Awards Committee

For the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors, we are happy to report the highest scoring scientific abstracts during the 2024 Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting from a pool of more than 725 submitted studies. Multiple awards were chosen based on awardee criteria provided by sponsoring institutions. In line with the CNS 2024 theme of Neurosurgery Origins, which highlights new insight into scientific concepts, the award-winning abstracts highlight advances in understanding current clinical and scientific topics.

A very special thanks to members of the subcommittee for their help in making this a very thoughtful process.

Congratulations to the following CNS 2024 awardees for their exceptional work:

AANS/CNS Joint Section Tumor Neuro-Oncology Trainee Award: Smruti Mahapatra, MS

American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) Young Investigator Award: Karenna Groff, BS

BrainLab Neurosurgery Award: Massimiliano Del Bene, MD

Columbia Softball Skull Base Surgery Award: Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, MD

Elekta Tumor Section Award: Ye Cheng

Gladiator Award: Renuka Chintapalli, BA

Globus Spine Oncology Award: Khizar Nandoliya, BA

Integra Foundation Award: Harrshavasan Congivaram, BS

James Rutka Pediatric Tumors Award: Kelsi Chesney, MD

Journal of Neuro-Oncology Award: Lisa Wadiura, MD, PhD

KLS Martin Tumor Award: Umberto Tosi, MD

Leica Proficient Surgical Tumor Award: Orin Bloch, MD

Lunsford and Leksell Radiosurgery Award: Juan Pablo Navarro Garcia de Llano, MD

Mizuho Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery Award: Danielle Wishart, BA

Rosenblum-Mahaley Clinical Research Award: Joseph Georges, DO, PhD

Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF) Award: Venina Kalistratova, BA, MA

StacheStrong Award: Cesar Nava Gonzales, BS

Stryker CNS Tumor Award: Peter Fecci, MD, PhD

Synaptive Preuss Award: Alexander Ren, MD

Zeiss Brain Tumor Research Award: Leonardo Tariciotti, MD