Invitados Extranjeros
Alessandro Bertuccio
MD, FEBNS Consultant Neurosurgeon, Clinical Lead Neuro-Oncology, Alessandria University Hospital, Italy Complex Spine Fellowship, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College, London , UK Senior Clinical Fellowship Neuro-Oncology, St George’s University Hospital, London , UK SKULL Base Fellowship, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
Carla Rynkowski
Professora de Medicina de Urgência e Trauma da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA
Intensivista do Hospital Cristo Redentor / POA- RS, titulada pela AMiB
Neurossonologista do Hospital Cristo Redentor / POA- RS, titulada pela ABN
Cassia Righi
Critical care physician and clinical researcher with a specialization in Neurocritical Care.
Supervisor of the Intensive Care Unit and Research Coordinator at the Instituto
Estadual do Cérebro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Associate Researcher at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where I obtained my PhD in Clinical Research.
Post-Doctorate at Institut Pasteur in Paris, France.
Chiara Robba
Consultant and Associate Professor in Neuro and General Intensive Care at Policlinico San Martino, Genova. She got a PhD in Neuroscience an in particular about multimodal neuromonitoring. She is currently Chair of the Neuro Intensive Care section of the ESICM. Her research interests are mainly on Neuromonitoring, autoregulation and mechanical ventilation.
Christos Lazaridis
Dr. Lazaridis is a neurointensivist at the University of Chicago. His interests include advanced neuromonitoring and management of severe blunt and penetrating brain injuries, and neurocritical care ethics. Dr. Lazaridis is currently funded by the Department of Defense to develop predictive algorithms for intracranial hypertension and brain tissue hypoxia after severe TBI.
Clio Rubinos
DaiWai M. Olson
PhD RN CCRN FNCS, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Neurosurgery, Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Fabio S. Taccone
Fernando D. Goldenberg
MD, FNCS Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery Section Chief, Neurocritical Care, Medical Director, Neuroscience ICU, Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, The University of Chicago Biological Sciences |5841 South Maryland Avenue
Gretchen M. Brophy
PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FNCS, MCCM is Professor of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Sciences and Neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy, Medical College of Virginia Campus, in Richmond. She is also a Neurocritical Care Clinical Pharmacist at VCU Health and a Past President of the Neurocritical Care Society. Dr. Brophy’s research interests include neurocritical care pharmacotherapy, traumatic brain injury, brain injury biomarkers, hemostasis, stroke, sedation and status epilepticus. She is an investigator for the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense and industry-funded studies. Dr. Brophy is an invited speaker at national and international conferences and has multiple peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in the area of neurocritical care.
Leandro Braz
Intensivist and Anesthesiologist
President of the Minas Gerais Society of Intensive Care - Brazil
Vice-Chair of the Fundamental Courses Commitee of the Society os Critical Care Medicine - USA
Instructor of the Courses Fundamental Crítical Care Support (FCCS), FCCS
Obstetrics, FCCS Surgical and ICU Liberation
Mauro Oddo
Professor Mauro Oddo, MD, is Director of Innovation and Clinical Research at CHUV, University Hospital of Lausanne, and Vice-Dean for Clinical Research at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He was previously Head Physician at the Department of Critical Care Medicine, CHUV, and Deputy and Chair of the Neurointensive care section at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Mauro Oddo is a highly cited, internationally recognized, clinician scientist, with > 290 peer-reviewed publications in the field of coma and neurointensive care.
Rodrigo Faleiro
Coordenador dos serviços de neurologia e neurocirurgia dos hospitais HJXXIII eFelício Rocho
Professor Assistente da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de MG
Mestre em Cirurgia pela UFMG
Gisele Sampaio
Gisele Sampaio Silva, MD, MPH, PhD- Neurologist and Critical Care Physician. Full professor of Neurology at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Head Clinical Trialist of Neurology at the Academic Research Organization at Hospital Albert Einstein. Ex-President of the Brazilian Stroke Society and ex Secretary of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, past-member of the Board of Directors for the Neurocritical Care Society and Member at Large of the World Stroke Organization.
