AANS Committees and Committee Members
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.
Access Committee Corner| Shelly D. Timmons MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | President |
| Christopher I. Shaffrey MD, FAANS | President-Elect |
| Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS | Vice President |
| Anil Nanda MD, MPH, FAANS, FACS | Secretary |
| John A. Wilson MD, FAANS, FACS | Treasurer |
| Alex B. Valadka MD, FAANS, FACS | Past President |
| Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS | Ex-Officio |
| Robert E. Harbaugh MD, FAANS, FACS | Ex-Officio |
| James T. Rutka MD, PhD, FAANS | Ex-Officio |
| Kathleen T. Craig | Executive Director |
| Michael A. Chabraja Esq. | Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel |
| John A. Wilson MD, FAANS, FACS | Chair |
| Nicholas M. Barbaro MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol MD, MSc, MBA, FAANS | Member |
| Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS | Member |
| Anil Nanda MD, MPH, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Curtis J. Rozzelle MD, FAANS | Member |
| Christopher I. Shaffrey MD, FAANS | Member |
| Ann R. Stroink MD, FAANS | Member |
| Shelly D. Timmons MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Gregory R. Trost MD, FAANS | Member |
| Alex B. Valadka MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS | Ex-Officio |
| Robert E. Harbaugh MD, FAANS, FACS | Ex-Officio |
| James T. Rutka MD, PhD, FAANS | Ex-Officio |
| Kathleen T. Craig | Executive Director |
| Michael A. Chabraja Esq. | Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel |
| Peter B. Kuhn | Staff Liaison |
| Meg A. Borst | Staff |
| Alice Kelsey | Staff |
| Beth Sartore CAE | Staff |
| Christopher I. Shaffrey MD, FAANS | Chair |
| E. Antonio Chiocca MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Richard G. Ellenbogen MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS | Member |
| Jacques J. Morcos MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Anil Nanda MD, MPH, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Edjah Kweku-Ebura Nduom MD | Member |
| Shelly D. Timmons MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Alex B. Valadka MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Marc A. Vanefsky MD, FAANS | Member |
| Andrew E. Wakefield MD, FAANS | Member |
| John A. Wilson MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS | Ex-Officio |
| Robert E. Harbaugh MD, FAANS, FACS | Ex-Officio |
| James T. Rutka MD, PhD, FAANS | Ex-Officio |
| Kathleen T. Craig | Executive Director |
| Michael A. Chabraja Esq. | Legal Counsel |
| Meg A. Borst | Staff |
| Alice Kelsey | Staff |
| Peter B. Kuhn | Staff |
| Beth Sartore CAE | Staff |
| Frederick G. Barker II, MD, FAANS, FACS | Chair |
| Shelly D. Timmons MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | President |
| Alexander Arash Khalessi MD, FAANS | Local Arrangements Chair |
| Jacques J. Morcos MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Christopher I. Shaffrey MD, FAANS | Member |
| Alex B. Valadka MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| John A. Wilson MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Gerald A. Grant MD, FAANS | Scientific Program Chair |
| Nicholas M. Barbaro MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Patricia L. Anderson | Staff Liaison |
| Jamie S. Ullman MD, FAANS, FACS | Chair |
| Sarah C. Jernigan MD, FAANS | Member |
| Susan C. Pannullo MD, FAANS | Member |
| Gregory H. Smith DO | Member |
| Richard G. Ellenbogen MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Michael A. Chabraja Esq. | Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel |
| Chris A. Philips | Staff Liaison |
| Meg A. Borst | Staff |
| Randy Lynn Jensen MD, PhD, FAANS | Chair |
