SUOMEN NEUROKIRURGINEN YHDISTYS, SNKY
FINNISH NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY
Established in 1956



The Finnish Neurosurgical Society was established as a common forum for neurosurgeons and physicians from other related specialties, to promote the development of neurosurgery and an-cillary fields in Finland (population 5.2 million) and to advance the professional interests of physicians in these fields. The Finnish Neurosurgical Society currently has 90 members (40 active neurosurgeons), including 7 honorary members. The Society has an Executive Board, with representatives from each of Finland's neurosurgical centers at the five University Hospitals with their own catchment areas (population responsibility). The Board is responsible to the Annual Meeting, which is held each February. The Society has a Research Fund and annually awards research stipends. The Society usually holds a neurosurgical session in the Finnish Medicine Congress each January and/or during the 'Operative days' each November in Helsinki. Most members have also joined the Scandinavian Neurosurgical Society, and individual membership of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies is encouraged. The Society also selects representatives to the Finnish Physicians' Union.

2011 EXECUTIVE BOARD:
President: Matti Seppälä, MD PhD / Helsinki firstname.surname@hus.fi
Secretary: Minna Oinas, MD PhD / Helsinki firstname.surname@hus.fi
Vice-President: Janek Frantzen, MD PhD / Turku firstname.surname@tyks.fi
Treasurer: Anna-Leena Heula, MD / Oulu firstname.surname@ppshp.fi
Member: Timo Koivisto, MD PhD / Kuopio firstname.surname@kuh.fi
Member: Kai Lehtimäki, MD PhD / Tampere firstname.surname@pshp.fi
     

PAST PRESIDENTS:   Snellman Lecturer:
2010- Matti Seppälä MD PhD
2007-2010 Juha Öhman MD PhD
2004-2007 Mika Niemelä MD PhD
2001-2004 Jaakko Rinne MD PhD
1999-2001 Juha E Jääskeläinen MD PhD
1996-1999 John Koivukangas MD PhD
1993-1996 Göran Blomstedt MD PhD
1991-1993 Juha Hernesniemi MD PhD
1987-1991 Timo Kuurne MD PhD
1984-1987 Simo Valtonen MD PhD
1980-1983 Matti Vapalahti MD PhD
1977-1980 Henry Troupp MD PhD
1975-1977 Tapio Törmä MD PhD
1972-1975 Olli Heiskanen MD PhD
1970-1972 Lauri Laitinen MD PhD
1966-1970 Teuvo Mäkelä MD
1957-1966 Gunnar af Björkensten MD PhD
1956-1957 Aarno Snellman MD PhD


Neurosurgical operating room during the 1950's, Finnish Red Cross Hospital, pioneering Finnish neurosurgeon Professor Aarno Snellman (right) operating. Oil painting by Tuomas v. Boehm (1953). From S. Nyström, Neurokirurgia, Jyväskylä: Gummerus 1988.

2006 James I. Ausman MD PhD
2007 Evandro de Oliveira MD PhD
2008 Sir Graham Teasdale MD PhD
2009 Markku Kaste MD PhD
2010 Matti Haltia MD PhD
2011 Walter Stümmer MD PhD


Prof Aarno Snellman (1893-1964)
Pioneer of Neurosurgery in Finland

COMING EVENTS:
National neurosurgical congress, Oulu 15.-16.9.2011
Operatiiviset päivät, Helsinki 23.-25.11.2011
Lääkäripäivät, Helsinki 9.-12.1.2012
Annual meeting of neurosurgical society, Helsinki Feb 2012
National congress for residents, Kuopio May 2012

LINKS:
History of the Finnish Neurosurgical Society
Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki
Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio
Department of Neurosurgery, Oulu
Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere
Department of Neurosurgery, Turku
The Finnish Medical Association
Scandinavian Neurosurgical Society
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)