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AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Executive Committee Roster

Fall 2023 Officers Chair : Isabelle Germano Past-Chair : Jason Sheehan Secretary-Treasurer : Costas Hadjipanayis Advisory Board Chair, Co-Chai r: Steven Kalkanis, Najia El Abbadi Members : Manish Aghi, Gene Barnett, Jeff Bruce, Ennio Chiocca,...

Washington Committee

Liaison Chair: Tiffany Hodges, MD With a rapidly changing and challenging healthcare climate, the Washington Committee remains steadfast in engaging our policymakers on the issues that affect neurosurgeons and our patients. Our goal is to ensure...

Spine Oncology

Chair: Nicholas Szerlip, MD Co-Chair: Nam D. Tran, MD Member: John Shin, MD We live in a world surrounded by technology.  In a small handheld device that fits in the palm of our hands, we are able to talk face-to-face with friends and family ...

Skull Base

Chair: Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD Co-Chair : Daniel M. Prevedello, MD Members : Vincent Dinapoli, MD; Ian Dunn, MD; Michael Ivan, MD; Michael Link, MD and Gordon Li, MD The skull base community opened the year with the 32nd annual meeting of the...

Scientific Program CNS 2023

Chair: Tiffany Hodges, MD Co-Chairs: Kimberly Hoang, MD and Wajd Al-Holou, MD Imagine, Innovate, Inspire are words familiar to our neurosurgical oncology community. Along these lines, we designed two scientific tumor sessions to continue our...

Satellite Tumor Symposium 2023

Chair: Gelareh Zadeh, MD Co-Chairs: Pablo Recinos, MD and Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhD We are excited to invite you to Washington, DC, September 8-9, for the 16th Biennial Tumor Section Symposium, which immediately precedes the 2023 CNS Annual...

Research

Chair: Maryam Rahman, MD Co-Chair : Chetan  Bettegowda, MD, PhD Members : Orin Bloch, MD; Desmond Brown, MD, PhD; Mahua Dey, MD; Peter Fecci, MD; James Market, MD; Gautam Mehta, MD; Dan Orringer, MD; Jonathan Sherman, MD and Matthew Tate, MD The r...

Pediatrics

Chair: Lissa Baird, MD Co-Chair : Anthony Wang, MD Several developments of interest in pediatric neuro-oncology have taken place recently. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has released its first “Guidelines for Pediatric Central Nervous S...

Membership and Membership Services

Chair: Randy Jensen, MD Co-Chair:  Isaac Yang, MD Members: Ian Lee, MD and Wajd Al-Holou, MD The membership sub-committee continues to focus on improving the membership experience for Tumor Section members. We have re-evaluated the process ...

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Editor: Jason Sheehan, MD Current Journal Metrics for JNO are as follows: JNO is truly an international journal with submissions from across the globe.  The distribution of accepted works is Springer has broad Institutional Open ...

Innovation & Technology

Chair: Chris Cifarelli, MD Co-Chair : Lola Chambless, MD Members : Clark Chen, MD; Pamela Jones, MD; Claire Karekezi, MD; Alexandra Golbi, MD; Pablo Recinos, MD; Michael Sughrue, MD and Brian William, MD The Innovation & Technology sub-committee...

Guidelines

Chair: Jeff Olson, MD Co-Chair: Ryan Ormond, MD Members: Garni Barkhoudarian, MD; Emanuela Binello, MD; Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD; Rohan Ramakrishna, MD; Matthew Shepard, MD and Gabriel Zada, MD Methodology Update : The CNS is performing a comprehensive...

Global Neurosurgery

Co-Chairs: Ekkehard Kasper, MD and Kate Drummond, MD Members: Anandh Balasubramanian, MD; James Balogun, MD; Dominik Cordier, MD; Ather Enam, MD; Sameh Elmorsy Hassan, MD; Lindy Jeffree, MD; Francesco DiMeco, MD; Okezie Obasi Kanu, MD; Ricardo...

