Kai A. Lehtimäki MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Tampere University Hospital
Finland
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)