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Committees of the Board of Directors Executive Committee Troy M. Tippett, MD President James T. Rutka, MD PhD President-Elect Christopher M. Loftus, MD FACS Vice-President William T. Couldwell, MD PhD Secretary Paul C. McCormick, MD Treasurer James R. Bean, MD Past President Michael A. Chabraja, Esq. Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel Thomas A. Marshall Executive Director Finance Committee Paul C. McCormick, MD Chairperson James R. Bean, MD Member Mitchel S. Berger, MD FACS Member Gary M. Bloomgarden, MD FACS Member William T. Couldwell, MD PhD Member Christopher M. Loftus, MD FACS Member James T. Rutka, MD PhD Member Troy M. Tippett, MD Member Alex B. Valadka, MD FACS Member Michael A. Chabraja, Esq. Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel Thomas A. Marshall Executive Director Ronald W. Engelbreit Staff Liaison Standing Committees Adjunct Subcommittee on Allied Health Science Professionals Kevin M. McGrail, MD Chairperson Hetty L. DeVroom, RN CNRN Vice Chairperson James H. Kimber, PA-C Vice Chairperson Joseph A. Hlavin, PA-C Past Chairperson Julie A. Supple, ANP-C Past Chairperson Kathleen H. Baker, MBA CNRN Member Laurie R. Faircloth, RN Member Hazel M. Neufeld, PA-C Member Michael F. Nido, PA-C Member James R. Piotrowski, PA-C MS Member Mary Elizabeth Zehnpfennig, CRNFA Member Chris A. Philips Staff Liaison Adjunct Subcommittee on International Membership Kevin M. McGrail, MD Chairperson Joao (John) Lobo Antunes, MD PhD Member Armando Basso, MD Member Ghassan K. Bejjani, MD Member Jacques Brotchi, MD PhD Member Nicolas De Tribolet, MD Member Sayed El Gindi, MD Member Abdeslam El Khamlichi, MD Member Rudolph Fahlbusch, MD PhD Member Andrew H. Kaye, MD Member Shigeaki Kobayashi, MD Member Alexander N. Konovalov, MD Member Edward R. Laws, Jr. MD Member Jorge S. Mendez, MD Member Russel H. Patterson, Jr. MD Member David G. T. Thomas, MD Member H. August Van Alphen, MD PhD Member Benjamin T. White, MD Member Chris A. Philips Staff Liaison Annual Meeting Vincent C. Traynelis, MD Chairperson Carla Carvalho, MD Member Matthew A. Howard, III MD Member John Kevin Ratliff, MD FACS Member James T. Rutka, MD PhD Member Troy M. Tippett, MD Member Paul C. McCormick, MD Ex-Officio Lawrence M. Shuer, MD Liaison Patty Anderson Staff Liaison Joni L. Shulman, MPH Staff Liaison Annual Meeting Spouse Program Committee Carla Carvalho, MD Chairperson Patty Anderson Staff Liaison Bylaws Clarence B. Watridge, MD FACS Chairperson Gary M. Bloomgarden, MD FACS Member Stanley W. Fronczak, MD JD FACS Member Fernando G. Diaz, MD PhD Liaison Michael A. Chabraja, Esq. Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel Thomas A. Marshall Staff Liaison Emerging Technology Jon H. Robertson, MD Chairperson William Jeffrey Elias, MD Member Kenneth A. Follett, MD PhD Member M. Sean Grady, MD Member R. Patrick Jacob, MD FACS Member John Joseph Knightly, MD Member Timothy B. Mapstone, MD Member Arnold H. Menezes, MD Member Joseph M. Piepmeier, MD Member Charles Joseph Prestigiacomo, MD FACS Member Michael Schulder, MD Member Warren R. Selman, MD Member Mitchel S. Berger, MD FACS Liaison Michael A. Chabraja, Esq. Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel Kathleen T. Craig Staff Liaison Local Host Subcommittee John Kevin Ratliff, MD FACS Chairperson Patty Anderson Staff Liaison Marshals Subcommittee Stacey C Quintero Wolfe, MD Chairperson Krystal Lynne Tomei, MD Member Membership Committee Kevin M. McGrail, MD Chairperson Alex B. Valadka, MD FACS Past Chairperson Ghassan K. Bejjani, MD Member Jean-Louis R. Caron, MD FRCSC Member Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, MD Member Isabelle M. Germano, MD FACS Member Richard L. Harrison, MD Member Karin M. Muraszko, MD Member Daniel Won, MD Member Fernando G. Diaz, MD PhD Liaison Chris A. Philips Staff Liaison Nominating Committee James R. Bean, MD Chairperson Deborah L. Benzil, MD Member E. Sander Connolly, Jr. MD Member Kathryn Lois Holloway, MD Member Anil Nanda, MD FACS Member James T. Rutka, MD PhD Member B. Gregory Thompson, Jr. MD Member Thomas A. Marshall Executive Director Meg A. Borst Staff Liaison NREF Educational Grants Committee Paul C. McCormick, MD Member Edward H. Oldfield, MD Member Alex B. Valadka, MD FACS Member Michele S. Gregory Staff Liaison Professional Conduct Committee This group is a committee which hears formal complaints by American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) members against other AANS members (Article II, Section 3 of AANS Bylaws). The AANS President appoints members of this Committee and the Committee itself reports to the AANS Board of Directors. Committee procedures are published in the Society Policy Manual. Complaints submitted to the AANS are referred initially to legal counsel who advises both complainant and respondent of the procedural requirements. Charges and answers are communicated between the parties and, if the committee concludes that a prima facie case of unprofessional conduct has been established, formal hearing before the Committee is scheduled. Findings and recommendations of the committee are reported to the AANS Board of Directors, which may accept, reject, or modify the recommendations of the Committee. A Board of Directors’ decision to sanction or expel a member may be appealed to the full membership under Article II, Section 3 of the Bylaws. Current Members are: W. Ben Blackett, MD JD Chairperson James R. Bean, MD Member Roberto C. Heros, MD Member Volker K. H. Sonntag, MD Member Clarence B. Watridge, MD FACS Member Philip R. Weinstein, MD Member Steven L. Giannotta, MD FACS Member Hal L. Hankinson, MD Member Russell M. Pelton, JD Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel Meg A. Borst Staff Liaison Public Relations Committee Gail L. Rosseau, MD Chairperson Gary M. Bloomgarden, MD FACS Member E. Sander Connolly, Jr. MD Member Roger Hartl, MD Member R. Patrick Jacob, MD FACS Member Mark R. McLaughlin, MD Member John Kevin Ratliff, MD FACS Member Richard Arthur Roski, MD Member Michael Schulder, MD Member Michael Patrick Steinmetz, MD Member Ann R. Stroink, MD Member Brian R. Subach, MD FACS Member Jeffrey E. Thomas, MD FACS Member Eve C. Tsai, MD PhD Member Monica C. Wehby, MD Member Anand V. Germanwala, MD Liaison Alex B. Valadka, MD FACS Liaison Betsy van Die Staff Liaison Publications Mark E. Linskey, MD Chairperson Devin K. Binder, MD PhD Member Kern H. Guppy, MD PhD Member Andrew Thomas Parsa, MD PhD Member Bruce E. Pollock, MD Member Joshua M. Rosenow, MD Member Mitesh V. Shah, MD Member Erol Veznedaroglu, MD Member Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, MD Member Cormac O. Maher, MD Liaison Alex B. Valadka, MD FACS Liaison Martha Lara Staff Liaison Scientific Program Subcommittee Matthew A. Howard, III MD Chairperson E. Sander Connolly, Jr. MD Past Chairperson Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD Member Carl B. Heilman, MD Member Anil Nanda, MD