Sergio Aguilera Rodríguez
Neurocirujano Hosptial Clínico Herminda Martin de Chillán - Chile, Profesor Asociado Cátedra de Neurocirugía de la Univerisdad de Valparaíso - Chile, Presidente de la Asociación LABIC de Terapia Neurointensiva en Latinoamérica Miembro del Grupo de Trabajo SIBICC
Susan Yeager
works as a Critical Care Advanced Practice Educator and Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio USA. She received her Bachelor in Science and Nursing from Capital University, her Master's in Science in Nursing and Doctorate of Nursing Practice from The Ohio State University. And her second Master’s degree as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner from Wright State. She previously served on the American Association of Critical Care Nursing, and World Federation of Critical Care Nurses Board of Directors and is the current President for the Neurocritical Care.
Danilo Fischer
Especialista en Medicina Intensiva. Jefe de la Unidad de Paciente
Critico. Clínica Universidad de los Andes. Santiago de Chile
Gabriel Omar Heredia Orbegoso
Especialista en Medicina Intensiva
Presidente del Capítulo de Cuidados Neurocriticos SOPEMI
Jorge Flecha
Especialista em Medicina Critica y Cuidados Intensivos
Jefe de sala del Servicio de Terapia Intensiva del Hospital del Trauma
Medico dr guardia del Servicio de Terapia Intensiva Adultos del Instituto de Prevision
Social,Hospital Central.
Co fundador del Comite Neurocritico de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Critica.
Ex coordinador del Comite Neurocritico de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Critica .
Luis Castillo Fuenzálida
Michel Torbey
M.D., MBA, M.P.H., F.A.H.A., F.C.C.M., F.N.C.S., F.A.N.A. Dr. Torbey is the Kathryn G. and Doss Owen Lynn MD Chair in Neurology and Chairman at the University of Oklahoma. Prior to this, he was Professor and Chair of Neurology at the University of New Mexico. A distinguished researcher with a strong NIH funding history, Dr. Torbey serves as the Principal Investigator for the Southwestern Stroke Alliance Network and has published over 200 papers. He also holds influential roles in academic and professional organizations, including Past- President of the Neurocritical Society and board member of the Association of University Professors of Neurology.
Pedro Grille
Medicina y especialista en Medicina Intensiva. Profesor Adjunto de Medicina Intensiva, UdelaR, Uruguay. Médico intensivista coordinador en UCI Hospital Maciel, ASSE, Uruguay. Investigador de Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII, Uruguay) y CSIC-UdelaR en: hendidura tentorial y neurodeterioro, asi como neuromonitorización en neurocríticos.
Solange Decini
Is Nurse, PhD by São Paulo Federal University - Brazil. Associate Professor Nursing School - São Paulo Federal University - Brazil. Adoption coordinator brain4care
Andrés Ordoñez
Médico Intensivista Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo Neurológico, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá. Profesor del Programa de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo, Universidad del Rosario. Miembro Latin American Brain Injury Consortium (LABIC), Miembro Neuro AMCI.
Arnaldo Noguera
Medico Intesivista. Jefe de Sala de Neurocriticos del HC IPS Py Coord Comité de Neurocriticos de la SPMCyCI
Germán Eduardo Fonseca Medina
Es Médico residente IV año en medicina crítica y cuidado intensivo de la Universidad del Rosario Egresado de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Docente del taller SONIC (SOnography and monitoring in NeuroIntensive Care) Miembro Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo
John Alvaro Niño Aponte
Enfermero profesional de la Fundación Universitaria Sanitas Especialización en cuidado crítico del adulto de la Universidad de la Sabana Especialista en accesos vasculares guiados por ultrasonografía Enfermero en la unidad de cuidado intensivo adulto y Neurológico de la Fundación Santafé de Bogotá.
Jorge Carrizosa
MD, MSc, NVS es Director Cuidado Intensivo Neurológico, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá. Coordinador de la sección NeuroAMCI de la Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo. Miembro LABIC Profesor asociado de la Universidad del Rosario, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad El Bosque y Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Jorge Mario Hernández Aranda
Médico jefe de residentes del programa de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo de la universidad del Rosario y la Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá. Vocal de residentes de la sección de cuidado intensivo neurologico de la AMCI, Docente del taller SONIC (SOnography and monitoring in NeuroIntensive Care). Miembro Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo.
