Global neurosurgery amongst the EANS community: Where are we at?

Nicolò Marchesini; Marcel Ivanov; Jesus Lafuente; Francesco Sala; Nikos Foroglou; Massimiliano Visocchi; Fatos Olldashi; Pablo Gonzalez-Lopez; Jamil Rzaev; Magnus Tisell; Vincenzo Paternò; Kresimir Rotim; Jake Timothy; Lukas Rasulic; Andreas K Demetriades

doi:10.1016/j.bas.2022.100911

Global neurosurgery amongst the EANS community: Where are we at?

Brain Spine. 2022 Jun 28:2:100911. doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2022.100911. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Nicolò Marchesini^{1

2}, Marcel Ivanov^{1

3}, Jesus Lafuente^{1

4}, Francesco Sala², Nikos Foroglou^{1

5}, Massimiliano Visocchi^{1

6}, Fatos Olldashi^{1

7}, Pablo Gonzalez-Lopez^{1

8}, Jamil Rzaev^{1

9}, Magnus Tisell^{1

10}, Vincenzo Paternò^{1

11}, Kresimir Rotim^{1

12}, Jake Timothy^{1

13}, Lukas Rasulic^{1

14}, Andreas K Demetriades^{1

15}

Affiliations

¹ Global and Humanitarian Neurosurgery Committee, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), UK.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
⁴ Spine Center, Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁶ Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Trauma, Tirana, Albania.
⁸ Department of Neurosurgery, General University Hospital Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
⁹ Federal Neurosurgical Center, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
¹⁰ Department of Neurosurgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
¹¹ Department of Neurosurgery, International Neuroscience Institute, Hannover, Germany.
¹² Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Sisters of Mercy, Zagreb, Croatia.
¹³ Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
¹⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Clinic for Neurosurgery, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
¹⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.

Abstract

•Awareness of Global Neurosurgery opportunities is limited in the EANS and a minority have had previous experiences with such activities.•Most training programs and job environments don't encourage participation in Global Neurosurgery and mentors are lacking.•However, most European neurosurgeons and trainees remain interested in Global Neurosurgery and are willing to participate.•Junior trainees is the group with the highest rate of interest for Global Neurosurgery.•Barriers exist that may limit participation in Global Neurosurgery, and funding is the most relevant.

Keywords: EANS, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies; HICs, high-income countries; LMIC, low- and middle-income countries.