Surgery of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction (PDF)

of the few dually trained cerebrovascular and skull base surgeons in the country with two dedicated and separate fellowships. Dr. Dehdashti has significant clinical expertise in performing complex intracranial surgery including cerebral bypass procedure which is performed only by a handful of expert neurosurgeons in the country. Dr. Dehdashti has published over 100 papers and has given more than 200 lectures at different national and international meetings on topics relevant to cerebrovascular, skull base tumors, pituitary tumors and cranial nerve disorders including trigeminal neuralgia. He has been involved in several retrospective and prospective studies relating to cerebrovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Dehdashti's clinical expertises include cerebrovascular surgery (aneurysm, AVM, brainstem cavernous malformation, Moyamoya disease, cerebral revascularization), carotid endarterectomy, minimally invasive surgery for aneurysms (mini craniotomy), minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery (pituitary and skull base tumors), surgery for cranial nerve disorders (trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, glossopharyngeal neuralgia), skull base surgery, craniovertebral junction pathologies and acoustic neuroma surgery. His basic science and laboratory research is focused on molecular biology of brain AVMs. He is actively involved in the executive committees of North American Skull Base Society and Cerebrovascular Section of the AANS.



Claudio Schonauer, MD PhD, is Consultant of the Neurosurgical Unit at the ASLNapoli2 in Naples Italy . Specialist in Neurosurgery since 2000 and PhD in Neurooncology since 2004. He spent different years around Europe in France (Lyon and Paris) and Erlangen (Germany).

In 2015 was Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Geneva Suisse.





He was Chairman for Neurosurgery of the Italian Society of Young Surgeons, is SINCH board membersince 1998 and from 2010 as Faculty member. Is a Faculty member of AO spine International . His surgical intersts moves from brain to spine surgery with expertise in ventricular Neuroendoscopy , complex spine and ventricular microsurgery. He has performed about 2000 brain and spine operations as first surgeon. He is present as reviewer in the editorial board of 7 indexed/impacted journals. Author of 61 published papers and different book chapters in neurosurgical international books.



Claudius Thome, MD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria. He is member at of the following societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), AO Spine (Education Officer Europe), Austrian Society of Neurosurgery (ÖGNC, President), Austrian Society of Surgery (ÖGCH, President), Austrian Spine Society (ÖGW, Past President), German Academy of Neurosurgery (GANS, Secretary), German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC), German Spine Society (DWG), European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS; Chair-Elect of the Training Committee) and Spine Society of Europe (SSE). The main areas of research are evidence-based and minimal-invasive as well as complex spine surgery incl. regenerative approaches, spinal instrumentation and navigation, cerebrovascular surgery including revascularization, subarachnoid haemorrhage/cerebral vasospasm and neurotrauma incl. neurointensive care and neuromonitoring plus minimal-invasive skull base surgery.