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

Prof. Dr. Stephen J. Price, MD PhD
Neurosurgeon
NHS Cambridge University Hospitals
Professor of Neurosurgical Oncology

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georg Widhalm, MD
Neurosurgeon
Medical University Vienna
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Prof. Dr. Iuri Neville, MD PhD
Neurosurgeon
University Hospital São Paulo
Director, Neuro-Oncology Surgery Service

Prof. Dr. Walter Stummer, MD PhD
Neurosurgeon
Universitätsklinikum Münster
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Scientific Directors

Dr. Jasper K.W. Gerritsen, MD PhD
Scientific Director
Resident Neurosurgery
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

Dr. Jacob S. Young, MD
Scientific Director
Neurosurgeon
University of California, San Francisco
Consortium Coordinators

Ahmed Moussa, BSc
Consortium Scientific Coordinator
Local Coordinator Rotterdam
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

Gabby Vulakh, BSc
Consortium Operations Coordinator
Local Coordinator San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Local Coordinators

Dr. Joshua Bernstock, MD PhD
Resident Neurosurgery
UZ Leuven
Coordinator Leuven

Noah Nawabi, BSc
Research Associate
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston
Co-Coordinator Boston

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. Angela Elia MD
Neurosurgeon
Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris Sainte-Anne
Coordinator Paris

Dr. Barbara Kiesel, MD
Neurosurgeon
Medical University Vienna
Coordinator Vienna

Dr. Eric Suero Molina, MD PhD
Neurosurgeon
Universitätsklinikum Münster
Coordinator Münster

Dr. Joshua Bernstock, MD PhD
Resident Neurosurgery
Mass General Brigham
Co-Coordinator Boston

Austin Carmichael
Research Coordinator
The Johns Hopkins University
Coordinator Baltimore

Amy Maguire, MS
Speech and Language Pathology Clinician
Massaschusetts General Hospital Boston
Coordinator Boston (Mass General)
Dr. Kristy Boggs, PhD
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Coordinator Pittsburgh
Dr. Eduardo Mendoza, MD
Neurosurgeon
Oslo University Hospital
Coordinator Oslo
Dr. Gustavo Sevlever, MD
Neuropathologist
FLENI
Coordinator Buenos Aires
Advisory Board

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
Neuro-Oncology Lead Advisor

Prof. dr. Minesh P. Mehta
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Chief of Radiation Oncology and Deputy Director
Miami Cancer Institute
Radiation Oncology Lead Advisor

Prof. dr. James M. Markert, MD MPH
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Birmingham, Alabama
Neurosurgery Lead Advisor

Prof. dr. Marion Smits, MD PhD
Professor of Neuroradiology
Chief of Neuroradiology
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Neuroradiology Lead Advisor

Dr. Florien Boele, MSc
Associate Professor of Medical Psychology
Quality of Life Research Lead, Dutch Cancer Society
University of Leeds
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs) Lead Advisor

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
Biostatistics Co-Lead Advisor

Prof. dr. Annette Molinaro PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Director of Biomedical Statistics
University of California, San Francisco
Biostatistics Co-Lead Advisor

Klaske Hofstee
Chairwoman
STOPHersentumoren
Patient Advocacy Representative Advisor

Prof. dr. Kathleen Seidel MD PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Inselspital University Hospital Bern
Head of Intraoperative Neurophysiology
Intraoperative Mapping and Monitoring Lead Advisor

Prof. dr. Nitin Tandon MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Nancy, Clive, and Pierce Runnells Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience
UTHealth, Houston
Strategy and Outreach Lead Advisor
Emma Thompson
Head of Research
The Brain Tumour Charity
Patient Advocacy Representative Advisor
Students

Ahmed Moussa BSc
Research Associate / PhD student
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Machine learning algorithms

Emma Rammeloo MD
Research Associate / PhD student
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Assessment of functional brain areas

Eric Cheung BSc
Research Associate
Haaglanden Medical Center
Prospective data collection