Full CV of Dr Benoit Jenny — publications, diplomas, meetings

Current position

Since 1st Feb 2014

Private practice of neurosurgery

Médecin agrégé — Clinique La Colline (Hirslanden) Geneva

Consultant neurosurgeon — Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva

Post-graduate positions

Feb 2011 – Jan 2014
"Chef de Clinique" in neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva (Prof. K. Schaller, Département Neucli)

Responsible for pediatric neurosurgical activity at the Children's Hospital of University Hospital Geneva since October 2011.

Clinical activities: Adult Neurosurgery

Areas of expertise in adult neurosurgery: spine and complex spine, traumatic spine injuries; usage of neuronavigation or robotic assistance to place spine pedicle screws; brain tumours; hydrocephalus, endoscopy; epilepsy surgery; stereotaxic procedures; vascular neurosurgery (on call 1 in 2 days); traumatic brain injuries.

Areas of expertise in pediatric neurosurgery: surgery for pediatric brain tumours; hydrocephalus; endoscopy; epilepsy surgery; craniofacial surgery; spina bifida; traumatic brain injury.
Oct 2009 – Feb 2011
"Neurosurgical Fellow", Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne (Australia), Pediatric Neurosurgery, Dr Wirginia Maixner

ISPN official fellowship (International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery).
Jul 2008 – Sept 2009
Chef de Clinique, Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva (Prof. K. Schaller)
Apr 2006 – Jun 2008
"Intern" in Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva, Prof N. de Tribolet and Prof. K. Schaller since 1st October 2007.
Nov 2003 – Mar 2006
MD/PhD student, laboratory of Prof. J. Kiss, Department of Neurosciences (CMU) Geneva.
Jul 2003 – Oct 2003
Army, "Payement gallon" to be Lieutenant, physician for 600 recruits (ER 66/266, Geneva).
Nov 2001 – Jun 2003
MD/PhD student, Dr. M. Pepper (CMU, Département Morphologie). Neurosurgery on calls, University Hospital Geneva, 1 day per week.
Oct 2001
Course of experimental techniques in laboratory (Prof. D. Belin).
Aug 2001 – Sept 2001
"Intern" in neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva (Prof. N. de Tribolet).
Jul 2001
Assistant laboratory Prof. M. Pepper, Département Morphology (University Medical Center Geneva).
Apr 2001 – Jun 2001
"Intern", Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geneva (Prof P. Suter).
Feb 2000 – Feb 2001
"Neurosurgical Registrar" Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia (Prof A.H. Kaye), Neurosurgery Department
Oct 1998 – Dec 1999
"Intern" in Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva, Prof. N. de Tribolet. Training in basic neurosurgical procedures (burr holes, craniotomy approach, external ventricular drain, shunts, lumbar discs and laminectomies).
Oct 1997 – Sept 1998
"Intern" in medicine, regional hospital in Martigny, Valais, Switzerland (Dr. J. Petite).

Journals with editorial policy — Original papers

EL Hassani Yassine, Jenny Benoit, Pittet-Cuenod Brigitte, Bottani Armand, Scolozzi Paolo, Ozsahin Ayse Hulya, Rilliet Benédict. Proteus syndrome revealing itself after the treatment of a bilateral subdural hematoma. Child Nervous System 2013 Oct ; 29(10) :1927-31Impact Factor 2011: 1.54

Aikaterini Kanavaki, Benoit Jenny, Sylviane Hanquinet, Chiari I malformation secondary of a premature unilateral closure of the posterior intra-occipital synchondrosis in a preterm baby. J. Neuorsurg. Ped 2013 Jun ; 11(6) :658-60Impact Factor 2011: 1.53

Agustina M. Lascano, Alia Lemkaddem, Cristina Granziera, Christian Korff, Colette Boex, Benoit Jenny, Thomas Schmitt-Mechelke, Jean-Philippe Thiran, Karl Schaller, Margitta Seeck, Serge Vulliemoz. Tracking the source of cerebellar epilepsy: Hemifacial seizures associated with cerebellar cortical dysplasia. Epilepsy Res. 2013 Jul ; 105(1-2) :245-9Impact factor 2011: 2.29

