Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System (PDF)

(NSI), Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN), Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Indian Society of Neuro-oncology (ISNO) and Founder fellow and President-Elect of Neuropathology Society of India, Past President of Indian Association Of Pathologists and Microbiologists (IAPM), International Academy of Pathology- Indian Division (IAP-ID), Andhra Pradesh (AP) Academy of Medical Sciences, AP Chapter of IAPM. Her fields of expertise and research interests include Neuroinfections, Neuromuscular disorders, Neuro-oncology and Endocrine pathology. She established the state of art Neuropathology laboratory at NIMS. She is the recipient of several awards and honors throughout her career. She delivered a number of orations received Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010) and Lifetime Acheiment Award (2015). She served as associate Editor of IAPM and Neurology India (NI) and is a member on the panel of reviewers for many journals. She edited two books and contributed 18 chapters to textbooks & monograms; she published over 230 papers in peer reviewed national and international journals. She is the resource person for several CMEs and delivered more than 130 guest lectures.









Ali Akhaddar, MD, IFAANS, is Professor of Neurosurgery at the Faculty of Medicine, Mohammed V University in Rabat (Morocco) and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Avicenne Military Hospital of Marrakech (Morocco). He is an Expert Member of the Scientific Committees of the National Scientific and Technological Research Center of Morocco (CNRST). Dr Akhaddar is an International Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the French speaking society of Neurosurgery (SNCLF), the Military Neurosurgeons Committee in the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), and member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Hisfields of expertise and research interests are broad and include central nervous system infections, spinal surgery, pituitary tumors, stereotactic surgery, and medical writing. He has received many awards during his career, including from the Moroccan Society of Neurosurgery (2007), the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies [Traveling Fellowship Award: Nagoya 2007, Boston 2009 and Seoul 2013], the University of Mohammed V in Rabat (2011 and 2017) and the French Society of Hospitals' History (SFHH) (2014). Dr Akhaddar is the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Surgical Neurology International [Infection]. He is a reviewing editor for many medical journals. He is the author of six previous books (three with Springer*); and has authored and co-authored more than 200 papers published in peer-reviewed journals (154 indexed in PubMed*) and ten book chapters.