Neurophysiology in Neurosurgery

Vedran Deletis

Vedran Deletis, MD, PhD is the former Director of the Intraoperative Neurophysiology Department in St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital and an Associate Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Dr. Deletis is the founder of the International Society for Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ISIN) and served as its first president. Afar he completed his doctoral thesis in Clinical Neurophysiology and for the last 25 years he has dedicated his career to the field of Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ION). He established a fellowship program for ION in New York in which so far 20 fellows have participated, and have successfully implemented their acquired knowledge and experience in their respective countries. He has published numerous papers in the basic field of ION, especially on ION of the motor system.

Affiliations and Expertise: Department of Intraoperative Neurophysiology, Mount Sinai West Hospital, NY, USA

Jay Shils

Jay L. Shils, Ph.D., D.ABNM, FASNM, FACNS is currently the director of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring at Rush University Medical School and an Associate Professor in the department of Anesthesiology at Rush Medical Center. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University, and both his masters and PhD in Bio-Engineering at The University of Pennsylvania using with his thesis dissertation subject – “The Bispectrum of the Human Electroencephalogram” to investigate interactions in the visual system and study EEG in epilepsy. Dr. Shils has been involved in intraoperative neuromonitoring since 1994 specializing in microelectrode neurophysiology for movement disorders. Dr. Shils is the co-editor of two neuromodulation related books which is one of his primary interests and the first edition of this book. Dr, Shils is a past president of the ASNM and the ISIN and is the founding secretary of the ISIN. Dr. Shils is the present secretary of the ASNM. Over the years Dr. Shils has presented at over 100 national and international has published on MER, DBS, neuromodulation, and intraoperative monitoring techniques.

Affiliations and Expertise: Director of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring and Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

Dr. Francesco Sala is Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Department of Neurological Sciences and Movement of the University of Verona. Following a fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, since 2009 he is Responsible for the Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit at the Institute of Neurosurgery in Verona. He has been an Executive Board member for the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery and the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Dr. Sala has been a co-founder of the International Society for Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ISIN), where he has served as Secretary (2009-2011), Chair of the Educational Committee (2010-2013) and President (2013-2015).

Affiliations and Expertise: Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences and Movement, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Kathleen Seidel

Kathleen Seidel, is board certified neurosurgeon, staff physician and associate professor of the Department of neurosurgery at the Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Since 2008 at the Inselspital, she has established the unit of intraoperative neurophysiology. After a fellowship in ION with Vedran Deletis in New York, she is providing training to other professionals, hosting international observers and focusing on advance of ION modalities to improve patient safety in technical high-risk surgeries. Providing expertise in neurosurgery and intraoperative neurophysiology, she is a routinely invited speaker at international courses and congresses. She has published numerous ION papers and key papers concerning subcortical brain mapping and mapping of the spinal cord. Currently, she serves as the head of the scientific committee of the society of intraoperative neurophysiology (ISIN). Recently, she was awarded with the prestigious Theodor Kocher Prize of Bern University, which honors its best academics across its faculties for their exceptional and innovative scientific achievements.

Affiliations and Expertise: Head of the Unit of Intraoperative Neurophysiology. Attending Physician and Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.