Presenter: Patric Blomstedt (Omea, Sweden)

Biography: Patric Blomstedt studied medicine in Umeå, Sweden, where he continued his training in 1997 in Neurosurgery with Marwan Hariz as his mentor. He received a PhD in 2007.  He became a professor in stereotactic functional neurosurgery in 2013 and is currently the head of the Unit for stereotactic functional neurosurgery in Umeå. He has written more than 150 scientific papers and book chapters and his current research is mostly focused on the Zona incerta as a target for DBS in movement disorders and DBS in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. He is president of the SSSFN, director of WSSFN and of the Stereotactic Academy (www.stereotactic.org).