| Samuel Lee Barnett MD, FAANS | Member |
| Dean Barone PA-C, MPAS | Member |
| T Forcht Dagi MD, MPH, MBA, DMedSc, FAANS | Member |
| Frederick Bernard Harris MD, FAANS | Member |
| Iain H. Kalfas MD, FAANS | Member |
| Kathleen Ethel Klas CPNP-PC | Member |
| Twyila Lay NP, MS | Member |
| Megan Lee PA-C | Member |
| Cormac O. Maher MD, FAANS | Member |
| Darlene A. Mayo MD, FAANS | Member |
| Brandon G. Rocque MD, MS, FAANS | Member |
| Jeffrey M. Tomlin MD, FAANS | Member |
| Kimberly P. Walpert MD, FAANS | Member |
| David Lee Dornbos III, MD | Liaison |
| Richard G. Ellenbogen MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Chris A. Philips | Staff Liaison |
| Paula K. Krueger | Staff |
| Anthony P. Macalindong | Staff |
| Alex B. Valadka MD, FAANS, FACS | Chair |
| Christopher I. Shaffrey MD, FAANS | President-Elect |
| John D. Davis MD, FAANS | Member |
| Aruna Ganju MD, FAANS | Member |
| John Joseph Knightly MD, FAANS | Member |
| Mark E. Linskey MD, FAANS | Member |
| Joshua M. Rosenow MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Richard G. Ellenbogen MD, FAANS, FACS | Liaison |
| Catherine Anne Mazzola MD, FAANS | Liaison |
| Kathleen T. Craig | Executive Director |
| Meg A. Borst | Staff Liaison |
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:
| James R. Bean MD, FAANS | Chair |
| William T. Couldwell MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Stanley W. Fronczak MD, JD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Holly S. Gilmer MD, FAANS | Member |
| Christopher M. Loftus MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Timothy B. Mapstone MD, FAANS | Member |
| Craig Andrew Van Der Veer MD, FAANS | Member |
| Richard N. Wohns MD, JD, MBA, FAANS | Member |
| Frederic T. Knape | Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel |
| Meg A. Borst | Staff Liaison |
| Gerald A. Grant MD, FAANS | Chair |
| Richard W. Byrne MD, FAANS | Chair Elect |
| Nicholas M. Barbaro MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Ellen L. Air MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Sepideh Amin-Hanjani MD, FAANS | Member |
| Adam S. Arthur MD, MPH, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Frederick G. Barker II, MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Lawrence S. Chin MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Andrew T. Dailey MD, FAANS | Member |
| Robert F. Heary MD, FAANS | Member |
| Langston T. Holly MD, FAANS | Member |
| Michele Marie Johnson MD, FAANS | Member |
| Alexander Arash Khalessi MD, FAANS | Member |
| Mark D. Krieger MD, FAANS | Member |
| Guy M. McKhann II, MD, FAANS | Member |
| Jacques J. Morcos MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Praveen V. Mummaneni MD, FAANS | Member |
| J. Adair Prall MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Charles J. Prestigiacomo MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Patricia B. Raksin MD, FAANS | Member |
| Justin S. Smith MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Jennifer A. Sweet MD, FAANS | Member |
| Stacey C. Wolfe MD, FAANS | Member |
| Aviva Abosch MD, PhD, FAANS | Liaison |
| Kenan Arnautovic MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | Liaison |
| Shakeel A. Chowdhry MD, FAANS | Liaison |
| Gina Connolly NP | Liaison |
| Marianne E. Langlois MS, PA-C | Liaison |
| Clemens M. Schirmer MD, PhD, FAANS | Liaison |
| Patricia L. Anderson | Staff Liaison |
| Rebecca Marchi | Staff Liaison |
| Stephen J. Haines MD, FAANS | Chair |
| Larry Van Carson MD, MBA, FACS, FAANS | Member |
| Regis W. Haid Jr., MD, FAANS | Member |
| Shekar N. Kurpad MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| David Ryan Ormond MD, FAANS | Member |
| Michael Chankwon Park MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Christopher I. Shaffrey MD, FAANS | Member |
