TORONTO (April 23, 2001) -- Roberto Heros, MD, was elected President-Elect of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) at the AANS Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 21-26, 2001. An active member of the AANS since 1980, Dr. Heros has served as Chairman of the Annual Meeting Committee (1990-1991), Chairman of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program (1989-1991), and Treasurer (1998-2001).
Dr. Heros was formerly Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota, where he also served as the Chief of Neurosurgery and the Lyle A. French Professor of Neurosurgery. Currently he is Professor, Co-Chairman and Program Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Miami where he also serves as Director of the International Health Center.
He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee, where he graduated first in his class. Dr. Heros served his surgical internship and residency in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital where he subsequently became Chief of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Professor of Surgery (neurosurgery) at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Heros is a member of numerous professional societies, including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, Neurosurgical Society of America, American College of Surgeons, and World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. He also holds honorary membership in several Latin American European Neurological Societies. He is currently Chairman of the Neurovascular Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and President of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery.
A visiting professor at nearly 40 universities throughout the United States and abroad, Dr. Heros has authored and co-authored four books, more than 130 scientific journal articles and about 60 book chapters on a variety of neurosurgical topics, including subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial aneurysms, and carotid endarterectomy.
Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons is a scientific and educational association with nearly 5,800 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to the public. All active members of the AANS are Board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the spinal column, spinal cord, brain, nervous system and peripheral nerves.