B. Jenny, M. Zerah, D. Swift, A Le Tohic, V. Merzoug, M. Baudrimont, H. Alvarez, G. Grangé and B. Rilliet. Giant dural venous sinus ectasia in neonated: a report of 4 cases. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics 2010;5(5):523-8Impact factor 2011: 1.53

B. Jenny, M. Kanemitsu, O.Tsupykov, G. Potter, P. Salmon, E. Zgraggen, E. Gascon, G. Skibo, A. G. Dayer and J.Z. Kiss. FGF-2 overexpression in transplanted neural progenitors promotes perivascular cluster formation with a neurogenic potential. Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2009;27(6):1309-17.Impact factor 2011: 7.78

A-G. Dayer, B. Jenny, G. Potter, M-O. Sauvain, G. Szabo, L. Vutskits, E. Gascon and J-Z. Kiss. Recruiting new neurons from the subventricular zone to the rat postnatal cortex: an organotypic slice culture model. Eur J Neuorsci, 2008, 27(5) p.1051-60Impact factor 2011: 3.63

L. Vutskits, C. Lysakowski, C. Czarnetzki, B. Jenny, J.C. Copin and M.R. Tramer. Plasma concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients undergoing minor surgery: A randomized controlled trial. Neurochem Res, 2008, 33, p 1325-31Impact factor 2011: 2.24

A-G. Dayer*, B. Jenny*, M-O. Sauvain, G. Potter, P. Salomon, E. Zgraggen, M. Kanemitsu, E. Gascon, S. Sizonenko, D. Trono and J-Z. Kiss. Expression of FGF-2 in neural progenitor cells enhances their potential for cellular brain repair in the rodent cortex. Brain, 2007, 130 (11) p 2962-76 (*contributed equally as first author)Impact factor 2011: 9.45

B. Jenny, I. Radovanovic, Ch-A Haenggeli, J. Delavelle, D. Rüfenacht, A. Kaelin, J-L Blouin, A. Bottani and B. Rilliet. Association of multiple vertebral hemangiomas and severe paraparesis in a patient with a PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome. J. Neurosurgery (4 Suppl Pediatrics), 2007, 107, p 307-313Impact factor 2011: 1.53

E. Gascon, L. Vutzkits, B. Jenny, P. Durbec and J.Z. Kiss. PSA-NCAM in postnatally generated immature neurons of the olfactory bulb: a critical role in regulating p75 expression and cell survival. Development, 134, 2007, p 1181-1190Impact factor 2011: 6.60

E. Gascon, A. Dayer, M-O. Sauvain, G. Potter, B. Jenny, M. De Roo, E. Zgraggen, N. Demaurex, D. Muller and J.Z. Kiss. GABA regulates dendritic growth by stabilizing lamellipodia in newly generated interneurons of the olfactory bulb. J Neuroscience, December 13, 2006, 26(50) p. 12956-66Impact factor 2011: 7.11

B. Jenny, J.A. Harrisson, D. Baetens, J-C. Tille, K. Burkhardt, H. Mottaz, J.Z. Kiss, P-Y. Dietrich, N. De Tribolet, G.P. Pizzolato and M.S. Pepper. Expression and localization of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 in glioblastomas and haemangioblastomas. J Pathology, May 2006, 209: p. 34-43Impact factor 2011: 6.31

M. Payer, S. Wetzel, A. Kelekis, and B. Jenny. Traumatic vertical atlantoaxial dislocation. J Clin Neuoscience, 2005, 12(6), p. 704-6.Impact factor 2011: 1.24

B. Jenny, A.H. Kaye and M.F. Gonzales. Aggressive intracranial fibromatosis: case report. J Clin Neuroscience, 2002, 9, n°4, p. 450-3Impact factor 2011: 1.24