| Shelly D. Timmons MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Alex B. Valadka MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Kathleen A. McMichael | Staff Liaison |
| Shekar N. Kurpad MD, PhD, FAANS | Chair |
| Ausaf Ahmad Bari MD PhD MA | Member |
| Ben Waldau MD, FAANS | Member |
| Kathleen A. McMichael | Staff Liaison |
| Kenan Arnautovic MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | Chair |
| P. David Adelson MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Gerardo Guinto-Balanzar MD, FAANS | Member |
| Michael M. Haglund MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Daniel Jin Hoh MD, FAANS | Member |
| Shekar N. Kurpad MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Stephen P. Lownie MD, FRCSC, FAANS | Member |
| Owoicho Adogwa MD, MPH | Liaison |
| Richard G. Ellenbogen MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Jillian Rose Bernas MPP, MEd | Staff Liaison |
| Alice Kelsey | AANS Senior Staff |
| Deborah L. Benzil MD, FAANS, FACS | Editor |
| Aruna Ganju MD, FAANS | Associate Editor |
| Zachary N. Litvack MD, FAANS | Associate Editor |
| Ellen L. Air MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Maya Babu MD, MBA | Member |
| Sharona Ben-Haim MD | Member |
| Robert D. Ecker MD, FAANS | Member |
| David Houston Harter MD, FAANS | Member |
| Tyler James Kenning MD, FAANS | Member |
| Kathryn Ko MD, FAANS | Member |
| Antonios Mammis MD | Member |
| Lisa P. Mulligan MD, FAANS | Member |
| Christopher J. Neal MD, FAANS | Member |
| Michael Y. Oh MD, FAANS | Member |
| Daniel A. Orringer MD, FAANS | Member |
| Richard B. Rodgers MD, FAANS | Member |
| Clemens M. Schirmer MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Jason Lee Schroeder MD, FAANS | Member |
| Samuel Tomlinson | Member |
| Christopher Salvatore Graffeo MD | Liaison |
| Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol MD, MSc, MBA, FAANS | Board Liaison |
| Stephanie R. Cowart | Staff Liaison |
| Alice Kelsey | Staff Liaison |
| Praveen V. Mummaneni MD, FAANS | Chair |
| Scott Douglas Simon MD, FAANS | Vice Chair |
| Erica F. Bisson MD, FAANS | Member |
| Kevin M. Cockroft MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Brian L. Hoh MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHA | Member |
| Julie G. Pilitsis MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Michael Schulder MD, FAANS | Member |
| Lawrence M. Shuer MD, FAANS | Member |
| Khoi Duc Than MD | Member |
| Diana B. Wiseman MD, FAANS | Member |
| Omar A. Zalatimo MD, MPH, MHA, FAANS | Member |
| Stephen T. Magill MD, PhD | Liaison |
| Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol MD, MSc, MBA, FAANS | Board Liaison |
| Alice Kelsey | Staff Liaison |
| Jon Mau | Staff |
| Aviva Abosch MD, PhD, FAANS | Chair |
| Jack I. Jallo MD, PhD, FAANS | Vice Chair |
| Rocco A. Armonda MD, FAANS | Member |
| Frederick A. Boop MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| R. Webster Crowley MD, FAANS | Member |
| Carl B. Heilman MD, FAANS | Member |
| Thomas J. Leipzig MD, FAANS | Member |
| Stephen B. Lewis MD, IFAANS, FRCS | Member |
| Linda M. Liau MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS | Member |
| Russell R. Lonser MD, FAANS | Member |
| Lisa P. Mulligan MD, FAANS | Member |
| David O. Okonkwo MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Michael Y. Wang MD, FAANS | Member |
| Martin E. Weinand MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Gregory J. Zipfel MD, FAANS | Member |
| Gina Connolly NP | Liaison |
| Alice Edwards PA-C | Liaison |
| Debraj Mukherjee MD | Liaison |
| Nicholas M. Barbaro MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Beth Sartore CAE | Staff Liaison |
| Catherine Anne Mazzola MD, FAANS | Chair |