Jacobo Mora
Médico Cirujano Graduado Universidad de los Andes 1980 Venezuela. Médico Especialista en Medicina Interna .Hospital Central Maracay 1986. Médico Especialista en Medicina Crítica. Hospital Universitario de Caracas 1988 Jefe de la UCI Hospital Universitario Luis Razetti. Barcelona. Coordinador Capitulo Neurocritico, Sociedad Venezolana de Medicina Crítica.
Claude Hemphill
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and Chief of Neurology and Director of Neurocritical Care at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. His research focuses on advanced neuromonitoring, informatics, and management of intracranial hemorrhage. He is a founding director and Past-President of the Neurocritical Care Society and is a member of the editorial board of Neurocritical Care. He has served as a member of writing groups for guidelines for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, and intracerebral hemorrhage. He is the current co-chair of the Neurocritical Care Research Network and of the Curing Coma Campaign of the Neurocritical Care Society.
Jorge H. Mejia
Mantilla, Md, MSc, FNCS. Intensivista y anestesiólogo con especial interés y experiencia en el área neurológica. Formación médica y de anestesiología en Universidad del Rosario en Bogotá, seguido de entrenamiento clínico en Cuidado intensivo en la fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, refrendado luego por la Universidad del Valle, en Cali. Estudios adicionales de maestría en fisiología circulatoria en la universidad de París VI, entrenamiento en Neuroanestesiología en el hospital Lariboisière de París, y diplomado en evaluación de la calidad en servicios de salud, Universidad CES. Desde 1994 médico anestesiólogo e intensivista en la Fundacion Valle del Lili en Cali, Colombia, con énfasis en el área neurológica; actualmente reconocido como Fellow de Neurocrítical Care Society, director de Neurointensivo en la Fundacion Valle del Lili y profesor en Medicina de la Universidad Icesi de Cali. Director de la línea de investigación en pacientes Neurocrítico desde donde he desarrollado mi actividad investigativa.
Manuel Jibaja
Profesor Investigador de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Jefe de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital de Especialidades Eugenio Espejo de Quito, Ecuador. Ex Presidente de Latin American Brain Injury Consortium (LABIC). Miembro de Latin American Intensive Care Network (LIVEN). Ex Presidente de la Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Cuidados Intensivos
Peter Dziedzic
works as a Research Associate in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. I am also the Director and Founder of The Center of mHealth and Innovations at Johns Hopkins Neurology. My background is in Software and Complex Systems Engineering, and my research focuses on advancing science in data science, applied research, logistics, and decision support systems. I have led projects to develop and coordinate engineering and data models for multicenter clinical trials, ensuring data integrity and regulatory compliance. Additionally, as a Co-Investigator, I have played a role in implementing the Multimodality Data Acquisition System in the Neuroscience Critical Care Unit at Johns Hopkins. This system initially covered 24 beds and currently supports over 200 ICU beds, holding more than 75TB of data for 50,000 patients. It has proven to be especially crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the importance of high-frequency data acquisition in ICU settings.
Adrián Avila
Especialista en Medicina Crítica y Terapia Intensiva, Auditoria Médica y Gestión de Calidad. Magister Scientiarum en Salud Pública, Ex presidente de La Sociedad Boliviana de Medicina Crítica y Terapia Intensiva, Director del Comité de Expertos en Medicina Criticaen la Altitud Federación Panamericana e Ibérica de Medicina Critica y Terapia Intensiva (FEPIMCTI), Docente Titular Postgrado de la Residencia Médica, Ultrasonografía Critica.
Agamenón Quintero Villarreal
Especialista en Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo. Magister Oncología e investigación. Director de enseñanza clínica IMAT ONCOMEDICA AUNA - Montería Presidente de Asociación Colombiana de Sociedades Científicas Vicepresidente de Asociación Mundial de Oncología Crítica Investigador Colciencias. Docente Universidad del Sinú Fac. de Medicina - Montería Colombia.
