Dr. Roberto Gazzeri is a leading Neurosurgeon involved in spinal surgery and interventional pain therapy, actually working in San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital in Rome, Italy. He performed a fellowship in minimally invasive approaches in neurosurgery at the Center of Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery in Sydney (Australia) with Dr. Charlie Teo. Dr. Gazzeri teaches international courses on spine surgery in Wienn (Austria), Zurich (Switzerland), Murcia (Spain), Hamburg (Germany), Copenaghen (Denmark) and Rome (Italy). His interest is in ”interventional and surgical pain management”, "minimally invasive spine surgery","spinal cord stimulation" and “safe brain and spine surgery” and avoiding surgical complications. He published more than one hundred scientific articles in international journals (NEJM, JAMA, Neurology, Spine, Neurosurgery, Journal of neurosurgery, Acta Neurochirurgica, etc.) and several book chapters. He is member of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery and NASS (North American Spine Society). In addition to his active spinal surgery and research, Dr. Gazzeri teaches medical and graduated students, and mentors neurosurgical residents. Area of practice: Interventional pain management, spinal tumors, traumatic and degenerative spinal diseases, spinal osteoporosis, spinal cord stimulation, neuromodulation. www.chirurgiaspinale.it