B. Jenny, B. Rilliet, D. May, J-P Pizzolato. Transthoracic transvertebral approach for resection of an anterior located calcified meningioma. Case Report. Neurochirurgie, 2002, 48, n°1, p.49-52Impact factor 2011: 0.34

May, D., B. Jenny, and A. Faundez. Cervical cord compression due to a hypoplastic atlas. Case report. J Neurosurg, 2001. 94(1 Suppl): p. 133-6.Impact factor 2011: 2.96

Reviews

Gautschi OP, Rilliet B, Schaller K, and Jenny B, Positional plagiocephaly in infancy: diagnosis and management. Praxis 2013, Dec 1;102(25): 1537-42

Andreas L Serra, Olivier Bonny, Sarah Bürki, Thomas Dorn, Daniel Fuster, Raphael Guzman, Günther FL Hofbauer, Benoit Jenny, Christian Kätterer, Barbara Plecko-Startinig, Lisa Weibel, Patrick Roth, Maja Steinlin, Gabriele Wohlrab, Patricia E Dill. Tuberöse Sklerose: Pathogenese, Klinik und neue Therapieansätze (under proof reading, Swiss Medical Forum, july 2013)

Original papers: submitted

Andrea Bartoli M.D., Remi Tyrand, Benoit Jenny M.D. Ph.D., Shahan Momjian M.D., Colette Boëx, Ph.D. In vivo human microstimulation and microrecording of a sclerotic hippocampus and a cortical dysplasia (submitted Nature Medicine, October 2013)

Benoit Jenny, Yassine El Hassani, Nicolas Smoll, Shahan Momjian, Claudio Pollo, Christian Korff, Margitta Seeck and Karl Schaller. Seizure control in epilepsy surgery: experience in young children and adolescents. (submitted, Epilepsy Research, nov 2013)

Alister Rogers, Colette Boex, Karl Schaller and Benoit Jenny. Pure posterior sacral meningocele: case report and technical note. (submitted Pediatric Neurosurgery, July 2013)

Journals with no editorial policy — Original papers

Nemitz I, Jenny B. A train can hide another. Rev Med Suisse. 2012; 8(366):2406-7 (Article in French)Impact Factor: not referenced

Thesis

1) "A neural stem/progenitor cell based approach for brain repair after cerebral ischemia" — Benoit Jenny, Doctorat ès Sciences, July 2010, published online by the Faculty of Medicine, Geneva. Thesis Benoit Jenny MD/PhD archive Université de Genève click here

2) « Canal lombaire étroit et insuffisance artérielle des membres inférieurs : différences cliniques » — Benoit Jenny, Doctorat en médecine, August 2008.

Reviews (unpublished)

1) Mechanisms of tumour cell invasion and metastasis formation in the brain: a review. Benoit Jenny, accepted 2009 written exam MD/PhD program, unpublished. personal archive click here

2) Interactions between blood vessels and neural progenitor cells: a key for brain repair strategies? Benoit Jenny, October 2008, part of the MD/PhD written exam, unpublished.

Awards

"Prix de la Recherche en Médecine", 13th November 2012, Geneva, Foundation Gertrude Von Meissner, for the project « Understanding the mechanisms of epileptogenicity in children with cortical dysplasia ».

Best poster prize, 2008, Montreux, Swiss Society for Neurosurgery, « Expression of FGF-2 in neural progenitor cells increases their potential for cellular brain repair in the rodent cortex ». click here

Diplomas

2010

MD/PhD Diploma "Docteur es Sciences" mention Biologie, delivered by the Faculty of Science Geneva, direction Prof. Jozsef Kiss. Title of thesis: "A neural stem/progenitor cell based approach for brain repair after cerebral ischemia"

2008

Post graduate Title of Specialist in Neurosurgery delivered by the Swiss Medical association FMH in Bern

Radioprotection exam passed in Lausanne

Oral exam of neurosurgery passed, ungraded, in Bern, Switzerland

Written exam of EANS (European Association for Neurological Surgeons) (passed with 78.1%)

