Eytan Raz is an Assistant Professor at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, Director of Interventional Neuroradiology at Bellevue Hospital. After graduating from Sapienza University of Rome and obtaining a PhD degree, he completed the fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology at NYU Langone Medical Center. He is the author of more than 200 publications in high impact factor, peer-reviewed journals such as JNIS, AJNR, Stroke, Radiology, JAMA. His fields of expertise include neurovascular anatomy, neurovascular diseases, brain aneurysms, dural fistulas and stroke.
Menale Kassie is an experienced Development Economist with over 18 years of expertise in policy research and impact evaluation. His work specializes in evaluating bundled innovations, insect farming innovations, pollination services, gender and scaling research, and policy engagement. He has authored over 104 peer-reviewed articles, accumulating 19,580 Google Scholar citations (H-index: 65), with his research cited in 460+ policy documents. His extensive career includes key roles at CIMMYT and the University of Gothenburg (Sweden).
PD Dr. med. Eike Immo Piechowiak is a specialist in radiology with a focus on diagnostic and invasive neuroradiology and has been head physician at the University Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at Inselpital in Bern since 2020.
Pr Grégoire Boulouis is a clinician-scientist and interventional neuroradiologist at CHU Tours, France, affiliated with INSERM’s iBrain research unit (UMR1253) and CIC IT 1415. His expertise centers on adult and pediatric stroke. Trained in Lille, Paris, and at Harvard Medical School's Stroke Research Center, he actively participates in national and international stroke trials and leads multiple clinical research initiatives. A committed educator, he co-founded and chaired JENI, a collaborative research network for junior neuroradiologists.
Dr. Bart Emmer, MD, PhD (m), is an interventional neuroradiologist in Amsterdam UMC and a board member of the subsection of neuroradiology of the Dutch society of radiology and Dutch delegate for the UEMS (Neuroradiology). He is the principal investigator of AIRBORNE, (Artificial Intelligence for early imaging Based patient selection in acute ischemic stroke), and CLEOPATRA, a healthcare evaluation study into the cost-effectiveness of CT perfusion in the selection of stroke patients for endovascular treatment.
I completed my neurology residency in Florence, Italy, where I developed a strong passion for clinical neurology and stroke care. Following this, I pursued a research fellowship at the Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, focusing on MRI markers of cerebral small vessel disease, particularly in the context of intracerebral hemorrhage. After my fellowship in Boston, I completed a clinical fellowship and a PhD at Lille University Hospital.
Dr. Michael Manhart graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany in 2014, specializing in interventional perfusion imaging. Since 2015, he has been serving as an Innovation Project Manager at Siemens Healthineers, Advanced Therapies, where he oversees a broad range of innovation projects related to interventional imaging, with a particular focus on 3D imaging in interventional neuroradiology. In 2024, Michael advanced to the role of Principal Key Expert for Imaging and Visualization, continuing to drive forward cutting-edge developments in his field.
Dr Tomas Dobrocky is a specialist in radiology with a focus on interventional neuroradiology and has been a senior physician at the Department of Neuroradiology at Inselspital, University Hospital, Switzerland since 2018.
As part of his specialization in the field of interventional neuroradiology, Tomas Dobrocky completed a fellowship at the Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto, Canada, under Prof Timo Krings & Prof Vitor Pereira, and at the Fondation Rothschild in Paris, France, under Prof Michel Piotin.