Pr. Richard ASSAKER

CHRU
Hopital Roger Salengro
Pôle de Neurochirurgie
Rue du Professeur Emile Laine
59037 Lille Cedex

Tel: +33 (0)3 20 44 65 54
Fax: +33 (0)3 20 44 66 23
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1983
Medical Doctor Graduation, Liège Medical University, Belgian

1991
Neurosurgical Qualification, French Curriculum Lille University, CHRU Lille

2001
PhD Thesis, University Lille 2, Option Biotechnology

2002
Professor of Neurosurgery

2011
Qualification for Research Direction (HDR)

President of the French-speaking Neurosurgical Spine Society (SFNCR)
Former president of the French Spine Surgery Society (SFCR) (06/2011-06/2012)
Member of the Board of the French Surgical Spine Society
Former Member of the Board of the Spine Committee at EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies)
Member of the Board of the French Neurosurgical Society
President of the Spine Section
Member of the Spine Societies of Europe (EuroSpine)
Board Member of the Educational Committee of EuroSpine (Chairman of the review committee)
Member of the French-speaking Neurosurgical Society
Member of the IGASS (International Group of Advancement in Spinal Science)
Medical School Teaching
Teaching the Neurology and Neurosurgery certificate at the Medical School of Lille 1
Teaching the Neurology and Neurosurgery certificate at the Medical School of Faculté Libre de Médecine de Lille, University Lille 2
Teaching in the "University Diploma" of NeuroOncology
Teaching in the "University Diploma" of GeneralOncology
Teaching in the "University Diploma" of Pain Managment
Teaching Neurosurgery in different nursing and OR schools
National Neurosurgical teaching for Neurosurgery Fellowship
Post-University Medical Education Teacher
European Instructor for Spine Surgery
Faculty Member and Instructor of the World Spine Society
Organizer of Spinal Course Workshop for European Spine Surgeons (4 courses/year)

Designer and Conceptor of Surgical Spinal Instrumentation (World Wide Used)
The APOFIXTM (Medtronic SOfamor Danek). Laminar Hook Instrumentation
The CENTAURTM (Mectronic Sofamor Danek). Anterior Thoracolumbar Plating
The ZEPHIRTM (MEdtronic Sofamor Danek). Anterior Cervical Plating System.More than 25000 surgery have been performed using this instrumentation.
The TeCorp TM 2002 (Scientix). A vertebral body replacement implant.More than 14 patents belong to these instrumentation.