Education

Chair: Gelareh Zadeh, MD Co-Chair : Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD Members : Michael Lim, MD; Pablo Recinos, MD; Vivian Tabar, MD and Brad Zacharia, MD This year’s theme for the CNS is Imagine, Innovate, Inspire and serves as an opportunity to l...

Early Career Neurosurgeons Committee (ECNS)

Co-Chairs: Stephanie Cheok, MD and Christian Bowers, MD Members: Raj Mukherjee, MD, PhD and Randy D’Amico, MD We welcome a new academic year and Dr. Christian Bowers and Dr. Stephanie Cheok are honored to co-chair the Early Career Neurosurgeons C...

Development and Partnership

Chair: Brian V. Nahed, MD Co-Chair : Susan C. Pannullo, MD Members : Lilyana Angelov, MD; Kairson Chaichana, MD; John Lee, MD; Amankulor Nduka, MD and Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD On the heels of a successful Development and Partnerships H...

Communication

Chair: Kimberly Hoang, MD Co-Chair :  Claire Karekezi, MD Members : Maria Huda, MD and Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD The Communications sub-committee continues its work of promoting the events, guidelines and publications of the joint section and amplifying ...

Committee for Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST)

Chair : Linda M. Liau, MD, PhD Members : Ian Dunn, MD; Isabelle Germano, MD; Fred Lang, MD; Michael Link, MD; Jennifer Moliterno-Gunel, MD; Jeffrey Olson, MD; Jeff Weinberg, MD and Gabe Zada, MD The Tumor Section CAST sub-committee met at the...

Clinical Trials and Registries

Co-Chairs : Brad Elder, MD and Gavin Dunn, MD Members: Dan Cahill, MD; Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD; Mark Linskey, MD; Timothy Smith, MD; Andrew Sloan, MD and Michael Vogelbaum, MD The Clinical Trials and Registries sub-committee is excited to p...

Bylaws (Rules and Regulations)

Chair : Edjah Nduom, MD Members : Fred Barker, MD; Uzma Samadani, MD; Walavan Sivakumar, MD and Jeff Weinberg, MD After an engaged discussion with our membership, the Rules and Regulations of the Section on Tumors for the AANS/CNS have been updated...

Awards

Chair: Jennifer Moliterno, MD Co-Chairs: Frank Attenello, MD Members : Jason Heth, MD, Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD and William Curry The AANS/CNS section on Tumors is excited about the incredible science that will be highlighted at the upcoming 2023...

Editor's Corner

Newsletter Editor : Garni Barkhoudarian, MD Newsletter Assistant Editor : Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO We are happy to share the Fall 2023 edition of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Newsletter. This year's CNS meeting motto is "Imagine, Innovate, Inspire."...

From The Chair

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 16 AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Symposium on September 8-9, 2023, in Washington, DC just before the  CNS Annual Meeting. The meeting’s theme: “B...

AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Executive Committee Roster

Advisory Board Chair, Co-Chair : Steven Kalkanis, Najia El Abbadi Members: Manish Aghi, Gene Barnett, Jeff Bruce, Ennio Chiocca, Susan Chang, William Couldwell, Mitchel Berger, Roberta Glick, Mark Rosenblum, Barbara Nettel, Raymond Sawaya, Ron Warnick Bylaws...

Washington Committee

Liaison : Tiffany R. Hodges, MD Congressional leaders have reached a deal on a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, which includes several provisions affecting the neurosurgical community. Although the bill provides a two-year postponement of the 4%...

Spine Oncology

Chair, Co-Chair : Nicholas Szerlip, MD, and Nam D. Tran, MD Member: John Shin, MD Our major goal is to advocate for greater interest in spinal oncology and advancement in the treatment and prevention through research. To achieve these goals, we seek...

Skull Base Surgery

Chair, Co-Chair : Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD, and Daniel M. Prevedello, MD Members : Vincent Dinapoli, MD, Ian Dunn, MD, Michael Ivan, MD, Michael Link, MD, and Gordon Li, MD The skull base community opens the year with the 32nd annual meeting of the...

