Robotics in Skull-Base Surgery (PDF)

workshops including micro neurosurgery and neuro endoscopy speak volumes of his keen interest as an educationist in neurosurgery.
Prof. R. Shane Tubbs is a clinical anatomist who practiced in pediatric neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital in Birmingham for 25 years. His research interests are centered around what his lab has termed "reverse translational anatomy research", where clinical/surgical problems are identified and addressed via anatomical studies. This investigative paradigm has resulted in over 1,600 peer reviewed publications. Dr. Tubbs' lab has made novel discoveries in human anatomy and many anatomical feasibility studies from his lab have been used by surgeons around the world. He has been a visiting professor to major institutions in the U.S. and worldwide. He has authored/edited over 50 books including Gray's Anatomy Review, Gray's Clinical Photographic Dissector of the Human Body, Netter's Introduction to Clinical Procedures, Anatomy for Plastic Surgery of the Face, Head, and Neck, Nerves and Nerve Injuries, A History of Human Anatomy, and Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation. He is an editor for the 41st and 42nd editions of Gray's Anatomy and the 5th through 7th editions of Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy, and is editor-in-chief of Clinical Anatomy, the official journal of the American and British Associations of Clinical Anatomists. Dr. Tubbs was recently named chair of the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminologies.




Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Oertel, MD began his career in 1989 by studying medicine at the Hannover Medical School and at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. After internship in Munich and Hannover and receiving his doctor's degree, he began working at the Neurosurgical Department at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald. After completing residency he moved to Hannover where he received his habilitation at the Hannover Medical school and became member of the faculty of medicine at the Hannover Medical School in 2005. In 2006, he was appointed Vice Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Nordstadtkrankenhaus, Hannover. In 2008, he became Vice Chairman of the department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Mainz, acting as chairman for 5 months in 2010. In December 1, 2010, Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Oertel was appointed as a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Saarland and the faculty of medicine Saarland University. In 2020, he was Laureate at the Ginde Oration of the Bombay Hospital Trust, India. Prof. Oertel has published more than 200 papers in almost all the fields of Neurosurgery and he had authored more than 30 book chapters.