12th World Congress on
Spine and Spinal Disorders

Dr. Alessandro Landi serves as an Assistant Neurosurgeon at the University of Rome "Sapienza." He holds memberships in AANS, NASS, EANS, and AOSpine, and has been recognized with a "Research Project" award in spinal surgery from his university.

His research spans both anterior and posterior spinal procedures, surgery involving the cranio-cervical junction, pain management, and minimally invasive/endoscopic spine techniques. He also studies spinal neuro-oncology, the use of blood-derived components in spinal procedures, spinal trauma care, neurotrauma, and biomolecular approaches to bone growth and repair

Dr. Sandeep Mittal became a member of Wayne State University's Department of Neurosurgery faculty in 2006. He earned his medical degree from McGill University, where he later completed his residency training in neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute. While training as a resident, he undertook a combined clinical and research fellowship focused on Developmental Neurobiology. Following this, he pursued additional subspecialty training through a clinical fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and subsequently a second fellowship in Neuro-Oncological Surgery and Image-Guided Neurosurgery at Brigham & Women's Hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School in Boston. Director of the Translational Neuro-Oncology Research Laboratory at the Karmanos Cancer Institute, where his team investigates the biological underpinnings of brain tumors. As a respected educator and researcher, he has authored more than 65 articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to 17 book chapters. He holds board certification in Neurosurgery from both the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Mittal's research focuses on several areas within neurosurgery, including surgical treatment of brain tumors, surgical approaches to epilepsy, image-guided neurosurgical techniques, and Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery.

Dr. Sakthi Rajaram Manoharan completed his medical training in 2006, earning his degree from Government Medical College in Madurai, India.He then trained in Orthopedic Surgery at PGI Chandigarh, one of India's top-rated programs, graduating at the head of his class, and continued there as a Registrar/Senior Resident.

His clinical and research interests include spinal conditions such as stenosis, disc herniation, degenerative disease, deformities, tumors, infections, and trauma, along with general orthopedic trauma care.

Dr. Wai Hoe Ng holds the roles of Deputy Director and Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at Singapore's National Neuroscience Institute, and Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. He earned his MBBS from the National University of Singapore in 1994, followed by neurosurgical residency training across the National Neuroscience Institute, Melbourne's Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Royal Children's Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and is board-certified through Singapore's Specialist Accreditation Board. He additionally holds a research-based MD from NUS.

His research interest encompass tumor-focused neurosurgical treatment, stereotactic and functional neurosurgical approaches, surgical techniques for neuromodulation, epilepsy-related surgery, and neurosurgical care for children

Dr. Woo-Kie Min holds a position as Assistant Professor within the Spine Service of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Kyungpook National University Hospital. His work combines clinical spine surgery with foundational research, and he has published more than 50 academic papers. He contributes his expertise as both a peer reviewer and advisory board member across multiple scientific journals, and holds memberships in several professional bodies, including NASS, AOSpine, the Korean Medical Association, and the Korean Orthopaedic Association.the Daegu-Kyungpook Orthopaedic Society, and the Pacific and Asian Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

His research interests broadly cover spine surgery and related fundamental science.