WHAT: Scientific conference for practicing neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents in training, neuroscience nurses, clinical specialists, physician assistants, and other allied health professionals. The latest clinical and laboratory advances in neurological surgery will be presented.

• 5,000 attendees
• 124 research papers
• 8 scientific sessions
• 35 hands-on clinics
• 561 poster exhibits
• 669 technical and institutional exhibits
• 78 educational seminars

WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 1999, through Thursday, April 29, 1999

WHERE: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

PRESS ROOM: Room D108 in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (CST), April 25-29, 1999
Phone: (504) 670-6434

Note: The meeting press kit, which includes several news releases and fact sheets on various neurological disorders, is located on the official Web site of the AANS at http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org. The online Press Room can be viewed in the Virtual Exhibit Hall on the Professional Pages of our site. If you would like a hard copy of the media kit, please contact the Communications Department at (847) 692-9500.

CONTACT: Deia Lofendo, Staff Writer, in the Press Room beginning Sunday, April 25 at (504) 670-6434.

Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, The American Association of Neurological Surgeons is a scientific and education association with approximately 5,300 members in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It 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 must be certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. Neurosurgery is the medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the nervous system, brain, spinal cord and spinal column.