Clinical Neuroscience and Neurogenetics

A longtime direct co-worker of Prof. Dr. Madjid Samii in Hannover, Germany. Besides general micro neurosurgery, special interest and expertise in the management of head trauma, neuro-oncology, stereotaxy and radiosurgery, spinal surgery including less invasive techniques and neuroradiology. Presently since 2014, Middle East Chairman of ICLASS. Active Member and Board Member of numerous international societies, among these: SAS, German Neurosurgical Society, AANS and the Skull Base Study Group. Fluent in English, German, Spanish, Italian and with knowledge of French. Since 2017, additionally, Lead Neurosurgeon at the Waldkrankenhaus for Special Surgeries by Leipzig, Germany-Trauma, Sport, and Spine Department.

Neurosurgery, craneo-encephalic trauma, neuro-oncology including stereotaxy and radiosurgery, spine surgery including less invasive techniques and neuroradiology.

He is the most prominent and well- known researcher in the field of Hypnotherapy and hypnosis in Iran. Beside being graduated in anesthesiology and cardiac anesthesia as subspecialty, he has been trained in heart transplantation anesthesia in Paris (2009) and became a faculty member of Iran University of Medical Sciences (Tehran) at the same time. He is an associate professor of cardiac anesthesia in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and the director of Training program of cardiac anesthesia fellowship there. He is one of the first trainers in Iranian Scientific Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ISSCH) who has nearly 30 years of experience in the field. He has been a board member of ISSCH for 18 years and has the most important role in the enhancement of clinical hypnosis as a science in Iran. Dr. Fathi has organized four international congresses on hypnosis in Iran (2012,2013 , 2015 and 2016) while he was the scientific secretary and main organizer of them. He is also the scientific secretary and main organizer of the first world congress on hypnodontics (September 2016) and international congress on Mental training (2017). He is the main organizer of the first Asian hypnosis congress on October 2019. He has organized more than 200 hypnosis conferences around Iran universities and presented many articles in national and international conferences. He has been the supervisor or advisor of more than 50 Master’s thesis to post-doctoral dissertations based on the integration of hypnosis with psychology, medicine and anesthesia in Iran. Dr. Mehdi Fathi has published many articles in international journals (ISI and PubMed indexed) and he has written 65 book titles about hypnosis and health care. He is the chief of the only branch of ISSCH in Khorasan province in Mashhad and a pioneer in using hypnosis for painless childbirth in Iran

Hypnotherapy, Clinical Hypnosis

Dr. Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, MD, is a psychiatrist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Richmond University Medical Center, and Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He received formal training in psychiatry, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular imaging and neuroimaging. He was awarded the prestigious BK Anand National Research Prize in India and Solomon Award of Harvard Medical School. His research is focused on the study of neural and neurochemical mechanisms that control human brain functions. He developed the single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique (SDMIT) to detect, map, and measure neurotransmitters released acutely in the human brain during task performance. This technique is now used in laboratories all over the world. Using this technique, he studies dopaminergic control of human cognition and behavior. He is also interested in learning the nature of dysregulated dopamine neurotransmission in psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions. His research is funded by NIMH, NINDS, VA, and various foundations. Previously he served in the faculty of Harvard Medical School, SUNY Buffalo and University of Minnesota. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.

psychiatry, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular imaging and neuroimaging

Temitope Farombi MD, FMCP (Neurology), is a graduate of University of Ibadan. She trained in internal medicine at the University College Hospital (UCH) and Neurology at UCH Ibadan Nigeria She obtained masters degree in Clinical Neuroscience at King’s College London. Temitope is a consultant Neurologist at the Chief Tony Anenih Geriatric center University college hospital, the first geriatric center in West Africa sub-region. Temitope practice specializes in the critical care neurology of the elderly, movement disorders, Dementia and headaches. Temitope was a visiting scholar to the Northwestern University Chicago, USA and has published articles in scientific journals.

Neurology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience

Thomas E Nordahl M.D, PH.D is a professor emeritus at UV Davis school of Medicine. He did Psychiatry Residency from University of California, Davis. He worked as Junior staff at National Institute of Mental Health, Senior Clinical Fellow (NRSA), National Inst. Mental Health 1988-1989 Senior Staff Fellow, National Inst. Mental Health 1989-1995 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, U.C. Davis Medical Center 1989-1991 Guest Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1991-2003 Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1991-1994 Staff Physician, (PET consultant) Palo Alto VAMC 1995-1999 Research Director, Napa State Hospital 2000-2001 Sabbatical at SRI -Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Lucas MRS Center, Stanford University 1996-2002 Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sci, U.C. Davis Medical Center His Awards and Professional Societies include in 1965 Central Valley (California) Mathematics Quiz Finalist, 1966 California State Scholarship Finalist, 1971 NSF Student Trainee Grant, 1979 Summer Fellowship at Medical University of South Carolina,1986-1988 National Research Service Award, 1972- Member of American Mathematical Society, 1985- Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1992 Member West Coast College for Biological Psychiatry, 1993- Member of Society for Nuclear Medicine, 1994- Fellow Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1995- Member of Society for Biological Psychiatry,2013 – December Elected Member College: ACNP His service include 1973-1974 Graduate Curriculum Committee, U.C. Davis, Student Representative, 1975-1976 Member Computing Services Comm., Cal. State College, Stanislaus, 1979-1980 Student Government Rep., Medical Univ. of South Carolina,1984-1985 President Psychiatry Residents Association, U.C. Davis, 1986-1988 NIMH "PET" Representative to Nuclear Medicine,1990-1992 Assistant Training Director, U.C. Davis –Psychiatry, 1992-1994 Psychiatry Course Director Sophomore Medical Class, 1994-1994 Member School of Medicine Research Priority Committee, 1995-2000 Director of Neuroscience/Psychopharmacology course for interns, 1996-2000 Human Subjects Review Committee, 2005-2010 Human Subjects Review Committee,2009-2011 Soc. Biological Psychiatry Planning Committee for,2013 Apr Training Human Subjects Review Committee

Neuroscience

He completed MBBCH very good with honors on Nov 1982 and completed Master of General Surgery in 1987.He did fellowship in the department of Neurosurgery in 1994.He did doctorate degree in Neurological surgery in 1994.and member congress of American Neurological Surgeons on 2000 He is the House officerin Ministry of Health Hospitals and Alexandria university Hospitals for one year from 1983 to 1984.He worked as physician in the Ministry of Health Hospitals from 1984 to 1987.He is Registrar of Neurosurgery in private hospital from 1987 to 1988.He is Assistant lecturer of Neurosurgical department of Alexandria University Hospitals from 1988 to 1994.He is chief consultant of Neurosurgery in Saqr Hospitals, UAE from 2000 to 2003.He visit to Neurological surgery department, Royal College of Medicine,London in 2001. He is working as Professor of Neurosurgery department at Alexandria University from 2010 to till date.

Neurology and Neurosurgery