MD thesis accepted by the Faculty of Medicine in Geneva, director Dr. Alain Reverdin. Title: « Canal lombaire étroit et insuffisance artérielle des membres inférieurs: différences cliniques »

2004

Diploma of specialisation in biology, University Geneva

2001

Certificate of animal experimentation in Lausanne

1998

Step 1 and Step 2 of American ECFMG passed in Geneva

Army: obtention grade of Lieutenant

1997

Medical degree obtained at University Geneva

1991

High School Certificate "Scientific" obtained in Lausanne and Fribourg (Switzerland)

International meetings — Oral communications

Consensus conference: "Crusing around the foramen magnum", Rome 10-11th January 2013 — "Unusual foramen magnum stenosis due to the premature closure of the occipital synchondrosis associated with a sinus marginalis anomaly." Benoit Jenny, Oliver Gautschi, Igor Leuchter, Aikaterini Kanavaki, Sylviane Hanquinet, Benedict Rilliet and Karl Schaller

European Society for Craniofacial Surgery (ESCFS), Göteborg 27-29 sept 2012: "Hemifacial reconstruction in noma sequelae". B. Pittet, D. Monatandon, D. Baratti-Mayer, B. Jenny and B. Rilliet.

40th annual meeting International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN 2012, Sydney, 8-13th sept): Seizure control after epilepsy surgery: experience in young children and adolescent. Benoit Jenny, Yassine El Hassani, Shahan Momjian, Claudio Pollo, Margitta Seeck and Karl Schaller

23rd meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN 2012), Amsterdam 1-5th may 2012: Seizure control after epilepsy surgery: experience in young children and adolescents. Benoit Jenny, Yassine El Hassani, Shahan Momjian, Claudio Pollo, Margitta Seeck and Karl Schaller

39th annual meeting International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN 2011), Goa, India, 17th-21st oct 2011: Gyral mapping as a road map to target epilepsy surgery around central sulcus. Benoit Jenny, Jeremy Freeman, Simon Harvey and Wirginia Maixner

35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 9-12th September 2007: Endoscopic cysto-ventriculostomy for the treatment of intra-cererbal cysts. Jenny B., Momjian S. and Rilliet B.

Société de Neurochirurgie de Langues Française, Congrès d'hiver, Paris, 26-29 Novembre 2006: Fistules durales géantes chez le nouveau-né: cas 4 rapporté. Jenny B., Zerah M., Swift D., Le Tophic A., Merzoug V., Baudrimont M., Alvarez H., Grangé G., et Rilliet B.

XX Biennial Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 6–11 March 2006, Martinique: Giant dural venous fistula in neonates. Report of 4 cases. Jenny B., Zerah M., Swift D., and Rilliet B.

Posters

41st annual meeting International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN 2013, Mainz 29th sept-3rd oct) — Proteus syndrome revealing itself after the treatment of a bilateral subdural hemantoma. Yassine El Hassani, Karl Schaller, Benoit Jenny, Brigitte Pittet-Cuenod, Armand Bottani, Paolo Scolozzi, Hulya Ozsahin Ayse, Benedict Rilliet

Intraoperative continuous interictal epileptiform discharge rate during functional hemispherotomy in children. Benoit Jenny, R. Tyrand, Shahan Momjian, Yassine El Hassani, M. Seeck, Karl Schaller, C. Boëx (Geneva/CH)

Cavernoma of the third ventricle: study of a pediatric case and literature review. Jeremy Brodard, Benoit Jenny, A. Etemad-Sajadi, Olivier Vernet, Karl Schaller, Bénédict Rilliet (Geneva/CH, Lausanne/CH)

A rare association of chronic subdural hematoma and autosomal polycystic kidney disease in children. Yassine El Hassani, Renato Almeida Gondar, Karl Schaller, Benoit Jenny

