Governance and Leadership
The AANS is governed by a volunteer group of neurosurgeons, nominated and elected by fellow AANS members, who are committed to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to promote the highest quality of patient care.
If you are a member of any AANS Committee below, you may access committee documents and resources by logging into the Committee Corner section of MyAANS.org.
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Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS

Ann R. Stroink MD, FAANS

E. Antonio Chiocca MD, PhD, FAANS

Anil Nanda MD, MPH, FAANS, FACS

Anthony L. Asher MD, FAANS, FACS

Christopher I. Shaffrey MD, FAANS

John A. Wilson MD, FAANS, FACS

Nicholas M. Barbaro MD, FAANS, FACS

Jacques J. Morcos MD, FAANS, FACS

Kathleen T. Craig

Michael A. Chabraja Esq.
Aviva Abosch MD, PhD, FAANS |
Director-at-Large |
P. David Adelson MD, FAANS, FACS |
Director-at-Large |
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani MD, FAANS |
Director-at-Large |
Joseph S. Cheng MD, MS, FAANS |
Director-at-Large |
Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol MD, MSc, MBA, FAANS |
Director-at-Large |
Michael Schulder MD, FAANS |
Director-at-Large |
Marjorie C. Wang MD, MPH, FAANS |
Director-at-Large |

Kenneth S. Blumenfeld MD, FAANS

Mark R. Iantosca MD, FAANS, MBA

Ann M. Parr MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCSC

Curtis J. Rozzelle MD, FAANS

Andrew E. Wakefield MD, FAANS

Sharon Woods Webb MD, FAANS
Michael Schulder MD, FAANS
Ellen L. Air MD, PhD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
Domagoj Coric MD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
T Forcht Dagi MD, DMedSc, FRCSEd, FAANS(L) |
Ex-Officio |
Michael W. Groff MD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
Bermans J. Iskandar MD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
Jeremiah Nicholas Johnson MD, FAANS AANS Young Neurosurgeons Committee |
Ex-Officio |
John Joseph Knightly MD, FAANS NeuroPoint Alliance |
Ex-Officio |
Mark D. Krieger MD, FAANS AANS/CNS Section of Pediatric Neurological Surgery |
Ex-Officio |
Joseph S. Neimat MD, MSc, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
David O. Okonkwo MD, PhD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
William S. Rosenberg MD, FAANS AANS/CNS Section on Pain |
Ex-Officio |
James T. Rutka MD, PhD, FAANS The Journal of Neurosurgery |
Ex-Officio |
Jason P. Sheehan MD, PhD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
Adnan H. Siddiqui MD, PhD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
Walavan Sivakumar MD |
Ex-Officio |
Martina Stippler MD, FAANS |
Ex-Officio |
Jeffrey M. Tomlin MD, FAANS AANS/CNS Committee of Military Neurosurgeons |
Ex-Officio |
Carl B. Heilman MD, FAANS |
Liaison |
Brian L. Hoh MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA, MBA |
Liaison |
Douglas S. Kondziolka MD, FAANS |
Liaison |
Blas Ezequiel Lopez Felix MD, FAANS |
Liaison |
Patrick J. McDonald MD, FAANS, MHSc, FRCSC Canadian Neurosurgical Society |
Liaison |
Mahmood M. Qureshi MD Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies (CAANS) |
Liaison |
Karl Lothar Schaller MD, PhD, IFAANS |
Liaison |
Franco Servadei MD World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) |
Liaison |
Jose Antonio Soriano Sanchez MD |
Liaison |
Wan Tew Seow MD, IFAANS |
Liaison |
Joseph S. Cheng MD, MS, FAANS |
Guest |
E. Antonio Chiocca MD, PhD, FAANS |
Guest |
Mark R. Iantosca MD, FAANS, MBA |
Guest |
Ann R. Stroink MD, FAANS |
Guest |
Jennifer A. Sweet MD, FAANS |
Guest |
Marjorie C. Wang MD, MPH, FAANS |
Guest |
Sharon Woods Webb MD, FAANS |
Guest |