Airton Leonardo
graduated from UNIFESP. He subsequently trained in Internal Medicine in the same University, followed by a Critical Care Medicine Residency at Albert Einstein Hospital, both in São Paulo, Brazil. Then, he pursued a fellowship in Neurocritical Care and Trauma at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and St. Michael's Hospital, in the University of Toronto, Canada. After completion of his training Dr Airton Leonardo joined the Neuroscience Research Program at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, as an AViliated Scientist. PhD in Neurology and Neurosciences from Escola Paulista de Medicina - UNIFESP, under the mentorship of Dr Gisele Sampaio. Currently, he is a Senior Consultant at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. His areas of research interest include SAH and sTBI.
Carlos Romero Patiño
Médico Intensivista. Jefe Técnico de la Unidad de Pacientes Críticos. Director del Programa de Medicina Intensiva de Adultos Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile.Expresidente de la Sociedad Chilena de Medicina Intensiva (SOCHIMI). Presidente del Comité de Medicina Intensiva CONACEM. Coordinador de la Comisión Interprofesional de Medicina Intensiva MINSAL
Amos O. Adeleye
Professor Amos O. Adeleye is a Professor of Neurological Surgery in the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He obtained MBBS (Distinction in Anatomy) from University of Ibadan (1994), Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS, 2004) in Neurosurgery, and a 2-year Clinical Skull Base Surgery Fellowship from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel (2007). He currently pursues data-driven clinical outcome research in low-cost surgical neurology, skull base surgery, paediatric neurosurgery and neurotrauma. He has participated in the training of more than 20 neurosurgeons in Nigeria and supervised the fellowship theses of 2 neurosurgeons and 1 neuropathologist. He has taught full-time for 16 years in the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, his alma mater.
Andres Reccius
médico de la Universidad de los Andes, Magister en neurociencias de la Universidad de Chile, neurólogo de la Universidad de Chile e intensivista de la Universidad del Desarrollo. Además tengo un fellow en neurología hospitalaria y enfermedad cerebrovascular en la Pontifica Universidad católica de Chile y Research Fellow en Neurointensivo en la Universidad de Columbia de Nueva York. Actualmente, intensivista en el Centro de Paciente Crítico y como Neurólogo de la Clínica las Condes y soy profesor de la Facultad de Medicina Universidad Finis Terrae. Mis áreas de interés son epidemiología del coma, neuromonitoreo, autorregulación, Hemorragia subaracnoidea, TEC y ataque cerebrovascular
Corina Puppo
Médica Intensivista, Internista, Emergentóloga. Docente, Centro de Tratamiento Intensivo del Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Investigadora y fundadora del Grupo de Neuromonitoreo del mismo centro. Investigadora Clínica Nivel I, Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Agencia Nacional de Investigación en Innovación (ANII) Montevideo, Uruguay Médica Intensivista de la Unidad Neurocrítica del Servicio Médico Integral, Montevideo, Uruguay
Edoardo Picetti
is currently Head of the Intensive Care Unit of Parma University Hospital. His field of interest largely focuses on neurocritical care. He is the author of several publications and collaborates as a reviewer for various medical journals.
Geert Meyfroidt
MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine at the University of Leuven and Consultant Intensivist at the University Hospitals Leuven, in Belgium. He is funded by the Flemish Government as Senior Clinical Investigator. Current research projects include: data mining and predictive modeling in neuro-intensive care and acute kidney injury; clinical and laboratory studies on cerebrovascular autoregulation; ketamine and brain injury. He is past-president of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine, past-chair of the Neuro-Intensive Care section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and Section Editor of Intensive Care Medicine.
Jorge Luiz Paranhos
Especialista en Neurocirugía, Medicina Intensiva, Medicina de Urgencias y Neurointensivismo. Postdoctorado en Neurocirugía de la Universidad de Nueva York
José Ignacio Moretti
Médico Cirujano Universidad de Concepción Chile 2006 Neurocirujano Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2012 Actualmente en Neurocirugia y Columna en Hospital Clinico Mutual de Seguridad - Neurocirugia de Trauma, Clínica Las Condes. Perteneciente a NCS, LABIC, Global Neuro y Sociedad Panamericana de Trauma
José Ignacio Suarez
MD, FNCS, FANA, FAAN is Professor and Chief Neurosciences Critical Care. Director Precision Medicine Center of Excellence for Neurocritical Care Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD Past President Neurocritical Care Society Founding and Past Chair Neurocritical Care Research Network
José Miguel Montes
Especialista en Anestesiología - Medicina Intensiva- Neurointensivo. Profesor Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina,Universidad del Desarrollo Clínica Alemana Medico Jefe, Departamento Paciente Critico, Clínica Alemana, Santiago de Chile.
