Pediatric Neurosurgeon
UNIFESP, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Nelci Zanon Collange MD, PhD, IFAANS
President elect of the Brazilian Medical Women Association, ABMM
Vice President of Latin American Internationa Medical women Association MWIA
Full Member Academia de Medicina de São Paulo
Pediatric Neurosurgeon - Unifesp (Federal University of Brazil)
Chair of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center, CENEPE
Current Assitant Secretary and Past Chair of the Education Committee - ISPN (2021-2023)
Past Chair of Education Committee WFNS (2017-2021
Past President of the Brazilian Pediatric Neurosurgery Society – SBN Ped (2013-2015)
Some Publications
International Women in Neurosurgery. Hernández-Durán S, Drummond K, Karekezi C, Murphy M, Nejat F, Zanon N, Rosseau G.Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg. 2022;45:1-33. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99166-1
Progress in neurosurgery: Contributions of women neurosurgeons in Latin America.Zanon N, Niquen-Jimenez M, Kim EE, Zegarra AB, Ramírez-Reyes AG, Quiroga DP, Miller Molina EI, Santana NV, Garcia RM, Rosseau G.J Clin Neurosci. 2021 Apr;86:347-356. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.01.054. Epub 2021 Feb 27
Spina bifida folate fortification in Brazil, update 2022: a cross-sectional study. Zanon N, Dos Santos Silva RP, Varjão Vieira E, Niquen-Jimenez M, Estevão I, da Costa Benalia VH, Coelho G, Salomão F.Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Jul;39(7):1765-1771. doi: 10.1007/s00381-022-05771-6. Epub 2023 Jan 20.
Development and evaluation of a new pediatric mixed-reality model for neurosurgical training.
Coelho G, Figueiredo EG, Rabelo NN, Teixeira MJ, Zanon N.J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Aug 2:1-10. doi: 10.3171/2019.2.PEDS18597.
Endoscopic surgery for the antenatal treatment of myelomeningocele: the CECAM trial.
Pedreira DA, Zanon N, Nishikuni K, Moreira de Sá RA, Acacio GL, Chmait RH, Kontopoulos EV, Quintero RA.Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jan;214(1):111.e1-111.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.09.065. Epub 2015 Sep 18
Introduction. International women leaders in neurosurgery: past, present, and future.
Rosseau GL, Timmons SD, Muraszko KM, Drummond KJ, Murphy M, Zanon N, Nejat F.Neurosurg Focus. 2021 Mar;50(3):E1. doi: 10.3171/2020.12.FOCUS201088.
New anatomical simulator for pediatric neuroendoscopic practice. Coelho G, Zymberg S, Lyra M, Zanon N, Warf B.Childs Nerv Syst. 2015 Feb;31(2):213-9. doi: 10.1007/s00381-014-2538-9. Epub 2014 Sep 3
Noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring throughout brain compliance guiding a ventriculoperitoneal shunt replacement in hydrocephalus-case report. Zanon N, da Costa Benalia VH, Hoesker T, Hayashi CY, Frigieri G, Coelho G.Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Aug;39(8):2215-2219. doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-05922-3. Epub 2023 Mar 28
Latex-specific IgE and its recombinant fractions in a child with cerebrospinal eosinophilia. Sá AB, Mallozi MC, Zanon N, Solé D.Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2014 Sep-Oct;42(5):504-5. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2013.04.002. Epub 2013 Jul 6
Fetoscopic single-layer repair of open spina bifida using a cellulose patch: preliminary clinical experience.
Pedreira DA, Zanon N, de Sá RA, Acacio GL, Ogeda E, Belem TM, Chmait RH, Kontopoulos E, Quintero RA.J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014 Nov;27(16):1613-9. doi: 10.3109/14767058.2013.871701. Epub 2014 Jan 13.PMID: 24299030
Women in neurosurgery: a challenge to change history--Brazil, São Paulo. Zanon N.Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Mar;27(3):337-40. doi: 10.1007/s00381-010-1380-y.
Women in Neurosurgery (WIN): Barriers to Progress, World WIN Directory and the Way Forward. Balasubramanian SC, Palanisamy D, Bakhti S, El Abbadi N, Collange NZ, Karekezi C, Liew BS, Kato Y.Asian J Neurosurg. 2020 Oct 19;15(4):828-832. doi: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_108_20. eCollection 2020 Oct-Dec.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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