Rolando Fausto Del Maestro, MD, PhD
听His research is focused on surgical simulation using the NeuroTouch platform working in cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada and multiple national and international research groups.
Dr. Del Maestro along with his wife, Pam, and Steve Northey founded and continue their work with the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. This organization is now a dynamic cross-Canada organization fostering excellence in brain- tumour patient care, patient support and research funding.
Dr. Del Maestro听retired as the Director of the Brain Tumour Research Centre and from his clinical practice in brain tumour surgery in 2012, which has given him more time to devote to his interests in neurosurgical simulation, resident education, Leonardo Da Vinci and the History of Medicine. He is the Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine at 苹果淫院. Dr.听Del Maestro has one of the largest private collections of material听related to Leonardo Da Vinci. Using this material, he has curated a number of exhibitions related to Leonardo's art and anatomical interests as well as an exhibition on the History of Neuro-Oncology at the Osler Library and Montreal鈥檚 Leonardo Da Vinci Centre.听 His book entitled A Relationship Etched in Time: Leonardo Da Vinci, The Earl of Arundel and Wenceslaus Hollar will be published by 苹果淫院-Queens Press.
Neurosurgical Simulation Research Centre
Delorme S, Laroche D, DiRaddo R, Del Maestro RF. 听Neurosurgery. 2012 Sep;71(1 Suppl Operative):32-42. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318249c744.
Choudhury N, G茅linas-Phaneuf N, Delorme S, Del Maestro 听R. World Neurosurg. 2013 听Nov;80(5):e9-19. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.08.022. Epub 2012 Nov 23.
G茅linas-Phaneuf N, Del Maestro RF.听 Neurosurgery. 2013 Oct;73 Suppl 1:30-8. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000115.
Rosseau G, Bailes J, del Maestro R, Cabral A, Choudhury N, Comas O, Debergue P, De Luca G, Hovdebo J, Jiang D,听 Laroche D, Neubauer A, Pazos V, Thibault F, Diraddo R. Neurosurgery. 2013 Oct;73 Suppl 1:85-93. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000112.
G茅linas-Phaneuf N, Choudhury N, Al-Habib AR, Cabral A, Nadeau E, Mora V, Pazos V, Debergue P, Diraddo R, Del Maestro RF. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2014 Jan;9(1):1-9. doi: 10.1007/s11548-013-0905-8. Epub 2013 Jun 20.
Varshney R, Frenkiel S, Nguyen LHP, Young M, Del Maestro R, Zeitouni A, National Research Council Canada, Tewfik MA.听Am J听听Rhinol Allergy,2014, 28(4) 330-334(5). doi.org/10.2500/ajra.2014.28.4046
Brain Tumor Research Centre
Del Maestro R. Can J Neurol Sci. 2012 Sep;39(5):561-2.
Mercier L, Del Maestro RF, Petrecca K, Araujo D, Haegelen C, Collins DL. Med Phys. 2012 Jun;39(6):3253-61. doi: 10.1118/1.4709600
Opposite roles of furin and PC%A in N- Cadherin Processing. Maret, D., Seyed Sadr, M., Seyed Sadr, E., Colman, D.R., Del Maestro,听 R.F., Seidah, N.G. 2012 Neoplasia, 14; 880-892 .
Allaire PD, Seyed Sadr M, Chaineau M, Seyed Sadr E, Konefal S, Fotouhi M, Maret D, Ritter B, Del Maestro RF, McPherson PS.J Cell Sci. 2013 Feb 1;126(Pt 3):722-31. doi: 10.1242/jcs.112375. Epub 2012 Dec 21.
Sahebjam S, Garoufalis E, Guiot MC, Muanza T, Del Maestro R, Petrecca K, Sharma R, Kavan P. Can J Neurol Sci. 2013 Mar;40(2):241-6
Mercier L, Araujo D, Haegelen C, Del Maestro RF, Petrecca K, Collins DL. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013 Jan;39(1):16-29. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.08.004.
Transcription Factor FOXG1 and Groucho/TLE promotes glioblastoma growth.听听听听 Verginelli F, Perin A, Dali R, Fung K, Lo R, Longatti P, Guiot M-C, Del Maestro 听RF, Rossi, S., di Porzio U., Stechishin, O., Weiss S., and Stifani, S., Nat Commun. 2013 Dec. 20; 4: 2956. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3956.
