The Neurosurgeon's Role in the Brain Economy: How Strategic Investment in Neurosurgical Care and Innovation Will Improve Global Outcomes

Authors

• Daniela A. Perez-Chadid, The G4 Alliance, Chicago, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.
• Riya M. Dange, The G4 Alliance, Chicago, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
• Harris A. Eyre, Neuro-Policy Program, Center for Health and Bioscience, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Graham Fieggen, Neuroscience Institute and Division of Neurosurgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
• Kerry A. Vaughan, Barrow Global Division, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
• Sameer A. Sheth, Departments of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
• Jafri Malin Abdullah, Fellow, Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Menara Matrade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Coordinator.Global Brain Consortium South East Asia, Malaysia; Professor of Neurosciences & Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosciences & Brain and Behaviour Cluster, School of Medical Sciences/Hospital USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia.
• Bello B. Shehu, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria.
• Daniel Donoho, Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA; Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D. C., USA.
• Samuel Browd, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
• Agustin Ibanez, Latin America Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibanez; Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
• Saksham Gupta, Department of Neurosurgery, Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
• Frederick Lang, Department of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
• Anil Nanda, Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.
• Gail Rosseau, The G4 Alliance, Chicago, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA; Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Electronic address: gailrosseaumd@gmail.com.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

8-5-2025

Journal

World neurosurgery

DOI

10.1016/j.wneu.2025.124357

APA Citation

Perez-Chadid, Daniela A.; Dange, Riya M.; Eyre, Harris A.; Fieggen, Graham; Vaughan, Kerry A.; Sheth, Sameer A.; Abdullah, Jafri Malin; Shehu, Bello B.; Donoho, Daniel; Browd, Samuel; Ibanez, Agustin; Gupta, Saksham; Lang, Frederick; Nanda, Anil; and Rosseau, Gail, "The Neurosurgeon's Role in the Brain Economy: How Strategic Investment in Neurosurgical Care and Innovation Will Improve Global Outcomes" (2025). GW Authored Works. Paper 7822.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/7822

Department

Neurological Surgery