Chair’s Message Fall 2024
Chair’s Message AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Chair: Costas G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD Dear Section on Tumors Members and Colleagues, I am excited to take over as the new chair of our incredible group alongside Brian Nahed and Gabriel Zada, our new treasurer and secretary. As we have transitioned with new leadership in the Tumor Section during our 40-year […]
Awards Committee
Awards Committee Chair: Jennifer Moliterno, MD, and Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhDMembers: Stephanie K Cheok, MD, Frank Attenello, MD, Desmond Brown MD, PhD, and Todd Hollon, MD 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 […]
Bylaws
Bylaws Chair: Walavan Sivakumar, MD, and Desmond Brown, MDMembers: Fred Barker, MD, Nduka Amankulor, MD and Uzma Samadani, MD After significant changes were made to the rules and regulations of the Tumor Section for the AANS/CNS last year, including a complete reconfiguration of the officer structure, the Bylaws Committee will be incorporating and codifying the […]
CAST Committee
CAST Committee Chair: Jeff Weinberg, MD, and Jason Sheehan, MD, PhDMembers: Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, Kimberly Hoang, MD, Michael Link, MD, Jennifer Moliterno-Gunel, MD, Ryan Ormond, MD, PhD, and Vivian Tabar, MD The Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) has recently sent out a survey to program directors to gather information about the practice patterns […]
Clinical Trials and Registries
Clinical Trials and Registries Co-Chair: Brad Elder, MD, and Debraj “Raj” Mukherjee, MD, MPHMembers: Gavin Dunn, MD, Dan Cahill, MD, Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD, Mark Linskey, MD, Timothy Smith, MD, Andrew Sloan, MD, and Michael Vogelbaum, MD From the Clinical Trials and Registries Subcommittee, we are excited to provide updates on important tumor registries and […]
Clinical Trials in Neuro-Oncology
Clinical Trials in Neuro-Oncology Important Dates: EORTC Brain Cancer Group: Glasgow, UK; October 16, 2024 Alliance Fall Meeting (Hybrid): Chicago, IL; October 30-November 1, 2024 NRG Winter Meeting: Phoenix, AZ; January 16-18, 2025 Alliance Spring Meeting (Hybrid): Chicago, IL; April 30-May 3, 2025 NRG Summer Meeting: Washington, DC; July 24-26, 2025 In the spring report, […]
Communication
Communications Chair: Randy D’Amico, MD, and Kristin Huntoon, DO, PhDMembers: Charuta Furey, MD, Claire Karekezi, MD, Maria Noor-ul-Huda, MBBS, Danielle Terrell, MD, and Isaac Yang, MD The Communications Subcommittee, now chaired by Randy D’Amico, MD, and Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO, with significant help from members Maria Noor-Ul-Huda, MD, Charuta Furey, MD, and Claire Karekezi, MD, […]
Development and Partnership
Development and Partnership Chair: Chris Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, and Garni Barkhoudarian, MDMembers: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, Lilyana Angelov, MD, Lola Chambless, MD, Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD, MSc, MBA, Susan Pannullo, MD, and Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD With the ever-increasing importance of support from industry sponsors and philanthropy to help achieve our section goals in maximizing offerings […]
Early Career Neurosurgeons Committee (ECNS)
Early to Mid-Career (E2MC) Neurosurgeons Committee Co-Chair: Yoshua Esquenazi, MD, and Ashish Shah, MDMembers: Randy D’Amico, MD, Chibawanye Ene, MD, PhD, Saniya Godil, MD, Benjamin Himes, MD, and Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO Dr. Esquenazi and Dr. Shah are honored to serve as co-chairs for the Early Career Neurosurgeons Subcommittee. They are eagerly looking forward to […]
Education
Education Committee Chair: Isaac Yang, MD, and Analiz Rodriguez, MDMembers: Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD, MSc, MBA, Akash Patel, MD, Martina Stippler, MD, Brian Williams, MD, and Brad Zacharia, MD, MS As we prepare for this year’s CNS Annual Meeting, we are excited to highlight the theme: Neurosurgery Origins. This year’s theme invites us to delve into the origins, […]