Miguel Llano
Doctor en Medicina, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialista en Anestesiología, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialista en Medicina Crítica y Terapia Intensiva, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador. Docente Postgrado de Anestesiología, Medicina Crítica y Terapia Intensiva, Universidad Central del Ecuador Médico Tratante y Ex Líder de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital de Especialidades de las FF. AA. Nro 1, Quito, Ecuador
Nilia Yoly Abad Quispe
Médico intensivista de la UCI Neuroquirurgia del Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Lima. Maestría en Medicina e ingeniería biomédica. Miembro NCS y LABIC
Panayiotis N. Varelas
MD, PhD, FNCS, FAAN is the Chair of the Department of Neurology at Albany Medical College in the Capital of New York, where he also serves as a Tenured Professor of Neurology. An internationally renown Neuro-intensivist, Dr Varelas has served as President of the Neurocritical Care Society in the past
Romergryko G. Geocadin
professor of neurology, neurosurgery and anesthesiology and critical care medicine, with joint appointment in Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a neurocritical care medicine specialist at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, previously director of the Neurocritical Care Division at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Past President of the Neurocritical Care Society and current Vice President of the American Neurological Association. He is the founding co-director of the Johns Hopkins Encephalitis Center, founding co-chair of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Critical Care Practice Committee. He is also co-chair of the Johns Hopkins Clinician-Scientist Awards Committee. His research focusing on translational studies and clinical trials in brain injury after cardiac arrest resuscitation is funded by the NIH. He has led or contributed to the development of many practice guidelines, scientific statements and reports from the American Academy of Neurology, American Heart Association, The Joint Commission and the Institutes of Medicine of the United States of America. He completed his bachelors degree at the University of the Philippines, doctor of medicine degree at UERM School of Medicine in the Philippines, neurology residency at New York University and neurocritical care fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Topics:
Subhash Prasad Acharya
MD, FACC, FCCP, FECMO, FAMV is Professor & Head, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Vice President, Nepalese Society of Critical Care Medicine (NSCCM): 2023 – 2024. Patron & Founding. President, Nepal Critical Care Development Foundation (NCCDF). President Elect, Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine (APACCM)
Wellingson Paiva
Professor y coordinador de la Unidad de Neurocirugía de Emergencia, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidad São Paulo. Presidente del capítulo de Trauma de la Federación Latinoamericana de Neurocirugía.
Julio César Mijangos Méndez
Especialista en Medicina Crítica, Adscrito a Terapia Intensiva del Hospital Civil de Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde", Guadalajara, Jalisco México. Miembro del council de la World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care. Profesor e investigador del Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara.
Randall M. Chesnut
Prof Chesnut is a Neurosurgeon and Neurointensivist directing the seurotrauma service at Harborview Medical Center, one of the busiest trauma centers in the USA. He has been a principle investigator in multicenter prospective trials on ICP monitoring and management, hypothermia, pharmacological manipulation, and brain tissue oxygenation. He has a strong interest in neurotrauma care in LMICs and has worked with Latin Americans for decades to assist them in improving care. He led the BEST TRIP ICP randomized trial in adults and currently leads the BELA TRIP trial in paediatrics.
Sergio Brasil
Neurocirujano y Neurosonólogo vascular. Maestria, Doctorado y Post-Doctorado por la Universidad de São Paulo. Investigación clínica en lesiones cerebrales agudas y hemodinámica encefálica.
Gustavo Frigieri
Pharmaceutical biochemist with a PhD in applied physics and a postdoctoral degree in computational physics. He has been studying non-invasive methods to assess the morphology of intracranial pressure pulses for 17 years. Gustavo is also the founder and director of Customer Success at Brain4care.
