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Manmeet Ahluwalia is a Medical Oncology specialist at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. His specialties include Hematology, Oncology, Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. He is subspecialized in the treatment of patients with brain tumors and brain metastases. He is the Director of the Brain Metastasis Research Program and Head of Operations in the BBTC of the Neurological Institute of Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Ahluwalia is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and has served in multiple leadership positions in various professional societies. His research focuses on the development of new therapies for patients with brain tumors and brain metastases. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles and received substantial awards.

Philippe Metellus is Professor of Neurosurgery at the Clairval Hospital Center in Marseille, France. He is specialized in brain tumors and is the actual leader of the Glioma and the Brain Metastases program in France. Prof. Metellus has authored or co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles. He is also a reviewer for a number of international journals and is a member of multiple professional societies. Further, he is involved in a multi-disciplinary translational research program on gliomas and brain metasteses with the oncological transfer laboratory at the Aix-Marseille University. Since 2011, Prof Metellus has organized the « Annual Brain Metastases Research and Emerging Therapies Conference in Brain Metastasis » in Marseille, under the auspices of EORTC and with the support of French (ANOCEF and SNCF) and European (EANO and EANS) societies.



Riccardo Soffietti is Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology at the University Hospital of Turin, Italy. He is specialized in Neuro-Oncology for the diagnosis and treatment of primary and secondary brain tumors. He was a Founding Member of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) and its President from 2012 to 2014. Prof. Soffietti was President of the