Mika Niemelä
Head Physician, Professor
Head of HUS Neurosurgery
Neurocenter
- Education
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MD: 1989, University of Helsinki, Finland; Board certified neurosurgeon: 1997, University of Helsinki, Finland; PhD: 2000, University of Helsinki, Finland. Doctoral thesis: “Hemangioblastomas of the CNS and retina: impact of von Hippel-Lindau disease”; Diploma in Health Administration 2004. Professor of Neurosurgery 2016-, University of Helsinki. Head of HUS Neurosurgery 2015-
Areas of publications: Cerebrovascular diseases (aneurysms, AVM, DAVF, cavernomas), brain tumors and cervical spine surgery
Supervised PhD theses: 17
- Specialities
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Clinical interests: Vascular, skull base and brain tumors, spine
- Languages
- Finnish, Swedish, English, German
- Positions of responsibility
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Visits: Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston USA, 2001-2002; ‘Major talks’: Stuart Rowe 2019, Donaghy 2020
Memberships: Finnish Neurosurgical Society (Treasurer 1995-1997; President 2004-2007); Scandinavian Neurosurgical Society (Vice President 2001-2003); AANS (Member 2001-, International Associate 2011, International Fellow 2015- ); CNS (2013-2024), EANS (Training Committee Member 2007-2011, Vascular Committee 2012-21), The Maire Taponen Foundation (Board Member 2012-, chairman 2017-2022); HYKSin/Orton Ltd. (Director - neurosurgery 2014- ), WANS 2015-
Updated: 15.04.2025