FACS Member Vincent C. Traynelis, MD Ex-Officio Dean Barone, PA-C MPAS Liaison Jonathan A. Friedman, MD Liaison Twyila Lay, NP MS Liaison Christopher M. Loftus, MD FACS Liaison Michael Y. Oh, MD Liaison Lawrence M. Shuer, MD Liaison Edie E. Zusman, MD FACS Liaison Patty Anderson Staff Liaison Van Wagenen Fellowship Committee Robert A. Ratcheson, MD Chairperson David W. Newell, MD Convener James R. Bean, MD Member Saadi Ghatan, MD Member M. Peter Heilbrun, MD Member James T. Rutka, MD PhD Member Troy M. Tippett, MD Member Griffith R. Harsh, IV MD Ex-Officio Lawrence M. Shuer, MD Liaison Julie A. Quattrocchi Staff Liaison Van Wagenen Selection Committee Saadi Ghatan, MD Chairperson Devin K. Binder, MD PhD Member Julie A. Quattrocchi Member Theodore H. Schwartz, MD Member Lawrence M. Shuer, MD Liaison Michele S. Gregory Staff Liaison Special Committees AANS Neurosurgeon Editorial Board William T. Couldwell, MD PhD Editor Michael Schulder, MD Associate Editor Patrick W. McCormick, MD FACS Co-Editor Deborah L. Benzil, MD Member William E. Bingaman, Jr. MD Member Frederick A. Boop, MD FACS Member Lawrence S. Chin, MD FACS Member R. Webster Crowley, MD Member Eric Michael Deshaies, MD Member Joseph A. Hlavin, PA-C Member Rajiv Midha, MD MS FRCS Member Gail L. Rosseau, MD Member Mitesh V. Shah, MD Member Michael A. Sheinberg, MD Member Allen Kent Sills, MD FACS Member Shelly D. Timmons, MD PhD Member Alex B. Valadka, MD FACS Member Monica C. Wehby, MD Member Gregory J. Przybylski, MD Member Gary M. Bloomgarden, MD FACS Liaison Manda J. Seaver Staff Liaison Development Committee Anil Nanda, MD FACS Chairperson Robert F. Heary, MD Vice Chairperson William T. Couldwell, MD PhD Past Chairperson Lawrence S. Chin, MD FACS Member Richard G. Fessler, MD PhD Member Mark A. Giovanini, MD Member Regis W. Haid, Jr. MD Member Robert E. Harbaugh, MD FACS Member Griffith R. Harsh, IV MD Member Carl B. Heilman, MD Member A. John Popp, MD Member Charles Joseph Prestigiacomo, MD FACS Member Jon H. Robertson, MD Member Robert H. Rosenwasser, MD FACS Member Gail L. Rosseau, MD Member Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD Member Michael Y. Wang, MD Member Paul C. McCormick, MD Member Thomas L. Francavilla, MD Liaison Stacey C Quintero Wolfe, MD Liaison Michele S. Gregory Staff Liaison Education and Practice Management Committee Michael Y. Oh, MD Chairperson Deborah L. Benzil, MD Member William E. Bingaman, Jr. MD Member Winfield S. Fisher, III MD Member Kevin T. Foley, MD Member Donald L. Hilton, Jr. MD Member Langston T. Holly, MD Member Allan D. Levi, MD PhD Member Michael J. Link, MD Member Gregory J. Przybylski, MD Member Alan M. Scarrow, MD JD Member Konstantin V. Slavin, MD Member Robert E. Wharen, Jr. MD Member Lisa Beebe Liaison Frederick A. Boop, MD FACS Liaison Christian Burnette Kaufman, MD Liaison Twyila Lay, NP MS Liaison Joseph S. Cheng, MD MS Guest Thomas J. Leipzig, MD Guest James T. Rutka, MD PhD Guest Joni L. Shulman, MPH Staff Liaison Troy M. Tippett, MD Guest Ethics Jack I. Jallo, MD PhD Chairperson Frederick G. Barker, II MD FACS Member Paul Jason Ford, PhD Member Christopher J. Madden, MD Member Joseph R. Madsen, MD Member Patrick W. McCormick, MD FACS Member Craig H. Rabb, MD FACS Member Edie E. Zusman, MD FACS Member Samuel Lee Barnett, MD Liaison Ralph G. Dacey, Jr. MD Liaison Michael A. Chabraja, Esq. Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel Thomas A. Marshall Staff Liaison History of Neurological Surgery Charles Joseph Prestigiacomo, MD FACS Section Chairperson Mark C. Preul, MD Section Chairperson-elect Larry V. Carson, MD MBA Section Secretary/Treasurer Thomas L. Francavilla, MD Ex-Officio Hamad Issam Farhat, MD Liaison Information Technology Committee Shelly D. Timmons, MD PhD Chairperson Bob S. Carter, MD PhD Member Carlos A. David, MD Member Jonathan A. Friedman, MD Member Michael Y. Oh, MD Member Jonas M. Sheehan, MD Member Jeffrey M. Sorenson, MD Member Michael Patrick Steinmetz, MD Member G. Edward Vates, MD PhD Member Jeremiah Nicholas Johnson, MD Ex-Officio Elias B. Rizk, MD Ex-Officio Omar N. Syed, MD Ex-Officio Thomas L. Francavilla, MD Liaison Andrew W. Grande, MD Liaison Kathleen T. Craig Staff Liaison International Outreach Committee Christopher M. Loftus, MD FACS Chairperson Yousef A. Al-Awadi, MD PhD Member Kenan Arnautovic, MD Member Merwyn Bagan, MD MPH Member Asif Bashir, MD Member Ghassan K. Bejjani, MD Member Andrea F. Douglas, MD Member Amr Osman El-Naggar, MD FACS Member David F. Jimenez, MD FACS Member Kendall H. Lee, MD PhD Member Jacques J. Morcos, MD FRCS Member Anil Nanda, MD FACS Member Tetsuo Tatsumi, MD Member Benjamin T. White, MD Member Gail L. Rosseau, MD Member D. Cory Adamson, MD PhD Liaison Ralph G. Dacey, Jr. MD Liaison Kathleen T. Craig Staff Liaison Joint Sponsorship Council Clarence B. Watridge, MD FACS Chairperson Peter B. Letarte, MD Vice Chairperson Saleem I. Abdulrauf, MD FACS Council Member Yousef A. Al-Awadi, MD PhD Council Member Joseph E. Beshay, MD Council Member Alan R. Cohen, MD FACS Council Member James M. Drake, MD Council Member Mohamed E. El-Fiki, MD Council Member Sarah J. Gaskill, MD FACS Council Member Walter Grand, MD Council Member L. Nelson Hopkins, III MD Council Member Randy Lynn Jensen, MD PhD Council Member Thomas A. Kopitnik, Jr. MD Council Member Elliot Krames, MD FRCS Council Member Charles Kuntz, IV MD Council Member Michael T. Lawton, MD Council Member Elad I. Levy, MD FACS Council Member Andres M. Lozano, MD PhD Council Member James M. Markert, Jr. MD Council Member Michel E. Mawad, MD Council Member David M. McKalip, MD PA Council Member Alon Y. Mogilner, MD PhD Council Member Anil Nanda, MD FACS Council Member Charles Joseph Prestigiacomo, MD FACS Council Member Jeffery L. Rush, MD Council Member Moses Taghioff, MD FACS Council Member Stephen B. Tatter, MD PhD Council Member Bruce Tranmer, MD Council Member Alan T. Villavicencio, MD Council Member Todd W. Vitaz, MD Council Member Michael Y. Wang, MD Council Member Jason Andrew Weaver, MD Council Member Jonathan A. White, MD Council Member Erich W. Wolf, II MD PhD Council Member Lawrence M. Shuer, MD Liaison Vanessa Garlisch Staff Liaison Member Benefit Development Committee Mark Edwin Shaffrey, MD Chairperson Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD FACS Member John G. Golfinos, MD Member Michael Lee Levy, MD PhD Member Barbara Lynn Mancini, MBA CNRN Member Geoffrey T. Manley, MD PhD Member Timothy B. Mapstone, MD Member Michael Y. Wang, MD Member Ralph G. Dacey, Jr. MD Liaison Kathryn Marie Beauchamp, MD LIAison Kathleen T. Craig Staff Liaison MOC/CME Committee H. Hunt Batjer, MD FACS Chairperson Louis P. Caragine, Jr. MD PhD Member Lawrence S. Chin, MD FACS Member Anthony L. D'Ambrosio, MD Member William A. Friedman, MD FACS Member Robert E. Harbaugh, MD FACS Member Jack I. Jallo, MD PhD Member Thomas J. Leipzig, MD Member James M. Markert, Jr. MD Member John H. Sampson, MD PhD Member Jonas M. Sheehan, MD Member Mitchel S. Berger, MD