Dr.habil.med. Igors AKSIKS Deputy Assistant Professor, University of Latvia Neurosurgery Clinic of the Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital 13 Pilsonu Str. Riga, LV 1002, Latvia Phone: +371 67069922 Fax:     +371 67069422 E-mail:  neirokirurgija@stradini.lv

Born: July 11, 1948, Limbazi, Latvia

• Vascular neurosurgery
• Neurooncology
• Functioal neurosurgery
• Neurotrauma
• Spinal pathology
• New surgical instruments and devices

Languages: Latvian, Russian, English, German

Education & Experience

• MD; Riga Medical Institutel, 1972
• Residency in general surgeon in Dagda and Kraslava
  General Hospital, Latvia, 1972 - 1975
• Neurosurgeon at P. Stradins Clinical Hospital, 1975 -
• Course of European young neurosurgeons in Bratislav, 1981
• Qualification course in diagnostics and microsurgery of diseases
  of CNS at Moscow Neurosurgery Institute, 1982
• Medical doctoral dissertation accepted in Moscow, 1987
• Dr.habil.med. dissertation, accepted in Riga, 1995
• Head of Clinic of Neurosurgery at P. Stradins University Clinical Hospital, 1996 - 2007
• Deputy Assistant Professor , University of  Latvia, 2001 -

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2006
• Paul Stradins University Hospital - “As a Centre of Excelence in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury” (Aitken Neuroscience Center), USA, 1999.
• Certificate of approval “For the performance of the medical management" (Ministry of Health), Latvia, 2000.

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Latvian Neurosurgery Society, 1972 –
• European Society of Neurosurgery, 1994 –
• The New York Academy of Sciences, 1995 -
• World Society of Neurosurgery, 2000 –
• Latvian Telemedicine Society, 2001 –
• Latvian Algology Society, 2004 –
• World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2004 –
• American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2004 –

Offices

• President of the Latvian Spinal Surgery Association, 1999 – 2002
• President of the Latvian Funcional and Spinal Surgery Society, 2002 -

Courses:

• Clinical neurosurgery (Postgraduate course), Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital, 1998 - 2005
• Clinical vertebrology (Postgraduate course), Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital, 2000 – 2005

The Vertebroplasty School of Baltic States, Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital, 2004

Publications

103 publications, including 1 monograph.

Articles in medical journals: in Latvia – 12, abroad - 19.
6 inventions.

• I.Aksiks, R. Sverzickis. Neuronavigation Guided Surgery in Parenhymal Neurocysticercosis in two patients. - Acta Neurochir. (Wien), 2007, vol. 149, pp. 1169-1172.
• K.Kupcs, I.Aksiks, H.Kadikas, J.Savlovskis, A.Vinogradovs. Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: single center experience. - Acta Chirurgica Latviensis, 2007, pp. 38-45.
• Kurme D, Aksiks I, Sverzickis R, Valeinis E, Putnins R. Management of traumatic brain injury. - Proc. Latv. Acad. Sci., 2006, N 4, p. 121-126.
• Aksiks I, Vestermanis V, Karklinsh E, Kupchs K. Outcomes of vertebroplasty for treatment of pathologic vertebral fractures and haemangiomas. - Hir. Pozvonoc., 2006, N 2, pp. 38-42.
• Aksiks I, et al: Neuronavigation for Surgery of Multiple Brain Lesions. - In: Book of Proceedings “Stereotactic and Funtional Neurosurgery”, Ed.Mario Meglio, Rome, 2005,  pp.271-275.
• Aksiks I, et al. Pain relieve after vertebroplasty, in patients with osteoporotic, metastatic vertebral compression fractures and haemangiomas.-  In: Book of Proceedings “Neurological Surgery” , Ed.Abdeslam El Khamlichi, Marrakesh, 2005, vol.1, pp.37-40. 
• Aksiks I, et al.  Results of applaying of neuronavigation in intracranial neurosurgery.-  Zh.Vopr.Neirohir.(Moscow), 2003, vol.2, pp. 16-19.
• Aksiks I., Vestermanis V. Spondylodicitis - view to the surgical and conservative therapy. - Zh.Vopr.Neirohir.(Moscow), 2003, vol. 3, pp.21-24.
• Aksiks I., et al. Microvascular decompression in the posterior fossa as a treatment method for essential hypertension. - Zh.Vopr.Neirohir. (Moscow), 2002, vol.4, pp.11-15.  
• Aksiks I., et al.  Management of Severe Head Injury in Latvia. - In: Book of Proceedings, (ed.G.McCulloch&Reilly)(Adelaide), 2001,  pp.439- 443.
• Aksik I., et al. Microneural decompression operations in the treatment of some forms of cranial rhizopathy. - Acta Neurochir. (Wien), 1993, vol. 125, pp. 64-74.
• Aksik I., et.al. Extraintracranial anastomosis performed by means of biological gluing materials: experimental and clinical study. - Microsurgery  (New York), 1986, vol. 7, pp. 2-8.

International -

• (Project Manager in Latvia). Management of Severe Head Injury. - Brain Trauma Foundation ( New York, USA), 1998 - 2001.
• (Project Manager in Latvia ). Surgical Trial in Intracerebral Haemorrhage. -   Newcastle, UK , 2001 – 2003
• (Project Manager in Latvia). No Radiotherapy versus Whole Brain Radiotherapy for 1 to 3 Brain Metastases from Solid Tumor after Surgical Resection or Radiosurgery. - European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (Brussels, Belgium), 2003 -
• (Project Manager in Latvia).Clinical Complex post Market Surveillance Electronic Registry. - Cordis Neurovascular Center (Waterloo. Belgium), 2004 – 2005
• (Project Manager in Latvia). International Randomized Clinical Trial of Rheumatoid Craniocervical Treatment. - Leiden, 2005 -

Latvian –

• (Project Manager ). The Treatment Improvemet of Severe Traumatic Brain
  Injury, 2004 -

• (Project Manager ). Criterions of the Epilepsy Surgery,  2005 -
  

Last update 26.02.2008