Prof. Dr. med. Walter STUMMER Direktor Tel.: 0251/834-7471 Fax: 0251/834-5646 walter.stummer@ukmuenster.de

Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery Munster University Hospital, Munster, Germany

Professor Walter Stummer is a world leader in the introduction and implementation of advanced fluorescence- based diagnostic methods in the operation microscope and microneurosurgery. He has authored the 2006 landmark trial on the use of Gliolan in HGGs in Lancet and participates on numerous national and international trials. He has served for a number of terms as Speaker the of section Neurooncology of the German Society of Neurosurgery and of the Neuro-Oncological Working Group (NOA) of the German Cancer Society. Some of his research interests include monitoring and targeting of tumour-associated vessels and cells.