Global Neurosurgery

Global Neurosurgery Co-Chair: Kate Drummond, MD, and Walter Stummer, MDMembers: Anandh Balasubramanian, MD, James Balogun, MD, MBBS, Dominik Cordier, MD, Ather Enam, MD, PhD, Kostas Fountas, MD, PhD, Sameh Elmorsy Hassan, MD, PhD, Lindy Jeffree, BMedSci, MBBS, MSc, MHE, Francesco DiMeco, MD, Okezie Obasi Kanu, MBBS, Aristotelis Kalyvas, MD, MSc, PhD, Claire Karekezi, MD, Ricardo […]

Guidelines Fall 2024

Guidelines Co-Chair: Ryan Ormond, MDMembers: Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, MD, Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, Rohan Ramakrishna, MD, Matthew Shepard, MD, Jeff Olson, MD, Zel Zhang, MD, and Georgios Zenonos, MD Current members of the Tumor Section on the Joint Guidelines Review Committee: Member                                              Expiration of term Jamie Van Gompel, MD                      2024 Matthew Shepard, MD                       2024 Brian Williams, MD                             […]

History

History Chair: Jonathan H. Sherman, MD, and Ian Parney, MD The committee looks to support not only tumor-related topics in history but also neurosurgical history in general. In this vein, the AANS Section of the History of Neurological Surgery, chaired by Jonathan H. Sherman, MD, looks to expand the impact of the section with a tumor-related focus. […]

Innovation & Technology

Innovation & Technology Chair: Kimberly Hoang MD, and Michael Ivan, MDMembers: Vijay Agarwal, MD, Clark Chen, MD, PhD, Alexandra Golby, MD, Simon Hanft, MD, Claire Karekezi, MD, David Jason McCracken, MD, Matthew Pease, MD, Pablo Recinos, MD, Michael Sughrue, MD, Todd Hollon, MD, Pablo Valdes, MD, and Brian Williams, MD The subcommittee continues to serve […]

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Journal of Neuro-Oncology Chair: Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD   Recently, JNO reached its 40-year milestone of continuous publications. The JNO maintains the support of 12 organizations (see below) of which the AANS and CNS Tumor Section was its founding organization. The other organizations contribute to JNO and use it for a variety of purposes such […]

Medical Neuro-Oncology

Medical Neuro-Oncology Co-Chair: Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD, MBA, and Jan Drappatz, MD Dr. Sengupta (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, professor of neurology and neurosurgery, division chief of adult neuro-oncology) and Dr. Drappatz (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are taking over the Medical Neuro-Oncology Subcommittee from Dr. M. Gilbert and Dr. E. Galanis. They would […]

Membership and Membership Services

Membership and Membership Services Chair: Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, and Randy Jensen, MD, PhDMembers: Wajd Al-Holou, MD, Ian Lee, MD, Jason Heth, MD, and Gautam Mehta, MD The Membership Committee continues to work to add value to Tumor Section membership. We personally contacted all tumor section members who had not paid their 2023 and 2024 membership […]

Metastasis

Metastasis Chair: Melanie Gephardt-Hayden, MD, and Adam Robin, MDMembers: Kalil Abdullah, MD, Ajay Niranjan, MD, MBA, Maryam Rahman, MD, MS, and Gelareh Zadeh, MD, PhD Objective To integrate the neurosurgery leadership community with groups advancing the treatment and research of brain metastases. Initiatives Representation at annual professional group meetings collaborating in the care of patients […]

Non-Profit

Non-profit Chair: Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, and Mahua Dey, MDMembers: Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, Edjah Nduom, MD, and Nader Sanai, MD The Non-Profit Subcommittee is a new subcommittee started this year with the goal of building bridges with non-profit brain tumor groups to promote research, clinical care and advocacy. The subcommittee members work with groups such […]

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Committee Chair: Amy Lee, MD, and Anthony C. Wang, MDMembers: Lissa Baird, MD, Winson Ho, MD, and Peter Morganstern, MD The field of pediatric neuro-oncology continues to advance and expand with focused work on targeted molecular therapies, immunotherapies, local therapies, toxicity limitations for our young patients, long-term quality of life support and an expanding focus […]