Please view our About Us page to learn more about BRAIN Global, or view our Projects page to learn about projects we are involved in.  Feel free to Contact Us if you have any questions or information.

• BRAIN Global has its research publications listed on the research page.
  • _^NEW The latest article with Dr. Francis Fezeu is published under Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (2024 Aug) titled PET imaging for a very early detection of rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease – A model-based cost-effectiveness analysis.
  • Case report: Awake Intradural Carotid Artery Occlusion in Two Case of Giant Cavernous Segment Aneurysms, Done for The First Time in Cameroon. Neurosurg Cases Rev 6:138 (2023 June). https://doi.org/10.23937/2643-4474/1710138
• _^NEW instrument set for purchase with exclusive price: Petridis vascular microsurgery basic kit for low-income areas
• _^NEW 2024 project: Project To Improve Treatment of Neurovascular Pathologies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Congo Phase at the Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
• Intraoperative Brain Mapping and Neuromonitoring, Q&A with Prof Dr Dr K. Gousias, 25 May 2023, 06:30 PM (EAT)
• 2023 Update: Introduction of EC/IC Bypass Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa Through the Valuable Donation of Mr. Leonid Bauer.
• 2023-2024 project: Introduction of Neuromonitoring in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• 2021-2024 project: Vascular Neurosurgical Partnership Between General Hospital of Yaoundé, Cameroon 🇨🇲 and Prof. Dr. Petridis of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany 🇩🇪 – This is a call for sponsorship for a center-to-center program that serves to improve the care of patients with vascular neurosurgery in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pilot application for Cameroon.
  • 2023 update: In the past year, we have had over 50 vascular surgeries with very good outcomes!
  • We want to give special thanks to the A. I. and Manet Schepps Foundation in the U.S. for their very generous donation that helped us kick-start the project and fund equipment needed for surgeries!
  • We would also like to thank ARZT hilft e.V. in Germany for additional funding as well as administrative assistance!
  • This is truly an international collaboration and undertaking; without all of your help, we could have never accomplished our goals in Cameroon.
• Brain Awareness Week (official website: www.dana.org/BAW/) is March 11-17. However, you can continue to get involved throughout the year (resources at www.sfn.org/baw/)!
• Purple Day is on March 26^th, so we are wearing purple around the world to support epilepsy awareness. Help spread the word! Visit www.purpleday.org to learn more about how you can get involved (with events near you or by increasing awareness). 2024 marks the 16^th anniversary for this event!
• World Brain Day is on July 22^nd. Started by the World Federation of Neurology, the main objective of this day is to increase public awareness and promote advocacy related to brain health.

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  World Stroke Day is on October 29^th. Brain Global is proud to show our support by spreading the word through a permanent addition for Stroke Awareness on our website, as well as a social media campaign.
• World AIDS Day is on December 1^st. Please take a moment of your time to view this HIV/AIDS infographic by the World Health Organization and spread the word.

Latest News:

1. Project update: Successful first clipping of an Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm performed at Kinshasa University Hospital (8/28/2024) - Under the leadership of Prof. Athanasios Petridis,Director of vascular neurosurgery from Brain Global, The first clipping of an Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm was successfully performed on...
2. Update: Introduction of EC/IC Bypass Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa Through the Valuable Donation of Mr. Leonid Bauer (3/3/2023) - During the introduction of vascular neurological surgery for brain pathologies in Africa, Prof. Dr. Athanasios Petridis noticed the need for bypass EC/IC surgery. Unfortunately, most...
3. New project added: Introduction of Neuromonitoring in Sub-Saharan Africa (1/18/2023) - This project aims to improve the oncologic and functional outcomes of patients with neurosurgical (mainly neurooncological) pathologies by using neuromonitoring. Collaborators are in Tanzania and Germany.
4. New project added: Vascular Neurosurgical Partnership Between General Hospital of Yaoundé 🇨🇲 and Prof. Dr. Petridis of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf 🇩🇪 (1/23/2021) - This project is a center to center program to improve the care of patients with vascular neurosurgery in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pilot application for Cameroon.
5. New project added: Research (1/20/2019) - While BRAIN Global’s members have been active in scientific research before its inception, we now have a peer-reviewed article published in a medical science journal...