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, 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

Recommended 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). Neurosurgery. 2302.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/2302