Global Neurosurgery
Global Neurosurgery Co-Chair: Ekkehard Kasper, MD, and Kate Drummond, MDMembers: Anandh Balasubramanian, MD, James Balogun, MD, Dominik Cordier, MD, Ather Enam, MD, Sameh Elmorsy Hassan, MD, Lindy Jeffree, MD, Francesco DiMeco, MD, Okezie Obasi Kanu, MD, Ricardo Komatar, MD, George Samanduras, MD, Fumio Yamaguchi, MD, Jose Valerio, MD, Colin Watt, MD, and Manfred Westfal, MD […]
Guidelines
Guidelines Chair: Jeff Olson, MDCo-Chair: Ryan Ormond, MDMembers: Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, Emanuela Binello, MD, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, Rohan Ramakrishna, MD, Matthew Shepard, MD, and Gabriel Zada, MD Methodology Update: The CNS is performing a comprehensive assessment in an effort to improve its Guidelines methodology and development process. While no major methodological changes are expected, CNS plans […]
Innovation & Technology
Innovation & Technology Chair: Chris Cifarelli, MDCo-Chair: Lola Chambless, MDMembers: Clark Chen, MD; Pamela Jones, MD; Claire Karekezi, MD; Alexandra Golbi, MD; Pablo Recinos, MD; Michael Sughrue, MD and Brian William, MD The Innovation & Technology sub-committee continues to curate content pertaining to the development and application of advancement in neurosurgical oncology. In June 2023, […]
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Journal of Neuro-Oncology Editor: Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD Current Journal Metrics for JNO are as follows: JNO is truly an international journal with submissions from across the globe. The distribution of accepted works is Springer has broad Institutional Open Access Agreements with many institutions and countries. Covered countries and institutions now include the following: the […]
Membership and Membership Services
Membership Committee Chair: Randy Jensen, MDCo-Chair: Isaac Yang, MDMembers: Ian Lee, MD, and Wajd Al-Holou, MD The membership sub-committee continues to focus on improving the membership experience for Tumor Section members. We have re-evaluated the process of adjudicating member survey requests. Each year, several requests are sent to Tumor Section leadership to ask to send […]
Pediatrics
Pediatrics Committee Chair: Lissa Baird, MDCo-Chair: Anthony Wang, MD Several developments of interest in pediatric neuro-oncology have taken place recently. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has released its first “Guidelines for Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancers,” and is currently finishing work on its Medulloblastoma guidelines. Two specifically pediatric CNS tumor consortia are currently running clinical […]
Research
Research Chair: Maryam Rahman, MDCo-Chair: Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhDMembers: Orin Bloch, MD; Desmond Brown, MD, PhD; Mahua Dey, MD; Peter Fecci, MD; James Market, MD; Gautam Mehta, MD; Dan Orringer, MD; Jonathan Sherman, MD and Matthew Tate, MD The research subcommittee has developed programs to inspire neurosurgeons to be innovators by participating in translational research. We […]
Satellite Tumor Symposium 2023
Satellite Tumor Symposium 2023 Chair: Gelareh Zadeh, MDCo-Chair: Pablo Recinos, MD and Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhD We are excited to invite you to Washington, DC, September 8-9, for the 16th Biennial Tumor Section Symposium, which immediately precedes the 2023 CNS Annual Meeting. Our theme this year is Brain and Spine Recurrent Tumors: The Neurosurgeon’s Role. […]
Scientific Program CNS 2023
Scientific Program CNS 2023 Chair: Tiffany Hodges, MD Co-Chair: Kimberly Hoang, MD and Wajd Al-Holou, MD Imagine, Innovate, Inspire are words familiar to our neurosurgical oncology community. Along these lines, we designed two scientific tumor sessions to continue our quest. On Monday, September 11, the High-Grade Glioma Surgery: Challenges and New Frontiers will focus on […]
Skull Base
Skull Base Chair: Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD Co-Chair: Daniel M. Prevedello, MD Members: Vincent Dinapoli, MD, Ian Dunn, MD, Michael Ivan, MD, Michael Link, MD, and Gordon Li, MD The skull base community opened the year with the 32nd annual meeting of the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) on February 17-19, 2023, in Tampa, Florida, […]