40th annual meeting ISPN 2012, Sydney: Hemostasis issues during peri-insular hemispherotomy for hemimegalencephaly: the report of 2 cases. Benoit Jenny, Yassine El Hassani, Shahan Momjian, Walid Habre, Christian Korff, Margitta Seeck, Karl Schaller

40th annual meeting ISPN 2012, Sydney: Cerebellar gangliocytoma presenting with intractable epilepsy: a case report. Benoit Jenny, Serge Vulliemoz, Augustina Lascano, Thomas Schmitt-Mechelke, Colette BOex, Christian Korff, Alexandre Lobrinus, Margitta Seeck, Karl Schaller

23rd biennial meeting ESPN 2012, Amsterdam: Occipital sinus pericranii associated with craniosynostosis: a report of two cases. M. Zenobi, B. Jenny, Y. El Hassani, B. Pittet, B. Rilliet

39th annual meeting ISPN, Goa, India, 2011: Seizure control after epilepsy surgery: experience in children and adolescents. Benoit Jenny, Yassine El Hassani, Shahan Momjian, Claudio Pollo, Margitta Seeck and Karl Schaller

5th Forum European Neuroscience, July 2006, Vienna, Austria — Migration of FGF-2 transduced neural progenitors in the normal and ischemic rat brain. Jenny B., Dayer A., Potter G., Sauvain M. O., Gascon E., Sizonenko S. & Kiss J. Z.

Grafted neural precursors migrate and differentiate into interneurons in a cortical slice model. Dayer A., Jenny B., Potter G., Sauvain M. O., Gascon E. & Kiss J. Z.

GABA regulates integration of newly generated interneurons in the olfactory bulb by promoting lamellipodia stability and early dendritic growth. Gascon E., Dayer A. G, Jenny B., De Roo M., Zgraggen E., Potter G., Demaurex N., Muller D. & Kiss J. Z.

The Society for Neuroscience 35th Annual Meeting, November 2005, Washington DC — Migration of FGF-transduced neural progenitor cells in the rat brain. B. Jenny; A.Dayer; G.Potter; M.Sauvin; E.Gascon; S.Sizonenko; J.Z.Kiss

FGF-2 increases the migration and invasiveness of neural progenitors in a cortical slice model. A.G.Dayer; B.Jenny; G.Potter; M.Sauvain; E.Gascon; J.Z.Kiss

Role of matrix metalloproteinases in the migration of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) in vitro. E.Gascon; A.Dayer; M.Kanemitsu; B.Jenny; G.Potter; E.Zgraggen; I.Gasche; J.Z.Kiss

National meetings — Oral communications

2nd SFCNS Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies, Montreux 5-7 June 2013: Pediatric epilepsy surgery: the sooner, the better. Benoit Jenny, Nicolas Smoll, Yassine El Hassani, Serge Vuillemoz, Shahan Momjian, Claudio Pollo, Christian Korff, Margitta Seeck, Karl Schaller.

Réunion commune SGKN SNG SLgE SFND/SSNC SSN LScE ASDN, Lugano, 3-5th may 2012: Seizure control after epilepsy surgery: experience in young children and adolescents. Benoit Jenny, Yassine El Hassani, Shahan Momjian, Claudio Pollo, Margitta Seeck and Karl Schaller

Symposium in honour of Dr. Benedict Rilliet, 31.09.2011, Geneva, HUGs: Chirurgie de l'épilepsie chez l'enfant: l'expérience romande. Benoit Jenny and Karl Schaller

Jubileum meeting 100 Jahre SNG/100ans SSN, 23-25th April 2008: Expression of FGF-2 in neural progenitor cells increases their potential for cellular brain repair in the rodent cortex. Jenny B., Dayer AG., Sauvain MO, Potter G, Salmon P., Zgraggen E., Kanemitsu M., Gascon E., Trono D and Kiss JZ.

Joint Annual Meeting Swiss society of Neurosurgery and Swiss Society of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 26-27th October 2007: Experience of nine cranioplasties with patient specific implants for large skull base defect reconstruction. Jenny B., Kuzbruch A., Scolozzi P., Pittet B., Jaques B., and Rilliet B.