Research and Neurosurgery Research Education Foundation (NREF)

Chair, Co-Chair : Maryam Rahman, MD, and Chetan  Bettegowda, MD, PhD Members : Orin Bloch, MD, Desmond Brown, MD, PhD, Mahua Dey, MD, Peter Fecci, MD, James Market, MD, Gautam Mehta, MD, Dan Orringer, MD, Jonathan Sherman, MD, and  Matthew Tate, M...

Pediatrics

Chair, Co-Chair : Lissa Baird, MD, and Anthony Wang, MD The field of pediatric neuro-oncology continues to advance and expand with focused work on targeted molecular therapies, immunotherapies, local therapies, toxicity limitations for our young patients,...

Membership and Membership Services

Chair, Co-Chair: Randy Jensen, MD, and Isaac Yang, MD Members: Ian Lee, MD, and Wajd Al-Holou, MD The membership committee has focused on a couple of areas over the past six months. First, we personally contacted all tumor section members that had...

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Editor: Jason Sheehan, MD   The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS and CNS Tumor Section. Several other prominent organizations also help to sponsor the journal. These include the Glioblastoma Research Organization...

Innovation and Technology

(Formerly Radiosurgery, LITT) Chair, Co-Chair : Chris Cifarelli, MD, and Lola Chambless, MD Members : Clark Chen, MD, Pamela Jones, MD, Claire Karekezi, MD, Alexandra Golbi, MD, Pablo Recinos, MD, Michael Sughrue, MD, and Brian William MD The Innovation...

Guidelines

Chair, Co-Chair: Jeff Olson, MD and  Ryan Ormond, MD Members: Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, Emanuela Binello, MD,  Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, Rohan Ramakrishna, MD, Matthew Shepard, MD and Gabe Zada, MD The current Congress of Neurologic Surgery guidelines d...

Global Neurosurgery

(Formerly International Neurosurgery) Chair, Co-Chair : Ekkehard Kasper, MD and Kate Drummond, MD Members:   Anandh Balasubramanian, MD, James Balogun, MD,  Dominik Cordier, MD, Ather Enam, MD, Sameh Elmorsy Hassan, MD, Lindy Jeffree, MD, Francesco D...

Education

Chair, Co-Chair: Gelareh Zadeh, MD, and Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD Members: Michael Lim, MD, Pablo Recinos, MD, Vivian Tabar, MD, and Brad Zacharia, MD The Education sub-committee is planning to start a webinar series which will include career...

Early Career Neurosurgeons Committee (ECNC)

(Formerly Young Neurosurgeon -YNS) Chair, Co-Chair: Randy D’Amico, MD, and Raj Mukherjee, MD Moving into 2023, the AANS Young Neurosurgeon’s Committee (YNC) has transitioned to the Early Career Neurosurgeons Committee (ECNC), chaired by Dr. Wal...

Development and Partnerships

Chair, Co-Chair : Brian V. Nahed, MD, and Susan C. Pannullo, MD Members : Lilyana Angelov, MD, Kairson Chaichana, MD, John Lee, MD, Amankulor Nduka, MD, and  Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD The Development and Partnerships Committee has leveraged the ...

Communication

Chair, Co-Chair : Kimberly Hoang, MD, and Claire Karekezi, MD  Members : Maria Huda, MD, and Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD The Communications Committee continues its work of promoting the events, guidelines and publications of the Joint Section and amplifying ...

Clinical Trials and Registries

Chair, Co-Chair : Brad Elder, MD, and Gavin Dunn, MD Members: Dan Cahill, MD, Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD, Mark Linskey, MD, Timothy Smith, MD, Andrew Sloan, MD, and Michael Vogelbaum, MD   From the “Clinical Trials and Registries” sub-committee, we a...