| Deborah C. Henry MD, FAANS(L) | Member |
| Kristopher Kimmell MD | Member |
| Elad I. Levy MD, FAANS, MBA, FACS, FAHA | Member |
| Harold J. Pikus MD, FAANS | Member |
| Lawrence M. Shuer MD, FAANS | Member |
| Gary Robert Simonds MD, FAANS | Member |
| Richard G. Ellenbogen MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Luis E Savastano MD | Liaison |
| Michael A. Chabraja Esq. | Parliamentarian/Legal Counsel |
| Kathleen T. Craig | Staff Liaison |
| Meg A. Borst | Staff |
| Mark R. Iantosca MD, FAANS | Chair |
| Jamie L. Baisden MD, FAANS | Member |
| Tarun Bhalla MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Jefferson W. Chen MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| James M. Ecklund MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Jeremiah Nicholas Johnson MD | Member |
| Zachary N. Litvack MD, FAANS | Member |
| Gregory J. A. Murad MD, FAANS | Member |
| Raj Nangunoori MD | Member |
| Eve C. Tsai MD, PhD, FAANS | Member |
| Diana E. Wilson MD, FAANS, FACS | Member |
| Christopher Salvatore Graffeo MD | Liaison |
| Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol MD, MSc, MBA, FAANS | Board Liaison |
| Anthony P. Macalindong | Staff Liaison |
| Jon Mau | Staff Liaison |
| John Kevin Ratliff MD, FAANS, FACS | Chair |
| G. Edward Vates MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS | Vice Chair |
| Joseph S. Cheng MD, MS, FAANS | Member |
| Ciara D. Harraher MD FAANS | Member |
| Judy Huang MD, FAANS | Member |
| N. Ross Jenkins MD, FAANS | Member |
| Paul Klimo Jr., MD, FAANS | Member |
| John Joseph Knightly MD, FAANS | Member |
| Michael D. Martin MD, FAANS | Member |
| Richard B. Rodgers MD, FAANS | Member |
| Faiz U. Ahmad MD, FAANS | Liaison |
| Derek G. Cantrell | Liaison |
| Nicholas M. Barbaro MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Samantha Luebbering | Staff Liaison |
| Edjah Kweku-Ebura Nduom MD | Chair |
| Michael Edward Ivan MD | Vice Chair |
| Jeremiah Nicholas Johnson MD | Secretary |
| Owoicho Adogwa MD, MPH | Member |
| Nitin Agarwal MD | Member |
| Faiz U. Ahmad MD, FAANS | Member |
| Frank Joseph Attenello III, MD | Member |
| Joel Beckett MD | Member |
| Andrew Phillip Carlson MD, MS, FAANS | Member |
| Tsinsue Chen MD | Member |
| Shakeel A. Chowdhry MD, FAANS | Member |
| Ian David Connolly | Member |
| David Lee Dornbos III, MD | Member |
| Christopher Salvatore Graffeo MD | Member |
| Robert M. Gramer | Member |
| Douglas Hardesty MD | Member |
| Allen H. Ho MD | Member |
| Brian M. Howard MD | Member |
| Benjamin C. Kennedy MD | Member |
| Kimberly Price Kicielinski MD | Member |
| Robert Koffie MD | Member |
| Michael Robert Levitt MD, FAANS | Member |
| Brandon P. Lucke-Wold MD | Member |
| Stephen T. Magill MD, PhD | Member |
| Michael M. McDowell MD | Member |
| Catherine Ann Miller MD | Member |
| Michael Mooney MD | Member |
| Debraj Mukherjee MD | Member |
| Joshua William Osbun MD | Member |
| Jonathan Pace MD | Member |
| Brenton Henry Pennicooke MD | Member |
| Luis E Savastano MD | Member |
| Hakeem Jon Shakir MD | Member |
| Walavan Sivakumar MD | Member |
| Visish M Srinivasan MD | Member |
| Samuel Tomlinson | Member |
| Luke Tomycz MD | Member |
| Jay D. Turner MD, PhD | Member |
| Anand Veeravagu MD | Member |
| Jacky Yeung MD | Member |
| Hanna N. Algattas MD | Ex-Officio |
| Ariana Simone Barkley MD | Ex-Officio |
| Randy D'Amico MD | Ex-Officio |
| Lee S. Hwang MD | Ex-Officio |
| Karthik Madhavan MD | Ex-Officio |
| Neil Majmundar MD | Ex-Officio |
| Laura McGuire MD | Ex-Officio |
| Yamaan S Saadeh MD | Ex-Officio |
| Daniel A. Tonetti MD | Ex-Officio |
| Richard G. Ellenbogen MD, FAANS, FACS | Board Liaison |
| Chris A. Philips | Staff Liaison |
| Prateek Agarwal | Award Recipient |
| Joseph R. Linzey BS | Award Recipient |