Swiss Society of Neurosurgery, Annual meeting, Montreux, 3-4th October 2006: Endoscopic cysto-ventriculostomy for the treatment of intra-cerebral cysts. Jenny B., Momjian, S. and Rilliet B.

Joint Meeting Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie/Swiss Pediatric Neurosurgery Group, St. Gallen, 2./3. Dezember 2005: Multiple aggressive vertebral angiomas, severe paraparesis, PTEN mutation and Cowden disease: report of one case. B. Jenny, C.-A. Haenggeli, J. Delavelle, D. Rüfenacht, A. Kaelin, A. Bottani and B. Rilliet.

Posters

Second Meeting of the Lemanic Neuroscience, September 2005, Diablerets, Switzerland — Migration of FGF-transduced neural progenitor cells in the rat brain. B. Jenny, A. Dayer, G. Potter, MO. Sauvain, E. Gascon and J.Z. Kiss

First Meeting of the Lemanic Neuroscience, 27 & 28 September 2004, Diablerets, Switzerland — A role for vascular endothelial growth factor in normal brain development? B. Jenny, S. Sizonenko, A. Dayer, E. Gascon, J. Kiss

Participation in national and international congresses

2025 — 25^th SGS Annual Meeting (Swiss Society of Spinal Surgery), Basel; 6^th SFCNS Congress (Swiss Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies), Lausanne; Spine Congress, Brussels.

2024 — EUROSPINE; NEUROspine Meeting.

2023 — Joint Annual Meeting SSN–SSNS (Swiss neurology and neurosurgery), Zurich; EUROSPINE; SGS Annual Meeting; 12^th NEUROspine Meeting.

2022 — 11^th NEUROspine Meeting, Bern; 22^nd SGS Annual Meeting; 5^th SFCNS Congress, Basel; EUROSPINE; Affidea Seminar.

2021 — 10^th NEUROspine Meeting; EUROSPINE; SSNS Annual Meeting (Swiss Society of Neurosurgery); Full Endoscopic Spine Surgery course, Sion.

2019 — NEUROspine Meeting; RIWO-SPINE Endoscopic Surgery Course; Medtronic Summer University Course; SFCNS Congress.

2018 — EUROSPINE; Symposium in honour of Prof. Kiss.

2017 — Symposium "Complex spinal pathologies", Clinique La Colline (Hirslanden); SSNS Annual Meeting; EUROSPINE; Symposium "Deep Brain Stimulation".

2016 — NEUROspine Meeting; SFCNS Congress.

2015 — Medtronic OLIF Training; DePuy Spine Revision Symposium; Medtronic course, Tolochenaz; SSNS Joint Annual Meeting.

2014 — NEUROspine Meeting; EUROSPINE; SSNS Annual Meeting; Medtronic Kyphoplasty Course; Hydrocephalus Symposium (Paediatrics, HUG); Spine Symposium, Clinique La Colline (Hirslanden); SNCLF (French-Language Neurosurgery Society).

2013 — MIS Aging Course (DePuy).

2010 — Controversies in Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital.

2008 — Member of the organising committee of the XXIst biennial meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Montreux.

Benoit Jenny — Full academic background

Current position

Post-graduate positions

"Chef de Clinique" in neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva (Prof. K. Schaller, Département Neucli)

"Neurosurgical Fellow", Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne (Australia), Pediatric Neurosurgery, Dr Wirginia Maixner

Chef de Clinique, Neurosurgery, University Hospital Geneva (Prof. K. Schaller)

"Neurosurgical Registrar" Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia (Prof A.H. Kaye), Neurosurgery Department

Journals with editorial policy — Original papers

Reviews

Original papers: submitted

Journals with no editorial policy — Original papers

Thesis

Reviews (unpublished)

Awards

Diplomas

International meetings — Oral communications

Posters

National meetings — Oral communications

Posters

Participation in national and international congresses

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