MaryKay Bader
has 45 years experience with an emphasis in neuroscience/ICU. She holds CCRN, CNRN, SCRN & CCNS certifications. She is employed as a Neuro/Critical Care CNS working with the team to develop protocols and manage care for neuro/ICU patient populations. She has lectured nationally/ internationally on Traumatic Brain Injury, Hyperacute Stroke, Hypothermia and Targeted Temperature Management, ICP, Seizure and Status, Spinal Cord Injury, Aneurysmal SAH, Anticoagulation Reversal in the presence of intracranial hemorrhage & Post Cardiac Arrest care. She has published 50 articles/4 books. Mary Kay is on the Board of Directors/Secretary for the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses, and is a Past President of the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) and the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. She was honored as a Fellow for the NCS (FNCS), AHA (FAHA) and SCCM (FCCM) as well as the AACN Flame of Excellence Award. Mary Kay served on consensus panels for the NCS on multimodality monitoring (2014) and American Heart Association related to Post Cardiac Arrest Care. (2019-2022).
Andrés Mariano Rubiano
Is neurosurgeon devoted to clinical practice and research in trauma, emergency care, neurotrauma and critical care. I was graduated in Colombia as a medical doctor and neurosurgeon. I was also trained in neurotrauma and clinical research in the United States. From 2006 to 2010 I was a fellow of the Fogarty International Center, in collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh in USA and Universidad Del Valle in Colombia. I have been involved in trauma care research and global health advocacy, working hand in hand with colleagues of international medical societies as a member of the Trauma and Emergency Care Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2007. I participate in multiple research projects to develop capacity for trauma and neurotrauma care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Since 2005 I have been working as Medical Director, educator and researcher at MEDITECH Foundation in Colombia, training undergraduate and postgraduate emergency medical technicians and MDs in advanced trauma care, including police and military personnel form the special operations and anti-narcotics operations groups. I have also been participating since 2007 in trauma quality improvement activities with the WHO and the Pan-American Trauma Society, in LMICs in particular in Latin America. In 2015 I began collaborating with the Global Initiative for Essential and Emergency Surgical Care of the World Health Organization, promoting safe surgical care for LMICs. Due to my expertise and background, I have been appointed Chair of the Neurotrauma and Critical Care Committee of Latin American Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Chair of the International Committee of the Neurotrauma and Critical Care Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Co-Chair of the Neurotraumatology Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. I had the privilege of being an investigator for the Guidelines for Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, 4th Edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation. In addition, I was the lead author of the Colombian TBI Guidelines for the Ministry of Health. Most recently, I participate in several international consensus for TBI management in different contexts. As I and my colleagues have been developing and disseminating protocols and guidelines in neurotrauma care in Colombia since 2014 and working on-theground in urban and rural hospitals and with EMS teams, I am uniquely qualified and prepared to serve as Co-Principal Investigator for the ELASTIC study, and to successfully accomplish the goals of the project.
Juan David Roa Giraldo
Pediatric Neurointensivist. Coordinator of the Neurocritical Care Unit, Fundación HOMI, Bogotá, Colombia, Academic Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Postgraduate Program, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia, SLACIP - LARed Member
Ángel Ferrario
Neurorradiólogo Intervencionista
Jefe del Servicio de Angiografía Digital y Neurorradiología Intervencionista de FLENI.
Miembro Titular del Colegio Argentino de Neurointervencionismo (CANI)
Miembro de la Sociedad Iberolatinoamerica de Neurorradiología (SILAN)
Miembro adherente de European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT)
Luis Aversa
Patrick Caqui Vilca
Medico asistente de UCI neuroquirurgica del Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja
Diplomado de Neurocriticos por la UNAM
Profesor invitado del posgrado de la UNAM y UNMSM.
Miembro : SLACIP,Usped Latinoamerica,Neurocriticos Peru,SOPEMI
Gene Yon Sung
Is the immediate past-president of the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care. He is a founding member and past-president of the international Neurocritical Care Society and has had leadership positions at the American Heart Association, National Stroke Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Academy of Neurology. He is the past-director of Neurocritical Care and Stroke at the University of Southern California (USC). He has trained at the Universities of Minnesota and Maryland and Johns Hopkins University (where he had his first faculty appointment). His research interests are improving neurocritical care and outcomes of stroke and traumatic brain injury. He has led a global eSort to standardize the determination of brain death.
