June 2020
William Harkness joins Board of Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery
May 2020
Formation of WFNS Global Neurosurgery Committee, Gail Rosseau and William Harkness invited members
March 2020
Publication of The initial experience of InterSurgeon: an online platform to facilitate global neurosurgical partnerships (Neurosurg Focus 48 (3):E15, 2020 )
March 2020
InterSurgeon receives official endorsement and support from the Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS)
February 2020
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies creates Global Neurosurgery Committee and plans to work with InterSurgeon
November 2019
Organisation platform launched and other membership categories expanded to include all members of the surgical team
May 2019
Collaborative partnership created with the G4 Alliance and InterSurgeon commissioned to develop the Organisation platform
March 2019
InterSurgeon achieved Charitable Status
(Charity Commission for England and Wales. Registered Charity number 1182677)
January 2019
Adult Neurosurgery and Urology added as membership categories to website
December 2018
Joint Pediatric Section of AANS/CNS pledge support for InterSurgeon
September 2018
September 2018 InterSurgeon Trade Mark registered with UK Government Intellectual Property Office
March 2018
InterSurgeon goes live for Paediatric Neurosurgery
September 2017
InterSurgeon founded. Funding from ISPN, University of Alabama in Birmingham and 5 private individuals
August 2017
Publication of State of global pediatric neurosurgery outreach: survey by the International Education Subcommittee
(J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2017 August ; 20(2): 204–210)
April 2017
International Symposium of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) in Los Angeles. Theme: Global Neurosurgery.
Jim Johnston presents Collaborative partnership between UAB and Vietnam and use of tablet-based merged reality technology for neurosurgical mentoring.
Discussions including Sanjiv Bhatia, Kee Park, Tony Figaji ,Walt Johnson, Matthew Davis and Michael Dewan propose creation of an interactive web platform to facilitate collaborative partnerships in global surgery.
May 2016
First GICS Meeting Royal College of Surgeons London
William Harkness, President elect of ISPN attends
August 2015
Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS) Task Force Founded
International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN) Invited to become stakeholder and sponsor attendees.