FACS Member Clarence B. Watridge, MD FACS Member Ezriel Edward Kornel, MD Liaison Jason M. Schwalb, MD Liaison E. Sander Connolly, Jr. MD Guest James T. Rutka, MD PhD Guest Joni L. Shulman, MPH Staff Liaison Troy M. Tippett, MD Guest NREF Executive Council Griffith R. Harsh, IV MD Chairperson Charles L. Branch, Jr. MD Member Lawrence S. Chin, MD FACS Member E. Sander Connolly, Jr. MD Member William T. Couldwell, MD PhD Member Ralph G. Dacey, Jr. MD Member Robert G. Grossman, MD Member Judy Huang, MD Member Robert L. Martuza, MD Member Edward H. Oldfield, MD Member A. John Popp, MD Member Robert A. Ratcheson, MD Member Daniel K. Resnick, MD Member James T. Rutka, MD PhD Member Troy M. Tippett, MD Member Paul C. McCormick, MD Ex-Officio D. Cory Adamson, MD PhD Liaison Alex B. Valadka, MD FACS Liaison Michele S. Gregory Staff Liaison NREF Scientific Advisory Committee Edward H. Oldfield, MD Chairperson Albert J. Aguayo, MD Member Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD Member Ennio Antonio Chiocca, MD PhD Member E. Sander Connolly, Jr. MD Member James Ferrendelli, MD Member Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD FACS Member Robert G. Grossman, MD Member James D. Guest, MD PhD Member Griffith R. Harsh, IV MD Member James M. Markert, Jr. MD Member Robert L. Martuza, MD Member Pamela New, MD Member J. Marc Simard, MD PhD Member Ping Wu, MD PhD Member Michele S. Gregory Staff Liaison Julie A. Quattrocchi Staff Liaison Professional Liability Committee Alan M. Scarrow, MD JD Chairperson Perry A. Ball, MD FACS Member Bernard R. Bendok, MD Member Fernando G. Diaz, MD PhD Member Stanley W. Fronczak, MD JD FACS Member David M. McKalip, MD PA Member Monica C. Wehby, MD Member Richard N. Wohns, MD Member Edie E. Zusman, MD FACS Member Jeffrey Long Ex-Officio Thomas L. Francavilla, MD Liaison Thomas A. Marshall Executive Director Kathleen T. Craig Staff Liaison Section - History Charles Joseph Prestigiacomo, MD FACS Section Chairperson Mark C. Preul, MD Section Chairperson-elect Larry V. Carson, MD MBA Section Secretary/Treasurer Thomas L. Francavilla, MD Ex-Officio Hamad Issam Farhat, MD Liaison Van Wagenen Selection Committee Saadi Ghatan, MD Chairperson Devin K. Binder, MD PhD Member Julie A. Quattrocchi Member Theodore H. Schwartz, MD Member Lawrence M. Shuer, MD Liaison Michele S. Gregory Staff Liaison Young Neurosurgeons Committee Jonathan A. Friedman, MD Chairperson G. Edward Vates, MD PhD Vice Chairperson Brian R. Subach, MD FACS Past Chairperson Edward Robert Smith, MD Secretary D. Cory Adamson, MD PhD Member William Wallace Ashley, MD PhD MBA Member Samuel Lee Barnett, MD Member Kathryn Marie Beauchamp, MD Member J. Bradley Bellotte, MD Member Chetan Bettegowda, MD Member Daniel P. Cahill, MD PhD Member John A. Cowan, MD Member Anthony L. D'Ambrosio, MD Member Eric Michael Deshaies, MD Member Andrew F. Ducruet, MD Member Samy Adel Elhammady, MD Member Hamad Issam Farhat, MD Member Anand V. Germanwala, MD Member Andrew W. Grande, MD Member Todd Cameron Hankinson, MD Member Jay U. Howington, MD Member Christian Burnette Kaufman, MD Member Paul Klimo, Jr. MD Member Kendall H. Lee, MD PhD Member Michael Lim, MD Member Cormac O. Maher, MD Member Jennifer Moliterno, MD Member Brian Nahed, MD Member Stacey C Quintero Wolfe, MD Member Jason M. Schwalb, MD Member Daniel M. Sciubba, MD Member Krystal Lynne Tomei, MD Member Graeme Woodworth, MD Member Mitchel S. Berger, MD FACS LIAISon Sarah C. Jost, MD LIAISon Chris A. Philips Staff Liaison