Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery Volume 56

Prof. Concezio Di Rocco is an internationally renowned pediatric neurosurgeon who has performed more than 12,000 neurosurgical procedures, including operations for brain and spinal cord tumors, hydrocephalus, arachnoid cysts, craniosynostosis, and cerebral and spinal malformations (such as hemimegalencephaly, cortical dysplasia, lipomyelomeningocele, myelomeningocele, spinal lipoma, and Chiari type I malformation). His clinical expertise also extends to neurophacomatoses and epileptic disorders.

Since May 2014, Prof. Di Rocco has been based in Hannover, Germany, where he serves as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the International Neuroscience Institute (INI).

He is a member of the WANG (World Advisory Neurosurgical Group) of the Shanghai International Neurosurgical Circle (INC), a past President of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) and of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), and past Editor (2000-2025) of Child’s Nervous System.