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

Daniela A. Perez-Chadid, The G4 Alliance, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Riya M. Dange, The G4 Alliance, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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, 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, Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Menara Matrade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Global Brain Consortium South East Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Neurosciences & Brain and Behaviour Cluster, School of Medical Sciences/Hospital USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Bello B. Shehu, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Daniel Donoho, Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Samuel Browd, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Agustin Ibanez, Latin America Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile; Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Saksham Gupta, Department of Neurosurgery, Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Frederick Lang, Department of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Anil Nanda, Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Gail Rosseau, The G4 Alliance, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Electronic address: gailrosseaumd@gmail.com.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2025

Publication Title

World neurosurgery

E-ISSN

1878-8769

Volume

202

First Page

124357

PubMed ID

40774587

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.wneu.2025.124357

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