Bylaws

Chair : Edjah Nduom, MD Members : Fred Barker, MD, Uzma Samadani, MD, Walavan Sivakumar, MD, and Jeff Weinberg, MD   The sub-committee revised the Section Rules and regulations (“Bylaws”) to expand its leadership roles. These changes, sup...

Awards

Chairs : Jennifer Moliterno, MD, and Will Curry, MD Members: Frank Attenello, MD, Jason Heth, MD, and Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD We are excited for the upcoming 2023 AANS Section on Tumors scientific program! We again received exceptional abstracts...

2023 AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Biennial Symposium

16th AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Biennial Symposium Biennial Symposium September 8-9, 2023, immediately before the 2023 CNS Washington, DC   Scientific Chair : Gelareh Zadeh, MD Scientific Co-Chairs : Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhD, and...

AANS 2023 Los Angeles, CA

Chair : Maryam Rahman, MD Co-Chairs : Chris Newman, MD, and Desmond Brown, MD, PhD   Saturday April 22, 2023 1:30-5 pm Section on Tumor Session 1 Aligned with the meeting theme Neurosurgeons as Advocates , the first session entitled:...

Editor's Corner

Newsletter Editor: Garni Barkhoudarian, MD Newsletter Assistant Editor: Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO We are happy to share the Spring 2023 edition of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Newsletter. This year's AANS Annual Scientific Meeting theme is "Neurosurgeons...

From the Chair

AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Spring 2023 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Within the neurosurgical oncology subspecialty, besides performing technically challenging surgeries, we regularly help our patients to make difficult health decisions including...

AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Executive Committee Roster

Advisory Board Chair, Co-Chair : Steven Kalkanis, Najia El Abbadi Members: Manish Aghi, Gene Barnett, Jeff Bruce, Ennio Chiocca, Susan Chang, William Couldwell, Mitchel Berger, Roberta Glick, Mark Rosenblum, Barbara Nettel, Raymond Sawaya, Ron Warnick Bylaws...

Global Neurosurgery

Formerly International Neurosurgery Chair Ekkehard Kasper, MD, PhD, FAANS Co-Chair: Kate Drummond, MD, MBBS, IFAANS, FRACS Members:   Anandh Balasubramanian, MD, James Balogun, MD, MBBS, Dominik Cordier, MD, Ather Enam, MD, Sameh Elmorsy Hassan, ...

Washington Committee Update

Liaison : Tiffany R. Hodges, MD     One of the top legislative priorities for neurosurgeons involves reforming utilization review practices such as prior authorization, step-therapy, and Medicare’s appropriate use criteria program f...

Spine Oncology

Chair : Nicholas Szerlip, MD, FAANS Co-Chair: Nam D. Tran, MD, PhD, FAANS Member: John Shin, MD, FAANS   Within the past decade, we have seen significant progress made in the treatment of systemic tumors. These incremental gains were made...

Skull Base Surgery

Chair : Wenya Linda Bi, MD, PhD, FAANS Co-Chair: Daniel M. Prevedello, MD Members : Vincent Dinapoli, MD, FAANS, Ian Dunn, MD, FAANS, Michael Ivan, MD, FAANS, Michael Link, MD, FAANS, and Gordon Li, MD, FAANS Despite the global pandemic and challenges...

Scientific Program CNS 2022

Chair: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, FAANS Co-Chairs: Tiffany R. Hodges, MD and Michael Lim, MD, FAANS   The 2022 CNS Tumor Sessions were designed to provide an update on two rapidly growing areas of neurosurgical oncology. On Monday, October...

Satellite Symposium 2023

Save the Date! AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Biennial Satellite Symposium Friday – Saturday September 8-9, 2023 Washington DC Preceding the 2023 CNS Annual meeting

Research and Neurosurgery Research Education Foundation (NREF)

Chair: Maryam Rahman, MD, FAANS Co-Chair: Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhD, FAANS Members : Orin Bloch, MD, FAANS, Desmond Brown, MD, PhD, Mahua Dey, MD, FAANS, Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, FAANS, James Market, MD, FAANS, Gautam Mehta, MD, Dan Orringer, MD, FAANS,...

