Juha Hernesniemi

Template:Short description Template:Title language Template:Use dmy dates Template:Langr (18 October 1947 – 25 June 2023) was a Finnish neurosurgeon and professor emeritus of the neurosurgery department in Helsinki.

Template:Langr was born in Template:Langr on 18 October 1947. He had a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases that are surgically amenable, especially aneurysms and AVMs. He published extensively and is widely cited within this particular domain of neurosurgery. Template:Langr died in Helsinki on 25 June 2023, at the age of 75.

Education

• 1973 Medical Doctor (MD)
• 1979 Doctor of Medical Science (PhD)
• 1998 Professor in Neurosurgery

Position and contact information (as of October 2015)

• Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery in Helsinki University Hospital, Template:Langr
• Working as Visiting Professor and Head of Neurosurgery at Nobel Institute for Neurosciences Biratnagar Nepal

Specialization

• 1979 Specialization in Neurosurgery
• 1987 Associate Professor

Work experience

• 1979–1983 Senior consultant in neurosurgical departments (Helsinki, Template:Langr and Template:Langr)
• 1983–1991 Assistant Chief Physician, Neurosurgery Department, Template:Langr University Hospital
• 1991–1992 Chief Physician, Neurosurgery Department, Template:Langr University Hospital
• 1992–1993 Research and Teaching Fellow, Neurosurgery Department, University of Miami
• 1993–1997 Chief Physician of Neurosurgery Department, Template:Langr University Hospital
• 1997–2015 Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery in Helsinki University Hospital, Template:Langr
• 2015–2023 various ad-hoc appointments as visiting professor in Peru, Italy, Nepal

Memberships in scientific advisory boards

• 1999–2023 Member of International Advisory Board, Neurosurgery
• 1999–2008 Member of International Advisory Board, Surgical Neurology
• 2002 Member of International Advisory Board, Zentralblatt für Neurochirurgie
• 2008–2023 Associate Editor, Surgical Neurology

Other academic and professional activities

• Supervisor for 8 doctoral dissertations
• Co-supervisor for 5 doctoral dissertations
• General Secretary for 2 International Congresses: 40th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Neurosurgical Society, Template:Langr 1989 and EANS Winter Meeting Template:Langr, Finland, 1994

Personal neurosurgical operative experience

• 14,000 operations including:
  • cerebral aneurysm >4,000 patients
  • intracranial AVM and DAVF >500 patients
  • brain tumour >3,000 patients
  • head injury >600 patients
  • cervical spine >800 patients
  • lumbar spine >300 patients
  • spinal tumour >300 patients

Visits and study periods at neurosurgery departments world-wide

• University of Bucharest, Romania (Prof. Arseni), 1978
• University of Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Yasargil), 1982
• Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary (Prof. Pásztor), 1984
• The National Hospital, London, UK (Prof. Symon, Prof. Crockard), 1988
• Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London, Canada (Prof. Peerless, Prof. Drake), 1989
• Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary (Prof. Nyáry, Prof. Vajda), 1991
• Hospital Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada (Prof. Bertrand), 1991
• University of Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Yasargil), 1992
• University of Miami, FL, USA (Prof. Peerless, Prof. Drake, Prof. Rosomoff, Prof. Green), 1992–1993
• University of Zürich; Switzerland (Prof. Yonekawa), 1997
• University of Mainz, Germany (Prof. Perneczky), 1998
• University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA (Prof. Yasargil, Prof. Al Mefty, Prof. Khrist), 2001
• University of Utrecht, The Netherlands (Prof. Tulleken), 2002
• University of Padua, Italy (Prof. Scienza, Prof. Pavesi), 2003
• University of Frankfurt, Germany (Prof. Seifert, Prof. Raabe), 2004
• Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia (visiting professor), 2016

References

• https://www.linnc.com/Physicians/Juha-HERNESNIEMI
• https://surgicalneurologyint.com/1001-hernesniemi-videos/ (a developing database of videos of Prof. J. Hernesiemi's work)

Notes

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