Annals of Minimally Invasive Surgeries

Dr. Asif Bashir is Professor of Neurosurgery in Neuroscience Department at Seton Hall University School of Health & Medical Sciences, New Jersey, USA. He also worked as Associate and Assistant professor in Neuroscience Department at Seton Hall University School of Health & Medical Sciences, New Jersey, USA. Dr. Bashir worked as Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery in Department of Surgery at Wright State University School of Medicine, Ohio, USA. Dr. Bashir's research interests includes Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Movement Disorders, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, Gamma Knife, Brain and Spinal Tumors, Aneurysms, Carotid Surgery.

Dr. Daniel James Guillaume is currently Director of Quality and Safety in Department of Neurosurgery at University of Minnesota Health. He is also working as Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. Dr. Guillaume research is focused on improving diagnosis and therapy for pediatric brain tumors by use of advanced imaging, and efforts to improve delivery of anti-tumor agents by manipulation of the blood-brain barrier. His other ongoing research studies evaluate methods to improve treatment of hydrocephalus using image guidance, and miminally invasive approaches to the brain and skull base. Dr. Guillaume's research interests include advanced treatments of brain and spinal tumors, minimally invasive surgical approaches, complex hydrocephalus, and Chiari malformation. Hi research is focused on improving diagnosis and therapy for pediatric brain tumors by use of advanced imaging, and efforts to improve delivery of anti-tumor agents by manipulation of the blood-brain barrier. His other ongoing research studies evaluate methods to improve treatment of hydrocephalus using image guidance, and miminally invasive approaches to the brain and skull base.

Dr. Milos Bjelovic is Professor of surgery and Professor of Management in Medicine at University of Belgrade in School of Medicine, Serbia. Dr. Bjelovic worked as Assistant Director of the Hospital and Head of the Department for Minimally Invasive Upper Digestive Surgery at University Hospital for Digestive Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Serbia. Dr. Bjelovic's research interests includes Diagnosis and treatment of upper gastrointestinal disorders, Minimally invasive surgery, Radical surgical treatment of esophageal and gastric neoplasms, Surgical treatment of benign and functional esophageal disorders, Surgery of the obesity, Upper flexible endoscopy (diagnostic and therapeutic,Oncology.

Dr. Valentine N Nfonsam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, at the University of Arizona, USA. Dr. Nfonsam performs surgeries for inflammatory bowel disease, anorectal disease and benign and malignant colorectal diseases. He is one of just a few surgeons in the nation using minimally invasive techniques for colon and rectal surgery, such as advanced laparoscopy, single-incision surgery and robot-assisted surgery, which have been shown to reduce the patient’s wound infection rate, post-operative pain, length of stay in the hospital and overall recovery time. Dr. Nfonsa's research Interests includes Colon and Rectal Cancer especially in younger patients,Treatment of fecal Incontinence and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Dr. Beata Kaomider is Associate Professor in Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery Center for Inflammation, Translational and Clinical Lung Research at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. She also worked as Assistant Professor at Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, USA and at National Jewish Health, Denver, USA. Dr. Kaomider worked as Assistant and Adjunct Professor at University of Lodz, Poland. Dr. Kaomider's research interests includes COPD, emphysema, lung injury, pulmonary fibrosis.

Dr. Alberto Arezzo is Associate Professor Of Surgery at University of Turin, Italy. He worked as Assistant Professor at University of Turin, Italy - 2007-2014 and Assistant Professor at University Of Tuebingen, Germany from 1997-1999. Dr. Arezzo learned tips and tricks of laparoscopy and was educated to Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery. He is a General Surgeon and Digestive Endoscopists for operative procedures, mainly dedicated to clinical activity, with an academic role and deeply involved in several research projects sponsored by the European Commission and private companies. Dr. Arezzo's research interests includes New Technologies for Endoscopic Surgery and Flexible Endoscopy.

Dr. Miroslaw Janowski is Associate Professor in Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University, USA. He also worked as Assistant Professor and Instructor in Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins University, USA. Dr Janowski is a clinical neurosurgeon and stem cell researcher. He is mainly interested in precision of stem cell and drug delivery under image guidance primarily within central nervous system using minimally invasive intra-arterial and intraventricular routes. He employs various stem cell tracking methods and imaging modalities including CEST MRI to accomplish this goal. Dr. Janowski's reserach interests includes Stroke, Stem cells, Glia, Radiology, MRI, Cell tracking, Cell transplantation, Extracellular vesicles, Cheombrain, Brain cancer.

Dr. Mahmoud Messerer is Associate Professor in Department of neurosurgery in Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Kremlin-Bicetre at Paris Sud University, France. He is also Staff Neurosurgeon in Department of neurosurgery at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Switzerland. After starting his specialization in neurosurgery in France at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire in Rennes and then at the Hospices Civils in Lyon, he completed his training at the CHUV. Between 2014 and 2015, Dr. Messerer subsequently performed a subspecialization in the surgery of intramedullary tumors at the Hopital Bicetre (University Paris Sud) and in pediatric surgery at the Necker Hospital. Dr. Messerer is very invested in the clinical research, he realizes many works centered on the endoscopic surgery of the base of the skull. He is also a founding member of a research unit on the diameter of the optic nerve and its relationship with intracranial hypertension. He is also interested in the history of medicine and in collaboration with Professor Barras he prepares a thesis on the history of neurosurgery.