Neuroanatomy Guidance to Successful Neurosurgical Interventions: The Torch of Neurosurgical Excellence

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Professor Imad N. Kanaan MD FACS FRCS is  Chairman emeritus and senior consultant neurosurgeon at the  Department of Neurosciences King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center general Institution.  His expertise and research are focused on skull base surgery pituitary surgery solo and hybrid endoscopic surgery. He is the founder and honorary President of the International Academy of Neurosurgical Anatomy (IANA). He is the director of the KFSHRC & WFNS International skull base fellowship and IANA international educational webinar. Professor Kanaan is President-elect of the world Academy of neurological surgeons (WANS) past president of the Asian Oceanian skull base society (AOISBS) and the Asian Congress of Neurological surgeons (ACNS). He serves on the editorial board of several international journals.   Professor Vladimír Bene PhD is senior consultant and Chairman emeritus of the Department of Neurosurgery CMUH and 1st Medical School Charles University Prague Czech Republic. He now is a chairman of Institute of Clinical Neurodisciplines of which his former department is part.  His professional interest and  research projects are focused on AVMs cavernomas and aneurysms cerebral ischemia skull base anatomy and surgery meningiomas and cistern anatomy in particular. He is the past president of the Czech Neurosurgical Society (2001-2009) past president of the European Skull Base Society (2007-2009) past president of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (2011-2015) past president of International Meningioma Society (2018-2023). Prof.Bene is a founder and former chair of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Committee of Neurosurgical Anatomy (2014-2019) . He is the founder and past President of the International Academy of Neurosurgical Anatomy (IANA). He serves on the editorial board of several international journals (e.g.Acta Neurochirurgica and Neurosurgery)