Members

Board

President: Shivaram Avula, Radiologist, Liverpool, UK

Secretary: Andrew Lux, Neurologist, Bristol, UK

Treasurer: Barry Pizer, Oncologist, Liverpool, UK

Programme Director, Memphis Conference: Darcy Raches, Psychologist, Memphis, USA

Communications: Sebastian Toescu, Neurosurgeon, London, UK

Lay Member: Liz Hull, Liverpool, UK

Kimberley Docking, Speech Pathologist, Sydney, AUS

Jason Gill, Neurologist, Texas, USA

Alvaro Lassaletta, Oncologist, Madrid, Spain

Giles Robinson, Oncologist, Memphis, USA

Sharyl Samargia-Grivette, Speech Pathologist, Minnesota, USA

Kristyn Szymanek, Speech Pathologist, Memphis, USA

Members

Name, Location, Profession, Special Interest Group Membership

Femke Aarsen, Netherlands, Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation

Shivaram Avula, UK, Neuroradiologist, Radiology SIG Chair

Ditte Boeg Thomsen, Denmark, Neurolinguist

Adrian Caceres, Costa Rica, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Andrea Carai, Italy, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Coriene Catsman-Berrevoets, Netherlands, Paediatric Neurologist

Juliet Clayton, Australia, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Heather Conklin, USA , Neuropsychologist

Darach Crimmins, Ireland, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Vânia de Aguiar, Netherlands, Neurolinguist, Rehabilitation

Cinzia De Luca, Australia, Neuropsychologist

Mania De Praeter, Netherlands, Paediatric Neurosurgeon

Rob Dineen, UK, Neuroradiologist, Radiology

Kimberley Docking, Australia, Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation

Greg Fellows, UK, Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Jason Gill, USA , Paediatric Neurologist, Scoring 

Jonathan Kjær Grønbæk , Denmark,

Thora Gudrunardottir, Iceland, General Practitioner,

Will Gump, USA , Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery SIG (Chair)

Emily Hanzlik, USA , Paediatric Neurologist/Neuro-oncologist

Laura Hinkes Molinaro, USA , Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation

Liz Hull, UK, Lay member

Elsa Isenberg, USA, Physical Medicine & Neurorehabilitation, Rehabilitation

Qing Ji, USA , Neuroradiologist, Radiology

Marianne Juhler, Denmark

Lisa Kahalley, USA , Neuropsychologist,

Bob Keating, USA , Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Raja Khan, USA , Neurologist, Scoring 

Annet Kingma, Netherlands, Neuropsychologist, Scoring 

Mark Krieger, USA , Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Ingela Kristiansen, Sweden, Paediatric Neurologist, Rehabilitation

Ram Kumar, UK, Paediatric Neurologist, Rehabilitation

Alvaro Lassaletta, Spain, Paediatric Neuro-oncologist, Rehabilitation

Aske Foldbjerg Laustsen, Denmark, MD PhD Student (neurosurgery)

Nicole Law, Canada, Neuropsychologist, Scoring 

Jurgen Lemiere, Belgium, Paediatric Oncologist, Rehabilitation

Maarten Lequin, Netherlands, Neuroradiologist, Neuroradiology

Sharon Low Yin Yee, Singapore

Andrew Lux, UK, Paediatric Neurologist, Scoring SIG Chair

Don Mabbott, Canada, Neuropsychologist

Donald Macarthur, UK, Paediatric Neurosurgeon

Fatema Malbari, USA , Paediatric Neurologist, Scoring 

Conor Mallucci, UK, Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Angela Mastronuzzi, Italy, Neuro-oncologist, Scoring 

René Mathiasen, Denmark, Paediatrician, Rehabilitation

Stuart McAfee, USA , Medical Imaging Scientist

Emanuela Molinari, UK, Neurologist, Scoring 

Naureen Mushtaq, Pakistan, Paediatric Oncologist, Neurosurgery

Iris Obdeijn, Netherlands, Technical Physician/PhD Student,

Chiara Oprandi, Italy, Child Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation

Joanne Owen, UK, Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation

Daniele Panzeri, Italy, Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation

Philippe Paquier, Belgium, Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation

Chris Parks, UK, Paediatric Brain Tumour Surgeon, Neurosurgery

Marita Partanen, Netherlands, Neuropsychologist

Barry Pizer, UK, Paediatric Oncologist, Scoring 

Geraldina Poggi, Italy, Paediatric Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation

Darcy Raches, USA , Neuropsychologist, Scoring 

Wilburn Reddick, USA , Neuroradiologist, Neuroradiology

Aliene Reinders, Netherlands, Neurolinguist

Giles Robinson, USA , Paediatric Neuro-oncologist, Scoring 

Lisa Rodriguez, USA , Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Nathan Rosenberg, USA , Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation

Stefan Rückriegel, Germany, Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Sharyl Samargia-Grivette, USA , Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation SIG Chair

Matt Scoggins, USA , Manager, Data Science Resource, Radiology

Astrid Sehested, Denmark, Oncologist

Jeremy Schmahmann, USA, Neurologist

Jay Selman, USA , Paediatric Neurologist, Scoring 

Olga Shmeleva, Russia, Psychologist

Jai Sidpra, UK, PhD Student

Caelyn Smith, Canada, Speech-Language Pathologist

Cody Solesbee, USA , Paediatric Neuropsychologist

Cheyenne Svaldi , Netherlands, Neurolinguist

Kristin Szymanek, USA , Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation

Sophie Thomas, UK, Neuropsychologist

Sebastian Toescu, UK, Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Kirsten van Baarsen, Netherlands, Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Patrick van Bogaert, France, Neurolinguist

Kim Vos, Netherlands, Neurolinguist

David Walker, UK, Paediatric Oncologist

Karin Walsh, USA , Neuropsychologist

Jeff Wisoff, USA , Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery

Sam Wright, UK, Speech-Language Pathologist

Silu Zhang, USA , Medical Imaging Scientist, Neurosurgery

Ping Zou, USA , Neuroradiologist, Radiology

Founding Members

Thora Gudrunardottir founded the Posterior Fossa Society together with Elizabeth Wells and Karin Walsh in 2014. Thora was the society's first president from 2014-2016.

Please click the below link to access the website of founding member, Thora Gudrunardottir, which contains a wealth of information on CMS:

Applying for Membership

Membership is available to physicians and researchers who are or have been actively involved in clinical work and/or research directly related to post-operative paediatric CMS or CCAS. Recommendations from members of the Posterior Fossa Society are desirable, but not obligatory.

Cover letters requesting membership can be emailed to info@posteriorfossasociety.org. Please include your title, name, profession, department or institute, work telephone number, post-operative paediatric CMS / CCAS research that you are or have been involved in and motivation for joining the Posterior Fossa Society.