Luis Fermín Naranjo
Médico egresado de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Neurólogo de la Univeraidad de Antioquia y Medicina Crítica-Cuidados Intensivos de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Líder académico en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos de la Fundación Instituto Neurologico de Colombia.Apasionado por la búsqueda de mejores desnenlacea en los pacientes en Neurointensivo.
Missael V. Espinoza Villafuerte
Paul Vespa
is the Assistant Dean for Research in Critical Care, the Gary L. Brinderson Family Chair in Neurointensive Care and Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Vespa is the President of the Neurocritical Care Society. Dr. Vespa has clinical and research interests in brain metabolism and electrophysiology in patients with traumatic brain injury, intracerebral hemorrhage and coma, including work funded by the NIH, DOD, and State of California. Dr. Vespa has pioneered the role of continuous EEG brain monitoring in coma patients, microdialysis studies of brain metabolism, ICU informatics and telemedicine, and stereotactic treatment of brain hemorrhage in the ICU. Dr. Vespa has led several multicenter studies in traumatic brain injury and intracerebral hemorrhage and has lectured internationally on these related topics. Dr. Vespa is a co-founder of the Neurocritical Care Society Curing Coma Campaign. Dr. Vespa has fostered training and mentorship to facilitate career development across a diverse group of trainees and junior faculty.
Sarah Livesay
is an Advanced Practice Nurse with an expertise in stroke and neurocritical care. She is the Associate Dean of Rush University College of Nursing where she oversees the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program and co-leads the ONice of Nursing Research and Scholarship. Dr. Livesay has published widely on multiple neurocritical care and advanced practice nursing topics. She has co-edited two books on the nursing care of patients with stroke. She led the international eNort to create performance measures for neurocritical care. She is the immediate past president of the Neurocritical Care Society, a multiprofessional international society dedicated to those suNering critical neurologic illness and is the current Secretary for the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.
Raffo Escalante Kanashiro
Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño - Jefe Oficina de Gestión de la Calidad
Departamento de Emergencias y Áreas Críticas - Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos
Docente UPC – Escuela de Medicina
Comité Nacional Transitorio de Ética en Investigación COVID19 - Instituto Nacional de Salud
Miembro Comité Ejecutivo BIOÉTICA FEPIMCTI
Chair Emergency Cardiovascular Care - InterAmerican Heart Foundation IAHF
Member Council International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation ILCOR
Member Task Force Pediatric Life Support – ILCOR | IAHF
Juan Diego Cirio Quintero
Anestesiologo Intensivista Magister en Bioetica Clínica las Américas Medellin, Profesor de Neurotrauma U Cambridge -Meditect,profesor de Neurocritico Pediátrico Universidad CES Medellin. Fundador de LABIC.
Yasser B. Abulhasan
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University and an Adjunct Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University. He received his medical degree from Aberdeen University, United Kingdom, and did his Anesthesiology residency training at McGill University. He then completed a dual fellowship in Neuroanethesiology and Neurocritical Care at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. He currently serves as a member of the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) Board of Directors. His research interests include hemorrhagic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, and neurocritical care patient-related outcomes. Dr. Abulhasans’ published work focuses on assessing and improving modifiable risk factors during the neurocritical care patient stay, while analyzing associations with long-term functional outcome. His contributions to the field of neurocritical care has been recognized numerous times, including: The prestigious Fellowship to the Neurocritical Care Society, USA, in 2021; three NCS Presidential Citation Awards in 2019, 2020 and 2022; “Best of 2020” awarded from the Journal of Neurosurgery; and the Honorary Fellowship in Neurocritical Care by The Society of Neurocritical Care, India, in 2022.
Rubén Eduardo Lasso Palomino
Pediatra intensivista Hospital universitario Fundación Valle del Lili , Cali – Colombia.
Romyna Baghetti
Romyna Baghetti es Especialista en Medicina Interna. Subespecialista en Medicina
Luis Canales
Luis Canales Franco es Radiólogo subespecialista en Neurorradiología diagnóstica.
