WHO:	American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 76th Annual Meeting:
WHAT:	The nation's largest annual scientific meeting for neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents in training, neuroscience nurses, clinical specialists, nurse/physician assistants, and other allied health professionals. The meeting, drawing over 6,000 attendees (3,000 medical professionals), will feature the latest scientific and technological advances in neurological surgery. Highlights include: 41 practical clinics 21 general scientific sessions 146 oral abstract presentations Nearly 500 poster presentations Exhibit booths representing about 225 companies 78 educational breakfast seminars
An online press kit, available in advance, will feature neurosurgical topics of interest including:
	A Prospective Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Role and Timing of Decompression in Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Initial One-Year Results of the STASCIS Study Impact of Malpractice Environments on the US Neurosurgical Workforce 2005-2007 Urinary Biomarkers Predict Brain Tumor Presence and Response to Therapy Association of Preoperative Depression and Survival after Resection of Malignant Brain Astrocytoma Does Country or Continent of Treatment Affect Outcome after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage The Economic Impact of the Prestige® Cervical Disc System: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Depression: Long-Term Outcomes from a Prospective Multi-Center Trial Prospective Assessment of Axial Back Pain Symptoms before and after Bariatric Weight Reduction Surgery Intrastriatal Implantation of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial (hRPE) Cells Attached to Gelatin Microcarriers (GM) for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease (PD) Cranial Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Headache: Prospective Two Year Follow-Up Results Dysesthetic Pain in Patients with Syringomyelia and Chiari Type I Malformation
WHEN:	Monday, April 28, 2008 through Thursday, May 1, 2008
WHERE:	Lakeside Center, McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ill. 60616
PRESS ROOM:	Lakeside Center, Level 2, Room E254 Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday, April 28 through Wednesday, April 30
CONTACT:	For more information, contact Betsy van Die, AANS director of communications at (847) 378-0517 or bvd@aans.org. You must stop by the press room at the Convention Center to receive press credentials prior to receiving free registration.
To view the AANS Annual Meeting Preliminary Program, visit: http://www.aans.org/annual/2008/Prelim_Program_08.pdf.