research Coordinator
Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern
Coordinator Bern

Dr. Eduardo Mendoza, MD

Neurosurgeon
Oslo University Hospital
Coordinator Oslo

Dr. Gustavo Sevlever, MD

Neuropathologist
FLENI
Coordinator Buenos Aires

Prof. dr. Susan M. Chang, MD

Professor of Neuro-Oncology
Director, Neuro-Oncology Caregiver Program
University of California, San Francisco
Chair of the Advisory Board

Prof. dr. Martin J. van den Bent, MD PhD

Professor of Neuro-Oncology

Past Chairman, Department of Neuro-Oncology
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Coordinator Neuro-Oncology

Prof. dr. Minesh P. Mehta

Professor of Radiation Oncology
Chief of Radiation Oncology and Deputy Director
Miami Cancer Institute
Coordinator Radiation Oncology

Prof. dr. James M. Markert, MD MPH

Professor of Neurosurgery
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Birmingham, Alabama
Coordinator Neurosurgery

Prof. dr. Marion Smits, MD PhD

Professor of Neuroradiology

Chief of Neuroradiology
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Coordinator Neuroradiology

Dr. Florien Boele, MSc

Associate Professor of Medical Psychology
Quality of Life Research Lead, Dutch Cancer Society
University of Leeds
Coordinator Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs)

Dr. Djaina D. Satoer, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurolinguistics

Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Coordinator Neurolinguistic testing

Dorethy Thusairayasingam, LLM

Lawyer

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
Coordinator Legal, Regulatory, and IP

Prof. dr. Rania A. Mekary PhD

Professor of Biostatistics
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
MCPHS, Boston
Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center, Boston
Co-coordinator Biostatistics

Prof. dr. Annette Molinaro PhD

Professor of Biostatistics
Director of Biomedical Statistics

University of California, San Francisco
Co-coordinator Biostatistics

Klaske Hofstee

Patient Advocacy Group Representative

STOPHersentumoren

Prof. dr. Kathleen Seidel MD PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery
Inselspital University Hospital Bern
Head of Intraoperative Neurophysiology
Coordinator Intraoperative Mapping and Monitoring

Ahmed Moussa BSc

Research Associate

Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Machine learning algorithms

Emma Rammeloo MD