Hemanshu Prabhakar
Dr Hemanshu Prabhakar is a Professor at the Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical
Jaime Martínez Roa
Jaime Martínez Roa, MD, MsC es médico especialista en anestesiología y reanimación
Pedro Kurtz
Max Rovegna
Ronald Alvarado Dyer
Ramiro Gilardino
Médico Especialista en Medicina Crítica y Terapia Intensiva, graduado de un Máster en Administración y Gestión Sanitaria, y de un Máster en Políticas Públicas y Salud Global de la Universidad de Londres. Es Docente Autorizado de Salud Pública en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, miembro del Board de La Sociedad Global de Farmacoeconomia e Investigacion de Resultados y Director de Publicaciones de SATI. Enfocado en la investigación de sistemas de salud y análisis de valor, actualmente lidera iniciativas globales de acceso y evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias en la industria farmaceutica.
Rafael Pérez Yepes
Jefe de la UCI Neurologica Clínica Centro - Barranquilla - Colombia Coordinador del Grupo de STROKE - Clínica centro Profesor de Neurología y Medicina Interna, Universidad metropolitana, Barranquilla
Maria Dolores Escudero Augusto
Ex jefa de la UCI del hospital Central de Asturias y Ex Coordinadora de Trasplantes de Asturias.
Marianna Spanaki
is a neurologist with special expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. She is a Professor of Neurology at the Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. She received her medical degree from the University of Patras, Greece and completed her Neurology Residency at University of Athens, Greece. She pursued a PhD in Neuroimaging in Epilepsy at Athens University, Greece in collaboration with Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. She completed her clinical fellowship in Epilepsy at the National Institutes of Health, NINDS, Bethesda, MD and a visiting fellowship in Epilepsy at the National Center of Epilepsy, Queens Square, London, England. She is board certified in EEG by the American Board of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology. She obtained her M.B.A from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Her special interests include treatment of refractory epilepsy (surgical and medical) and treatment of women with epilepsy. She is the co-editor of a book entitled “Understanding Epilepsy: A Study Guide for the Boards and co-author of two book chapters, more than 25 peer reviewed papers and more than 30 abstracts that presented at various scientific meetings. She is a member of the American Epilepsy Society (AES) and American Academy of Neurology (AAN). She serves on the Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation of North Eastern NY. She is the AAN advisor to the RUC, a national committee that values the billing codes for medical procedures. She has a passion in the leadership development of women neurologists and is actively involved in relevant committees and initiatives of the AAN.
Thamer Adelhak
is the neurosciences service line chief for Trinity Health system in Southeast Michigan In USA. He is a neurologist with specialization in critical care and stroke. He earned his medical degree from Ain Shams University College of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt. He practiced Medicine in Egypt for a few years before immigrating to the USA. He then completed a Neurology residency at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and a postdoctoral clinical fellowship in Neurocritical care at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr Abdelhak is American board-certified in Vascular Neurology, Neurocritical care, and Neurology and Psychiatry. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the Neurocritical Care, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the American Academy of Neurology.
Chetan Rao
Dr. Venkatasubba Rao, is an Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and enter for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He holds the William T Butler endowed chair for distinguished faculty and is the Section Head of Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care. He is a board-certified Neurologist, Vascular Neurologist and a Neurointensivist. He is the Medical Director for the stroke and Neuroscience ICU at BSLMC He is the recipient of FNCS award, presidential citations, from the Neurocritical Care society and is the member sites lead for the Curing Coma Campaign. He is funded by the Neurocritical Care Foundation to evaluate the natural history of coma recovery and is the PI of the COMPOSE study. He holds leadership positions as the board of director at the Neurocritical Care Society, executive committee member for NCS, and co-chairs the Mission Thrombectomy CEC at the SVIN. He has been the course director and has presented in multiple national and international conferences. He has received independent funding for research from NASA, NIH, DoD and private industry related to non-invasive measurements of cerebral compartmental volume shifts and devised novel, award winning, clinical models to assess subclinical cerebral edema in dialysis population. He has served in international review panels and has published in reputable international journals and has numerous presentations and publications in international societies.