Dr Rudiger Stendel is a Germany trained Neurosurgeon with 30 years experience. He received specialist training at the free University of Berlin and later worked at the Charité - University Medicine Berlin. He is specialized in brain, skull base and spine tumors (adult and pediatric) and minimally invasive spinal surgery. Beside clinical and research stays in the USA, Switzerland and the Netherlands he was working in Saudi Arabia for some years. Dr Stendel is an international fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and active member of the European and German Neurosurgical Societies.