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.













- Sarah I. Woodrow, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Women in Neurosurgery (WINS)
- Nnenna Shirley Mbabuike, MD President, American Society of Black Neurosurgeons (ASBN)
- Dhany Charest, MD, FAANS Chair, Canadian Neurosurgical Society (CNSS)
- Jonathan Harris Sherman, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS Section on the History & Culture of Neurosurgery
- Eric A. Potts, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves
- John Kevin Ratliff, MD, FAANS Chair, Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS)
- Andreas Demetriades, MMBS, FRCS President, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
- Matthew D. Smyth, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery
- Blas Ezequiel Lopez Felix, MD, FAANS Representative, Mexican Society of Neurological Surgery
- Andre Guelman Machado, MD, PhD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Stereotactic & Functional Surgery (ASSFN)
- P. B. Raksin, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care
- Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FAANS President, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
- Bello Bala Shehu, MBBS, FRCS, FACS, IFAANS President, Continental Association of African Neurological Societies (CAANS)
- Russell R. Lonser, MD, FAANS Secretary, American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS)
- William J. Mack, IV, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section
- Katharine J. Drummond, MBBS, IFAANS, FRACS President, Asian Australian Society of Neurological Surgeons (AASNS)
- Isabelle M. Germano, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Tumors
- Luis Alencar Borba, MD, IFAANS President, Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (FLANC)
- Jennifer A. Sweet, MD, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Pain