International expert in the field of microsurgical treatment of spinal and brain pathologies
Experience of more than 3,000 operations. The area of surgical specialization concerns the surgical treatment of spinal pathology of all sections (experience of about 2,000 operations, including operations on the cervical, lumbar and thoracic sections), as well as microsurgical treatment of vascular pathology of the brain and tumors of the base of the skull.
Start of medical practice in 2003
2005-2011 specialization in neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Helsinki
2010 - defense of the scientific degree PhD (with honors) at the University of Helsinki. Official opponent - head of the neurosurgery department of the Yale University Clinic, Professor Murat Gunel (USA)
Since 2011 work as a certified neurosurgeon in Finland (Helsinki, Turku)
2011-2012 internship in microneurosurgery under the supervision of Prof. Juha Hernesniemi, Finland
2013 - Internship in Microneurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix (USA)
2014 - Internship in Microneurosurgery at Sapporo Stroke Center (Japan)
2016 - Internship in Microneurosurgery at Munster University Clinic, (Germany)
2017 - Obtaining the title of Associate Professor of Neurosurgery in Finland
2020-2021 One-Year Training Program at Harvard University School of Postgraduate Medical Education (USA)
Stryker Abstract Award, 2011 AANS/CNS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, USA Feb 8, 2011 “A Proposed Grading System of Brain and Spinal Cavernomas”
“Best lecture award” in Leiras Ltd. congress on Tachosil® in Levi, Finland 3/2013, “Tachosil® use in neurosurgery”
Visiting surgeries, lectures, and conference reports in 15 countries, including the USA, Japan, Germany, Italy, India, etc.
Supervisor of 5 PhD dissertations. Author of more than 30 articles, 2 monographs, 2 sections of textbooks
Current member of the Finnish Association of Neurosurgeons, the European Association of Neurosurgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (USA).