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Learn about news of your colleagues in this new AANS Member News area of the AANS Web site. This area features announcements such as AANS Member:

• Retirement Notices
• Obituaries/in Memoriam
• Professional Appointments
• Distinguished Awards

Appointment

Rafael Rodriguez-Mercado MD FACS
Rafael Rodriguez-Mercado MD FACS was appointed as Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus on the 1st of September 2010. Dr. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of the Endovascular Neurosurgery Program and Stroke Center of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.

Haitham Handhal Shareef MBChB IBMS
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Al Hussein Teaching Hospital
Haitham H. Shareef, MBChB, FIBMS, was appointed as a Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Al Hussein Teaching Hospital, Nasiriyah, Thi Qar, Iraq

www.thiqarhealth.com

Obituary

Dr. Christopher Getch of Chicago, IL passed away on January 9, 2012.

Dr. Shozo Ishii of Tokyo, Japan passed away on January 1, 2012. Dr. Ishii was an AANS Honorary member since 1970.

Dr. Gary Ferguson of London, Ontario, Canada passed away on December 4, 2011.

Dr. H. Harvey Gass of East Lansing, MI passed away on November 24, 2011.

Dr. Karl N. Detwiler of Tulsa, OK passed away on November 9, 2011.

Dr. Abhijit Guha of Toronto, Canada passed away on November 8, 2011. He lost his 3.5 year battle with AML.

Dr. Ping Nan Cheng passed away on August 24, 2011

Dr. Robert Lloyd Bell of Coatesville, PA passed away on August 17, 2011.

Dr. Harold N. Lynge of San Francisco, CA passed away in August 2011.

Dr. John F. Schuhmacher of Metairie, LA passed away on June 22, 2011

Dr. Viswanathan Rajaraman of Oradell, NJ passed away on June 19, 2011

Dr. William J. Nelson of El Paso, TX passed away on May 27, 2011

Dr. George D. Beach of Shreveport, LA passed away on April 7, 2011

Dr. Robert P. Singer of Midlothian, VA passed away on March 29, 2011

Barry Parker Norton of Signal Mountain, TN

Dr. Theron L. Hopple of Toledo, OH – date of death not provided

Robert J. Maciunas MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Maciunas passed away on March 1, 2011.

Frank S. Martin Jr. MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Martin passed away sometime in 2011.

Dr. Robert Schiess, III of Less Summit, MO passed away on January 24, 2011.

Keiji Sano MD
AANS Honorary member passed away on January 5, 2011

A. Roy Tyrer Jr. MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Tyrer passed away on November 22, 2010.

M. Peter Heilbrun MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Heilbrun passed away on September 27, 2010.

John Albert Savoy MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Savoy passed away on June 1, 2009.

Dr. Robert C. Aliff of Tampa, FL passed away on January 6, 2009.

Harold O. Peterson MD
Deceased AANS Member
In memory from the University of Minnesota.

Mark A. Melgard, MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Melgard passed away on November 1, 2005. His last known address was in Salem, Oregon

H. Stephen Goldberg MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Goldberg passed away on July 22, 2010.

Peter Lehmann MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Lehmann passed away on July 19, 2007. His last known address was in West Vancouver, BC, Canada

Maria C. Penate RN BSN
Mrs. Penate passed away on July 17. 2010.

Joseph F. Kell Jr. MD
Deceased AANS Member
Dr. Kell passed away on May 15, 2010.

Juan Negrin Jr. MD
Deceased AANS Member

Hector V. Berezowski MD
Deceased AANS Member

William F. Bingham MD
Deceased AANS Member

Raeburn C. Llewellyn MD
Deceased AANS Member
http://tulane.edu/som/dean/upload/TUMedSchNewsletterNov09.pdf

Robert G. Ojemann MD
Deceased AANS Member
http://www.neurosurgery.org/cybermuseum/portraithall/Memoirs/86-87%20Ojemann.pdf
Dr. Ojemann graduated from the University of Iowa in 1952 and received his medical degree at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, graduating first in his class in 1955. He came to the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1957 as a resident in Neurosurgery and ultimately was named Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in 1979 and remained on the staff of the MGH and the faculty of Harvard Medical School for his entire career. He served as president of the AANS as well as the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Society of Neurological Surgeons. He was chairman of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the Residency Review Committee for Neurological Surgery. Dr. Ojemann received the highest awards in his specialty, including the AANS Cushing Medal in 1997, Honored Guest of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in 1992 and the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Neurological Surgeons in 2001. His clinical and research interests were in the areas of brain tumors and cerebrovascular disease. He published over 200 articles and chapters and co-authored two books including the first book on the surgical management of cerebrovascular disease. 'Dr. Ojemann was the "neurosurgeons' neurosurgeon" and the teacher of an entire generation of neurosurgeons currently practicing world-wide. Even after he stopped operating he was a wonderful source of advice and wise counsel. He will be greatly missed but fondly remembered. A private service for immediate family will be held and a memorial service is planned for a few months from now. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made either to the Salvation Army or to the Robert G. and Jean A. Ojemann Professorship in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

J. Paul Schweinfurth MD
Deceased AANS member
http://www.theunion.com/article/20100114/OBITUARIES/100119874/1046&parentprofile=1058