Jerold Justo, MD — Neurosurgery Research & Professional Profile

Professional Summary

Board-certified Filipino neurosurgeon with subspecialty training in skull base surgery at Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris. His clinical interests include skull base and pituitary tumors, neuroendoscopy, cerebrovascular surgery, complex brain tumors, and minimally invasive approaches. His current work spans tertiary neurosurgical practice in Metro Manila, service development in Aklan, multidisciplinary pituitary care, academic teaching, surgical education, and international skull base research collaboration.

Current Clinical & Leadership Roles

• Consultant Neurosurgeon, Assistant Training Officer and Research Committee Head — The Medical City, Ortigas

• Neurosurgery Core Team — Pituitary Center, The Medical City

• Section Head, Neurosurgery — Pasig City General Hospital

• Department Head, Neurosurgery and Center Director, Brain and Spine Center — Panay Health Care-MPC, Kalibo

• Consultant Neurosurgeon — Healthway Cancer Care Hospital, Taguig

• Consultant Neurosurgeon — Quirino Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City

• Consultant Neurosurgeon — Saint Gabriel Medical Center, Kalibo

Advanced Training & Credentials

• Diplomate, Philippine Board of Neurological Surgery (2022)

• Fellow, Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons (2025)

• Clinical Fellowship in Skull Base Neurosurgery — Hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, Paris (2023–2024)

• Research Fellowship in Skull Base Neurosurgery — Experimental Neurosurgery and Skull Base Laboratory, Hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP (2022–2023)

• Neurosurgery Residency and Chief Residency — The Medical City

• MD-MBA — Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health

Teaching & Professional Leadership

• Course Director — Philippine Skull Base Masterclass, AACNS 2026 Pre-Congress Course

• Chair — Skull Base Committee, AACNS 2026

• Founder and Convenor — Inter-Hospital Skull Base Conference (2026–present)

• Faculty and Trainer — Skull Base Course 360° at IRCAD Strasbourg (2023 and 2024)

• Faculty and Speaker — Regional Advanced Endoscopic Skull Base Masterclass

• Neurosciences Coordinator for Year Level 5 — Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (Academic Year 2027)

Selected Recent Publications

• “Chopsticks” mononostril approach with sphenoid sinus cranialization and septal mucosa suturing — Journal of Neurosurgery (2026). https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.8.JNS251403

• Optimizing extradural exposure in the posterior petrosal approach: the role of endolymphatic sac peeling — Operative Neurosurgery (2026; cover feature). https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001663

• Targeted chopstick mononostril approach for lower clivus chordoma — Surgical Neurology International (2025). https://doi.org/10.25259/SNI_1117_2024

• Endoscopic-assisted anterior petrosectomy for recurrent petrous chondrosarcoma — Operative Neurosurgery (2025). https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001232

• Tailored frontotemporoorbitozygomatic craniotomy for a large anterior clinoidal meningioma — Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (2023; first author). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.107682

Professional Memberships

• International Member — North American Skull Base Society

• Fellow — Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons

• Member — Endoscopic Transorbital Society

• Member — Aklan Medical Society