Juha Hernesniemi

Education

• 1973 Medical Doctor
• 1979 Doctor of Medical Science
• 1998 Professor in Neurosurgery

  Present position and contact information (as of October 2015)

• Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery in Helsinki University Hospital, Töölö
• 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
• 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 as visiting professor in Peru, Italy, Nepal

  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, 2016
• University of Frankfurt, Germany, 2004
• University of Padua, Italy, 2003
• University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2002
• University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA, 2001
• University of Mainz, Germany, 1998
• University of Zürich; Switzerland, 1997
• University of Miami, FL, USA, 1992 - 1993
• University of Zürich, Switzerland, 1992
• Hospital Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada, 1991
• Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary, 1991
• Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London, Canada, 1989
• The National Hospital, London, UK, 1988
• Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary, 1984
• University of Zürich, Switzerland, 1982
• University of Bucharest, Romania, 1978