Contact details
Kai A. Lehtimäki MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Tampere University Hospital
Finland
Biography
Education
- Tampere University Medical School, Finland (1997-2003)
- Resident in neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere University Hospital (2003-2009)
- PhD degree, University of Tampere Medical School, Finland (2008)
- Board certified neurosurgeon (2009-present)
- Docent in neurosurgery, Tampere University Medical School, Finland (2016)
Working experience
- Consultant neurosurgeon, Tampere University Hospital (2009 – present)
- Consultant neurosurgeon, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden (2013-2014)
- Consultant neurosurgeon, Helsinki University Töölö Hospital (2015)
Positions of responsibility
- European continuing medical training (ECMT) course director, ANT-DBS for epilepsy (2012-present)
- Executive committee of Finnish neurosurgical association (2012-2014)
- Executive committee of European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (2012-present)
- Steering committee of Medtronic Registry for Epilepsy (MORE) (2014-present)
Awards
- Max Finck ECT investigator award, San Fransisco, USA (2009)
- Student’s best lecturer award, Scandinavian society for neurosurgery, Beitostolen, Norway (2014)