Pr Antoine CARPENTIER

Antoine Carpentier is Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology at the University of Paris -Cité and head of the Department of Neuro-Oncology at the Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France. He is chairperson of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Panel of Neuro-Oncology and a member of the ANOCEF and the European Organization for Research of Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Brain Tumor Group. Prof. Antoine Carpentier has longstanding experience in clinical and translational neuro-oncology. His clinical practice includes patients with primary brain tumors, metastatic brain cancers and leptomeningeal diseases. In the laboratory, his research is mainly focused on cancer immunotherapy. He has published more than 150 original papers in respected scientific journals.

Pr Philippe DECQ

Philippe Decq is Professor of Neurosurgery at Université Paris Cité and head of the Department of neurosurgery at Beaujon Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France. Neurooncology is one of the main topic of the neurosurgical department, mainly focusing on malignant brain tumors and in particular on metastatic brain disease, in connection with the oncodermatology department of Saint Louis Hospital and the onco- thoracic department at Bichat Hospital. Several studies are being carried out on intrathecal immunotherapy and chemotherapy in collaboration with the Laboratory of Biological Pharmacology at Saint Louis Hospital and the INSERM UMR-S 1144 research unit (Therapeutic optimization in neuropsychopharmacology). The department is also a competence center for NF1 and organizes, in collaboration with the neurooncology department of Saint-Louis, a Grand Paris Nord neurooncology staff meeting, as well as for pituitary tumors with the endocrinology department of the Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny. . Philippe Decq is also invited professor at Human Biomechanical Institute of Arts et Métiers Paris for researches on head trauma and Hydrocephalus. He has published 115 original papers in per-reviewed scientific journals.

Pr Sébastien FROELICH

Sébastien Froelich is professor and chair of the neurosurgery department at Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris Cité.

He obtained his MD and completed his residency at the university of Strasbourg. During his residency, he was awarded the research fellowship of the French speaking society of neurosurgery and was research fellow in 2000 at the department of neurosurgery, university of Cincinnati. In 2005-2006, he obtained advanced clinical fellowship training in skull base surgery at the department of neurosurgery, university of Cincinnati. In 2007, he became full professor of neurosurgery at university of Strasbourg and since 2014, he is chair of the department of neurosurgery at Lariboisière hospital in Paris.

Dr Froelich is renowned for his comprehensive treatment of complex brain tumors, skull base and CVJ lesions including pituitary adenomas, meningiomas, craniopharyngiomas, chordomas and chondrosarcomas. His clinical practice encompasses traditional open, minimally invasive endoscopic assisted and endonasal skull base approaches. He is also specialized in neurovascular surgery with an expertise in cerebrovascular bypass procedure for moya-moya, complex aneurysms and skull base tumors.

His research focuses on the tumorigenesis of chordomas, the link between progestins and meningiomas, and innovations in skull base surgery. He is director of the laboratory of experimental Neurosurgery in Lariboisière hospital, which focus on the development of innovative skull base and endoscopic technique, quantitative surgical neuroanatomy, virtual surgical simulation and the development of new surgical instrumentation and technology.

Dr Froelich has published over 180 peer-reviewed publications and 15 book chapters.

He is director since 2009 of hands-on skull base training program in IRCAD Strasbourg and Taiwan.

He is an active member of several national, European and international neurosurgical societies and served from 2017 to 2022 as the chairman of the skull base committee of the world Federation of the Neurological Societies. He is member of the board of the european skull base society and member of the World Academy of Neurosurgery.