Background
Niemelä, Mika Risto was born on January 23, 1964 in Oulu, Finland. Son of Eino and Toini (Taskinen) Niemelä.
Niemelä, Mika Risto was born on January 23, 1964 in Oulu, Finland. Son of Eino and Toini (Taskinen) Niemelä.
Doctor of Medicine, Helsinki University, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Helsinki University, 2000.
Resident department of neurosurgery Helsinki University Hospital, 1997, consultant in neurosurgery, since 1997. Assistant professor neurosurgery Helsinki University, since 2000. Visiting professor department neurosurgery Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 2001.
Visiting professor Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2001—2002. Second lieutenant Finnish Army, 1992-1993.
Member of Scandinavian Neurosurg. Society (board directors since 2001), Finnish Neurosurg. Society, Finnish Medical Association, American Association Neurological Surgeons (associate).