Chair’s Message
Chair’s Message AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Chair: Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA Dear Section on Tumors Members and Colleagues, The section’s journey over the past six months, along with the anticipated event at the upcoming 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, has been truly extraordinary. I extend my heartfelt thanks to each of you for your active participation, enthusiasm and […]
Editor’s Corner
Editor’s Corner Newsletter Editor: Garni Barkhoudarian, MDNewsletter Assistant Editor: Kristin Huntoon, DO, PhD We are happy to share the spring 2024 edition of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Newsletter. We appreciate the subcommittee members for participating in updating our membership on the Tumor Section and look forward to fruition of many of these efforts. This year’s AANS […]
Awards Committee
Awards Committee Chair: Jennifer Moliterno, MDCo-Chair: Frank Attenello, MDMembers: Will Curry, MD, Jason Heth, MD, Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD For the 40th anniversary of the AANS/CNS section on Tumors, we are pleased to feature the highest scoring scientific abstracts during the 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting. From a pool of more than 500 submitted abstracts, […]
Biennial Section on Tumors Symposium
Biennial Section on Tumors Symposium Thank you to all the members who attended and supported the Section on Tumors Biennial Symposium, held last September 8-9, 2023, in Washington, DC. The meeting was highly successful with an unprecedented number of registrants five folds higher than in previous years. Congratulations and thanks to the 2023 meeting chair […]
Clinical Trials and Registries
Clinical Trials and Registries Co-Chair: Brad Elder, MD, and Gavin Dunn, MDMembers: 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” Committee, we are excited to provide updates on important tumor registries and highlight clinical trial activity. In addition to […]
Committee for Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST)
Committee for Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Chair: Linda M. Liau, MD, PhDMembers: Ian Dunn, MD, Isabelle Germano, MD, Fred Lang, MD, Michael Link, MD, Jennifer Moliterno-Gunel, MD, Jeffrey Olson, MD, Jeff Weinberg, MD, and Gabe Zada, MD The new case log requirements for the CAST Neurosurgical Oncology (NO) and CAST Skull Base Fellowships are now in effect starting […]
Communications Committee
Communications Committee Chair: Kimberly Hoang, MDCo-Chair: Claire Karekezi, MDMembers: Maria Huda, MD, and Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD The Communications Committee continues its work of promoting the events, guidelines and publications of the Joint Section and amplifying the academic output of members. We have exciting news in a new Threads (the test-based corollary of Instagram) account that […]
Development and Partnership Committee
Development and Partnership Committee Chair: Brian V. Nahed, MDCo-Chair: Susan C. Pannullo, MDMembers: Lilyana Angelov, MD, Kairson Chaichana, MD, John Lee, MD, Amankulor Nduka, MD, and Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD The Development and Partnerships Committee had a successful launch of webinars hosted on YouTube, which highlighted Neurosurgical Oncologists in the US and Internationally. Given the overwhelming interest, a […]
Early to Mid-Career (E2MC) Neurosurgeons Committee
Early to Mid-Career (E2MC) Neurosurgeons Committee Co-Chair: Stephanie Cheok, MD, and Christian Bowers, MDMembers: Raj Mukherjee, MD, PhD, and Randy D’Amico, MD The Early Career Neurosurgeons Committee (ECNC) chaired by Dr. Stephanie Cheok and Dr. Christian Bowers welcomes the new year and we look forward to the 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting. This year’s theme […]
Education Committee
Education Committee Chair: Gelareh Zadeh, MDCo-Chair: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhDMembers: Michael Lim, MD, Pablo Recinos, MD, Vivian Tabar, MD, and Brad Zacharia, MD The theme for the AANS Annual Meeting this year, What Matters, provides an opportunity for introspection on the future of neurosurgery. The program contains many educational opportunities, including emerging options for glioma patients and […]