Press Releases

New alliance for NVQI-QOD

Grant awarded

Van Wagenen Fellowship for 2022-23 awarded to Washington University resident, who will study under Felix Sahm at Heidelberg University Hospital

AANS Annual Scientific Meeting Slated for August 21-25 in Orlando, Fla.

The NVQI-QOD now has over 10,000 procedures in the registry. Since its inception in 2015, NVQI-QOD has been helping providers collect and analyze perioperative and follow-up data in an effort to improve patient care.

A new grant, a partnership between the NREF and StacheStrong, was awarded.

Grant award announcement

List of Clinical Fellowship Grants awarded for 2020-2021 by the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF)

Listing of NREF grant awardees

List of Medical Student Summer Researchers Announced

Presidential appointment, Executive committee members, First virtual Board of Directors, Business meetings for Association.

The American Spine Registry (ASR), which will be jointly owned and developed by AANS and AAOS, will transform the Quality Outcomes Database (QOD) Spine registry, currently the nation's largest spine registry, into a more far-reaching program that facilitates the participation of all North American spine surgeons in a shared, quality data-collection platform.

In August 2019, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has turned the focus of Neurosurgical Awareness Month to the diseases and treatments of the spine. To share information, all of the association's Patient Pages relating to conditions and treatments of the spine, which reside on www.aans.org, were updated by fellows of the association.

New registry announced to track neurovascular patients and outcomes.

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) is pleased to announce the 2019-20 NREF Board of Directors.

Winner of the AANS International Travel Scholarship, Ashraf A. El Badry, MD, IFAANS, presented his research, titled Can Sonography Replace Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?, during the 2019 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Winner of the Young Neurosurgeons Medical Student Abstract Award, Robert M. Gramer, presented his research, titled Utility of a Near-Infrared Light Device (NIRD) in Detecting Subdural (SDH) and Epidural (EDH) Hematomas: An Effectiveness Trial Toward Using a NIRD for Neurosurgical Triaging in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), during the 2019 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Winner of the Columbia Softball Pediatric Award, Amanda Muhs Saratsis, MD, presented her research, titled Liquid Biopsy for Detection of Histone H3 Mutations in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas, during the 2019 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Winner of the Robert Florin Award, Samer Zammar, MD, presented his research, titled New Care Pathway to Decrease the Length of Stay and Costs of Single Level Lumbar Fusion, during the 2019 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Robert F. Heary, MD, FAANS, has been named vice president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). The association announced his appointment during the 87th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego, April 13-17, 2019.