Juha Hernesniemi

Juha Hernesniemi (born 1947) is a Finnish neurosurgeon and professor emeritus of the neurosurgery department in Helsinki. He has a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases that are surgically amenable, especially aneurysms and AVMs. He has published extensively and is widely cited within this particular domain of neurosurgery.

Contents

• Neurokirurgi juha hernesniemi leikannut petroskoissa
• Education
• Present position and contact information as of October 2015
• Specialization
• Work experience
• Memberships in scientific advisory boards
• Other academic and professional activities
• Personal neurosurgical operative experience
• Visits and study periods at Neurosurgery Departments world wide
• References

Education

1973 Medical Doctor (MD)

1979 Doctor of Medical Science (PhD)

1998 Professor in Neurosurgery

Present position and contact information (as of October 2015)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery in Helsinki University Hospital, Töölö

Specialization

1979 Specialization in Neurosurgery

1987 Associate Professor

Work experience

1979-1983 Senior consultant in neurosurgical departments (Helsinki, Kuopio and Uppsala)

1983-1991 Assistant Chief Physician, Neurosurgery Department, Kuopio University Hospital

1991-1992 Chief Physician, Neurosurgery Department, Kuopio University Hospital

1992-1993 Research and Teaching Fellow, Neurosurgery Department, University of Miami

1993-1997 Chief Physician of Neurosurgery Department, Kuopio University Hospital

1997-2015 Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery in Helsinki University Hospital, Töölö

2015-now various ad-hoc appointments in Peru, Italy

Memberships in scientific advisory boards

1999- 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- 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, Kuopio 1989 and EANS Winter Meeting Kuopio, 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

Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia (visiting professor), 2016

University of Frankfurt, Germany (Prof. Seifert, Prof. Raabe), 2004

University of Padua, Italy (Prof. Scienza, Prof. Pavesi), 2003

University of Utrecht, The Netherlands (Prof. Tulleken), 2002

University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA (Prof. Yasargil, Prof. Al Mefty, Prof. Khrist), 2001

University of Mainz, Germany (Prof. Perneczky), 1998

University of Zürich; Switzerland (Prof. Yonekawa), 1997

University of Miami, FL, USA (Prof. Peerless, Prof. Drake, Prof. Rosomoff, Prof. Green), 1992 - 1993

University of Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Yasargil), 1992

Hospital Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada (Prof. Bertrand), 1991

Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary (Prof. Nyáry, Prof. Vajda), 1991

Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London, Canada (Prof. Peerless, Prof. Drake), 1989

The National Hospital, London, UK (Prof. Symon, Prof. Crockard), 1988

Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary (Prof. Pásztor), 1984

University of Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Yasargil), 1982

University of Bucharest, Romania (Prof. Arseni), 1978