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History of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
1961 - International Society for Research in Stereoencephalotomy founded, Philadelphia
1963 - International Society for Research in Stereoencephalotorny chartered, Philadelphia
1973 - Name changes to World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Tokyo
1977 - First Speigel-Wycis Award presented to Lars Leksell at Seventh Meeting in São Paulo
1981 - European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery becomes independent society, Zurich
Past Meetings of the WSSFN
1961 - First International Symposium on Stereoencephatotomy (Philadelphia. PA)
1965 - Second International Symposium on Stereoencephalotomy (Copenhagen and Vienna)
1967 - Third International Symposium on Stereoencephalotomy (Madrid. Spain)
1968 - First Meeting of the Amerin Branch of the International Society for Research in Stereoencephalotomy (Atlantic City. NJ)
1969 - Fourth Symposium of the International Society for Research in Stereoenoephalotorny (New York, NY)
1970 - Fiflh Symposium of the International Society for Research in Stereoencephalotomy (Freiburg. Germany)
1973 - Sixth Symposium of the International Society for Research in Stereoencephalotorny Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Tokyo, Japan)
1977 - Seventh Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (São Paulo, Brazil)
1981 - Eighth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Zurich. Switzerland)
1985 - Ninth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Toronto, Canada)
1989 - Tenth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Maebashi, Japan)
1993 - Eleventh Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Ixtapa, Mexico)
1997 - Twelflh Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Lyon, France)
2001 - Thirteenth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Adelaide, Australia)
2005 - Fourteenth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Rome, Italy)
2006 - First Interim Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Shanghai, China)
2009 - Fifteenth Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (T oronto, Canada)
2011 - Second Interim Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Cape Town. South Africa)
Past Presidents of the WSSFN
Ernest Spiegel (Philadelphia, USA) 1961-1970
Traugott Reichter (Freiburg, Germany) 1970-1973
Hirotaro Narabayashi (Tokyo, Japan) 1973-1977
Raoul Marino (Brazil) 1977-1981
Jean Siegfried (Switzerland) 1981-1985
Ron Tasker (Toronto, Canada) 1985-1989
Chihiro Ohye (Gunma, Japan) 1989-1993
Phil Gildenberg (Houston, USA) 1993-1997
Marc Sindou (Lyon, France) 1997-2001
Brian Brophy (Adelaide, Australia) 2001-2005
Andres Lozano (Toronto, Canada) 2005-2009
Takaomi Taira (Tokyo, Japan) 2009-2013
Joachim Krauss (Hannover, Germany) 2013-2017
Michael Schulder (New York, USA) 2017-2019
Jin Woo Chang (Seoul, Korea) 2019-2022
Konstantin Slavin (Chicago, USA) 2022-2024