Rolando Del Maestro

Rolando Del Maestro
Rolando Del Maestro, Montreal Neurological Hospital (2019). Sir William Osler is depicted in the background.
Born	Rolando Fausto Del Maestro 1949 (age 74–75) Borgotaro, Italy
Nationality	Canadian
Education	University of Western Ontario University of Uppsala
Occupation	Surgeon
Known for	“Awake” brain surgery Virtual reality and artificial intelligence technology
Medical career
Profession	Neurosurgeon
Institutions	University of Western Ontario Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Rolando Fausto Del Maestro (born 1949) is an Italian-born Canadian neurosurgeon, the William Feindel Professor Emeritus in neuro-oncology and director of the Neurosurgical Simulation Research Center at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, where he has been involved in simulating real brain surgery by creating virtual setting scenarios, founded upon the principles of flight simulation.

From 1981 to 2000, as director of the Brain Research Laboratories at the University of Western Ontario, his main work and research focussed on brain tumours, tumour invasiveness and angiogenesis. He also made developments in “awake” brain surgery, where people can respond as the operation progresses. He is a co-founder of the Brain Research Fund Foundation of Canada.

Del Maestro possesses one of the largest private collections of materials related to Leonardo da Vinci, and in 1996 curated an exhibition titled "Leonardo da Vinci; The Search for the Soul".