Honored Speakers

Michael E. Ivan, MD, MBS, FAANS  
Director, Skull Base Surgery Program
Co-Director, Skull Base Fellowship
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clinical Director, Neuro-Oncology
Director of Research, Brain Tumor Institute
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Miami, Miller School of MedicineMiami, FL

Sandi K. Lam, MD, MBA
Vice Chair for Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery
Yeager Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Professor, Neurological Surgery (Pediatric Neurological Surgery)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Harquail Chair in Neuromodulation
Chief, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program
Division Head (Interim), Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Director, Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation
Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program
North York, ON

David O Okonkwo, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Howard A. Riina, MD, MPhil, FACS, FAANS
Lucius N. Littauer Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Director, NYU Center for Stroke and Neurovascular Diseases
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Michael P. Steinmetz, MD
William P. and Amanda C. Madar Endowed Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Center for Spine Health
Neurological Institute
Cleveland, OH

Roberto Zaninovich, MD
Neurosurgeon
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina