Advanced Microsurgical Training Worldwide
Dr. Bernardo has been repeatedly invited as faculty and as course director to lead elite surgical training programs in the most prestigious neurosurgical centers across the United States and throughout the world. Equally, he has devoted himself to teaching in developing countries, where courses are often conducted with limited resources but never with diminished standards. In these settings, he has demonstrated that true excellence in surgical education is not defined by infrastructure, but by rigor, discipline, and an uncompromising commitment to quality.
His courses are conceived with a singular, unwavering purpose: to elevate surgeons to genuine mastery of the most complex skull base procedures. Rooted in profound anatomical scholarship and refined microsurgical discipline, these immersive programs extend far beyond technical instruction—they cultivate surgical judgment, strategic thinking, and a deep sense of operative responsibility.
At the heart of his educational mission lies a philosophy of sharing the privilege of knowledge. Dr. Bernardo firmly believes that what has been learned through years of dedication, sacrifice, and experience must be generously transmitted to others, irrespective of geography or resources. This ethos of intellectual generosity and professional responsibility defines every course he directs.
Above all, his teaching is guided by an uncompromising commitment to the well-being of patients with intracranial lesions, ensuring that every principle imparted translates into safer, more effective care. Consistently oversubscribed and highly sought after, his programs have become a global reference point within the neurosurgical community—recognized for their scientific depth, technical excellence, ethical foundation, and transformative impact on surgical practice.
International Advanced Neurosurgical Courses
April 2025 Faculty: 4th Neuromed Skull Base Hand-On Course
March 2025 Director: Weill Cornell Basic and Advanced Cranial Approaches to the Skull Base
July 2024 Director: Weill Cornell Certificate in Advanced Skull Base Neurosurgery
July 2024 Director: Professional Master's Program in Anterolateral Skull Base Surgery, University of Verona
May 2024 Director: Advanced Skull Base Surgery Master course: University of Caracas, Venezuela
April 2024 Director: Weill Cornell Spring Complex Approaches to the Skull Bas
April 2024 Director: Weill Cornell Mastering the Basics of Neurosurgery Common Approaches
February 2024 Faculty: 3rd Neuromed Skull Base Hand-On Course
December 2023 Director: Weill Cornell Complex Approaches to the Skull Base
October 2023 Director Weill Cornell Certificate in Advanced Skull Base Neurosurgery
October 2023 Site Director: 11th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
September 2023 Faculty at the Cornell / American Austrian Foundation Annual Seminar for Neurosurgery, Salzburg, Austria.
July 2023 Director: Professional Master's Program in Anterolateral Skull Base Surgery, University of Verona
May 2023 Director: Weill Cornell Spring Complex Approaches to the Skull Base
May 2023 Director: Weill Cornell Mastering the Basics of Neurosurgery Common Approaches
April 2023 Faculty and Honored guest: 2nd Neuromed Skull Base Hand-On Course
December 2022 Director: Weill Cornell Complex Approaches to the Skull Base
October 2022 Site Director: 12th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
July 2022 Director: Master's Program in Anterolateral Skull Base Surgery, University of Verona
July 2022 Director Weill Cornell Certificate in Advanced Skull Base Neurosurgery
June 2022 Site Director: 11th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
June 2022 Site Director: 10th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
May 2022 Director: Weill Cornell Spring Complex Approaches to the Skull Base
May 2022 Director: Weill Cornell Mastering the Basics of Neurosurgery Common Approaches
April 2022 Faculty: 1st Neuromed Skull Base Hand-On Course
December 2021 Director: Weill Cornell Complex Approaches to the Skull Base
July 2021 Director: Master's Program in Anterolateral Skull Base Surgery, University of Verona
July 2021 Faculty: Brain and Spine Group’s Cranial Approaches in Neurosurgery
June 2021 Site Director: 9th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
June 2021 Site Director: 8th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
January 2020 Director: Weill Cornell Mastering the Basics of Neurosurgery Common Approaches
December 2019 Director: Weill Cornell Complex Approaches to the Skull Base
October 2019 Director: 4th Annual Chinese Course on Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to the Skull
Base, Xi’an China
September 2019 Site Director: 7th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
September 2019 Site Director: 6th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
July 2019 Director: 3rd Annual Italian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
June 2019 Faculty: Society for Neurological Surgeons Junior Resident Course
May 2019 Director: Weill Cornell Mastering the Basics of Neurosurgery Common Approaches
April 2019 Director: Weill Cornell Palm Beach Course on Complex Approaches in Neurosurgery
December 2018 Director: Weill Cornell Complex Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
November 2018 Site Director: 1st Semi-Annual Argentinian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
November 2018 Faculty: The 2nd Annual King’s College London International Neurosurgical Conference
November 2018 Site Director: 5th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
November 2018 Site Director: 4th Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
July 2018 Director: 2nd Annual Italian Course in Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base, Arezzo
June 2018 Faculty: Society for Neurological Surgeons Junior Resident Course
May 2018 Director: Weill Cornell Mastering the Basics of Neurosurgery Common Approaches
April 2018 Site Director: 3rd Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
April 2018 Site Director: 2nd Semi-Annual Brazilian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
April 2018 Director: 2nd Annual Chinese Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
December 2017 Director: Weill Cornell Complex Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
July 2017 Course Director: 1st Annual Italian Course on Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Arezzo, Italy.
June 2017 Faculty at 6th Annual World Course in Advanced Techniques in Neurosurgical Oncology, London, UK.
May 2017 Course Director: Cornell / American Austrian Foundation Annual Seminar for Neurosurgery, Salzburg, Austria. Dissection seminar on Skull Base Surgery approaches
February 2017 Course Director: Endoscopic and Microsurgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Milan, Italy.
December 2016 Course Director: 13th Cornell Complex Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
November 2016 Faculty at the Washington University in St Louis course on “Approaches to the Skull Base” for Senior Neurotology Residents, Palm Beach, FL.
November 2016 Faculty at the University of Southern California Senior Neurosurgical Resident Course on “Essential Cranial base Techniques for Microneurosurgery”, Palm Beach, FL.
October 2016 Course Director: The 1st Annual Chinese Course of Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base, Shanghai, China (live telecast to over 6,000 viewers).
June 2016 Faculty at 5th Annual World Course in Advanced Techniques in Neurosurgical Oncology, London, UK.
May 2016 Faculty at the 3rd International Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy Dissection Instructional Course, DePuy Synthes Institute, Palm Beach, FL.
May 2016 Faculty at the Society of Neurological Surgeons Junior Resident Course at Weill Cornell
Medical College, New York, NY.
February 2016 Faculty at the 1st Annual Qatar Neuroscience Conference, Doha, Qatar.
December 2015 Course Director: 12th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
November 2015 Faculty at the University of Southern California senior neurosurgical resident course on “Essential Cranial base Techniques for Microneurosurgery”, Palm Beach, FL.
November 2015 Faculty at Washington University in St Louis course on “Approaches to the Skull Base” for Senior Neurotology Residents, Palm Beach, FL.
September 2015 Course Director: 11th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
May 2015 Faculty at the SNS Junior Resident Course at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
April 2015 Course Director: Depuy Synthes Workshop on Skull Base Surgery for Latin American neurosurgeons, Palm Beach, FL.
March 2015 Faculty at the 2nd International Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy Dissection Instructional course, De Puy Synthes Institute, Palm Beach, FL.
February 2015 Invited faculty at the “Minimally Invasive Neurosurgical Approaches: Live Surgery and Hands on course”, Messina, Italy
December 2014 Course Director: 10th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
November 2014 Faculty at the senior neurosurgical resident course on “Essential Cranial base Techniques for Microneurosurgery”, Palm Beach, FL.
November 2014 Faculty at NYU course on “Approaches to the Skull Base” for Senior Neurotology Residents, Palm Beach, FL.
July 2014 Invited faculty at XVI Microsurgery and Skull Base Surgery Course, L’Aquila, Italy
May 2014 Faculty at the SNS Boot Camp Course at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
April 2014 Course Director: Depuy Synthes Workshop on Skull Base Surgery for Latin American neurosurgeons, Palm Beach, FL.
December 2013 Course Director: 9th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
November 2013 Faculty at the senior neurosurgical resident course on “Essential Cranial base Techniques for Microneurosurgery”, Palm Beach, FL.
November 2013 Faculty at NYU course on “Approaches to the Skull Base” for Senior Neurotology Residents, Palm Beach, FL.
September 2013 Course Director: 8th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
September 2013 Course Director: Cornell / American Austrian Foundation Annual Seminar for Neurosurgery, Salzburg, Austria.
July 2013 Invited faculty at XV Microsurgery and Skull Base Surgery Course, L’Aquila, Italy
June 2013 Course Director: Depuy Synthes Workshop on Skull Base Surgery for south American neurosurgeons, Palm Beach, FL.
May 2013 Faculty at the SNS Boot Camp Course at Weill Cornell medical College, New York, NY
March 2013 Course Director: Depuy Synthes Workshop on Approaches to the Skull Base for neurotologists, Palm Beach, FL.
March 2013 Course Director: Depuy Synthes Workshop on Skull Base Surgery for neurosurgeons, Palm Beach, FL.
January 2013 Faculty at the course on “Surgical Approaches to the anterior circle of Willis”, Naples, Italy
January 2013 Faculty at the senior neurosurgical resident course on “Essential Cranial base Techniques for Microneurosurgery”, Palm Beach, FL.
January 2013 Faculty at NYU Approaches to the Skull Base Senior Neurotology Residents Course, Palm Beach, FL.
December 2012 Course Director: 7th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
October 2012 Course Director: Cornell / American Austrian Foundation Annual Seminar for Neurosurgery, Salzburg, Austria.
September 2012 Course Director: Depuy Synthes Workshop on Skull Base Surgery, Palm Beach, FL.
July 2012 Visiting Professor at University of Sassari, Italy. Lectures on neurosurgical anatomy to medical students and residents.
July 2012 Invited faculty at XIV Microsurgery and Skull Base Surgery Course, L’Aquila, Italy
May 2012 Course Director: Synthes Symposium on Skull Base Surgery and Neurotrauma, Medellin, Colombia.
April 2012 Course Director: Synthes Symposium on Skull Base Surgery and Neurotrauma, Lima , Peru.
December 2011 Course Director: 6th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Weill Cornell Medical College, NY.
November 2011 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery Course for senior ENT residents, Palm Beach, FL.
October, 2011 Co-director of the course on Skull Base Pterional and Cranio-spinal Postero-lateral Approaches, at the EANS meeting, Rome, Italy.
September 2011 Course Co-Director: 3D Temporal Bone Anatomy at the 28th Politzer Society Meeting, Athens, Greece.
July 2011 Invited faculty at XIV Microsurgery and Skull Base Surgery Course, L’Aquila, Italy.
March 2011 Course Director: 5th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at the Anspach Laboratories, Palm Beach, FL.
December, 2010 Faculty at the course on Surgical Approaches to the 3rd ventricle, Naples, Italy.
November 2010 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior ENT residents and senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL.
September 2010 Course Director: Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base in Santo Domingo, D.R.
July 2010 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior ENT residents and senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL.
February 2010 Course Director: 4th Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at the Anspach Laboratories, Palm Beach, FL.
November 2009 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery Course for senior ENT residents and senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL.
November 2009 Course Director: Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base in Cali, Colombia.
September 2009 Invited faculty at 2nd interdisciplinary AO course 2009 on Skull Base Surgery / Approaches to the Lateral Skull Base, Vienna, Austria.
August 2009 Invited faculty at the course on Cerebral Aneurysms in Lima, Peru.
July 2009 Invited faculty at the course on Surgical Approaches for Cerebral aneurysms in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
July 2009 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery Course for senior ENT residents and senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL.
April 2009 Faculty at 1st International Skull Base Surgery Course & Workshop, at the Military Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
March 2009 Course Director: Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base, Cartagena & Barranquilla, Colombia.
February 2009 Course Director: 3rd Cornell Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at the Anspach Laboratories, Palm Beach, FL.
November 2008 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery Course for senior ENT residents and senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL.
October 2008 Course Director: Pre-congress Course on Skull Base Surgery at the Congress of Latin American Neurosurgical Federation in Bogota, Colombia.
October 2008 Invited Faculty at the Surgery of the Skull Base and Cisterns course at Menaggio, Como, Italy.
July 2008 Invited Faculty at the Advanced Skull Base Course at University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
July 2008 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior ENT residents and senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL.
March 2008 Invited Faculty at the Surgery of the Skull Base and Cisterns course at Hospital Le Molinette, University of Turin, Italy.
December 2007 Course Director: Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Cornell University, NY.
July 2007 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior ENT residents and senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL.
December 2006 Course Director: Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base. Hands-on course with 3D technology at Cornell University, NY.
November 2006 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior neurosurgical residents, Palm Beach, FL
July 2006 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior residents, Palm Beach, FL.
December 2005 Course Director: Pre-Congress Course on Skull Base Surgical Anatomy and Virtual Reality at the National Italian Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Turin, Italy.
November 2005 Course Director: pre-congress course on Skull Base Surgery at the XII National Peruvian Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Lima, Peru.
November 2005 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior residents, Palm Beach, FL.
September 2005 Course Director: Skull Base Surgical Course at the National meeting for neurosurgical residents in Mexico City.
July 2005 Faculty at The Anspach Skull Base Surgery course for senior residents, Palm Beach, FL.
July 2005 Course Director: Pre-Congress Course on Skull Base Surgery at the XVIII National Mexican Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Merida, Mexico.
June 2005 Faculty at the Management of Challenges in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Course at Cornell University, NY.
May 2005 Course Director: Skull Base Surgical Approaches at the Universita Pontificia Catolica of Santiago, Chile.
May 2005 Faculty at the Advanced Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Course at the University of Cornell, New York, NY.
January 2005 Visiting Professor at the University of Guadalajara. Co-director (with Dr. AJ Rothon) of a 3-days skull base surgery dissection course (with 3D technology). Guadalajara, Mexico.
October 2004 Course Director: 2 days pre-congress 3D course on Skull Base Surgery at the Congress of Latin American Neurosurgical Federation in Panama City, Panama.
October 2004 Course Director: 1 day workshop on application of powered surgical instruments in neurosurgery in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
August 2004 Course Director: skull base dissection course” at the Hospital General of Mexico, Mexico.
July 2004 Directed 3 surgical workshops at 3 different hospitals, Red Cross Hospital, the Hospital Los Angeles Pedrogal in Mexico City, and at the General Hospital, in Toluca, Mexico.
June 2004 Course Director: 2 days Temporal Bone Dissection Course with 3D Technology, sponsored by the Medical School of the Hospital de Especialitades del Centro Medico, in Mexico City.
June 2004 Course Director: Surgical course on Transpetrosal Approaches in Skull Base Surgery at the National Social Security Hospital “ Civil Nuevo”, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
May 2004 Course Director: Surgical course (with 3D technology) on Dissection of the Temporal Bone, at the Medical School of the University of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico.
April 2004 Course Director: 2-days workshop on application of powered surgical instruments in neurosurgery, Guadalajara, Mexico.
March 2003 Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Peoria.
March 2003 Course Director: Dissection course on Transpetrosal Approaches to the Base of the Skull at the International Meeting of Otolaryngology in Bogota, Colombia.
February 2003 Faculty at the Skull Base Surgery Workshop, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ.
January 2003 Course Director: Dissection course (with virtual reality technology) on Skull Base Surgery at the International Meeting of Neurosciences, Mona-Kingston, Jamaica.
December 2002 Course Director: Dissection course (with 3D technology) on Surgical Approaches to the Base of the Skull at the University of Bucaramanga, Colombia.
October 2002 Course Director: 2 days Pre-congress Course on Skull Base Surgery at the Congress of Latin American Neurosurgical Federation in Lima, Peru.
May 2002 Course Director: Transpetrosal Approaches to the Clivus at University of Caracas, Venezuela.
November 2001 Course Director: Workshop on Dissection of Cavernous Sinus and Parasellar Region at the XVIII international Simposium in Neurosurgery in Bogota, Colombia.
March 2001 Course Director: Temporal Bone Dissection Course at the III International Meeting of Neurosciences in Bogota, Colombia.
August 2000 Course Director: Temporal Bone Dissection Course at the Annual Meeting of the Colombian Congress of Neurosurgeons in Medellin, Colombia.
1999-2000 Course Director: Skull Base Surgery Courses at various hospitals surrounding Lima, Peru.
1997-1999 Organized and co-directed monthly dissection courses on skull base surgery for neurosurgical residents at University of California, Irvine.
1993-1994 Clinical tutor in Neurological Surgery for medical students and post-graduates at University of Naples, Italy.
1991-1993 Taught Pharmacology, Infectious Diseases and Neuropsychiatry at Professional School for Nurses, Italy.
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