Pediatrics

Chair : Lissa Baird, MD, FAANS Co-Chair: Anthony Wang, MD     The field of pediatric neuro-oncology continues to expand at a rapid pace even relative to neuro-oncology in general, and multi-disciplinary pediatric neuro-oncology teams...

Membership and Membership Services

Chair: Randy Jensen, MD, PhD, FAANS Co-Chair: Isaac Yang, MD, FAANS Members: Ian Lee, MD, FAANS, and Wajd Al-Holou, MD, FAANS The newly reorganized membership committee has been very busy. We have settled on four areas to concentrate our efforts...

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Editor: Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FAANS       The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS and CNS Tumor Section. Several other prominent organizations also help to sponsor the journal. These include...

Innovation and Technology

Formerly Radiosurgery, LITT Chair: Chris Cifarelli, MD, PhD, FAANS Co-Chair : Lola Chambless, MD, FAANS Members : Clark Chen, MD, PhD, FAANS, Pamela Jones, MD, MS, MPH, FAANS, Claire Karekezi, MD, Alexandra Golbi, MD, FAANS, Pablo Recinos, MD,...

Guidelines

Chair: Jeff Olson, MD, FAANS Co-Chair: Ryan Ormond, MD, PhD, FAANS Members: Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS, Emanuela Binello, MD, PhD, ScD, FAANS, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, FAANs, Rohan Ramakrishna, MD, FAANS, Matthew Shepard, MD and Gabe Zada,...

Education

Chair: Gelareh Zadeh, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCS Co-Chair: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, FAANS Members: Michael Lim, MD, FAANS, Recinos Pablo, MD, FAANS, Vivian Tabar, MD, FAANS, and Brad Zacharia, MD, FAANS I am delighted to be the chair of the Education...

Early Career Neurosurgeons Committee (ECNC)

Formerly Young Neurosurgeons (YNS) Chair: Randy D’Amico, MD, FAANS Co-Chair : Raj Mukherjee, MD, MPH, FAANS   Please join us!

Development and Partnerships

Chair: Brian V. Nahed, MD, FAANS Co-Chair: Susan C. Pannullo, MD, FAANS Members : Lilyana Angelov, MD, FAANS, FACS, Kairson Chaichana, MD, John Lee, MD, FAANS, Amankulor Nduka, MD, FAANS, and Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, FAANS, FACS To foster...

Communication

Chair : Kimberly Hoang, MD Co-Chair: Claire Karekezi, MD Members : Maria Huda, MD and Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD, MSc, MBA, FAANS   The Communications Committee is now chaired by Kimberly Hoang, MD and Claire Karekezi, MD, with significant help...

Clinical Trials and Registries

Chair:  Brad Elder, MD   Co-Chair: Gavin Dunn, MD, PhD, FAANS Members: Dan Cahill, MD, PhD, FAANS, Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD, FAANS, Mark Linskey, MD, FAANS, Timothy Smith, MD, PhD, FAANs, Andrew Sloan, MD, FAANS, and Michael Vogelbaum MD, PhD, FA...

Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Fellowships

Chair : Linda Liau, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS Members : Ian Dunn, MD, FAANS, Isabelle Germano, MD, FAANS, FACS, Fred Lang, MD, FAANS, Michael Link, MD, FAANS, Jennifer Moliterno-Gunel, MD, FAANS, Jeff Olson, MD, FAANS, and Gabriel Zada, MD, FAANS The Committee...

Bylaws

Chair : Edjah Nduom, MD, FAANS Co-Chair : Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, FAANS Members : Fred Barker, MD, FAANS, FACS, Walavan Sivakumar, MD, FAANS, and Jeff Weinberg, MD, FAANS, FACS   In alignment with rules followed by our section’s guidelines w...

Awards

Chairs: Will Curry, MD, FAANS, and Jennifer Moliterno, MD, FAANS Members: Frank Attenello, MD, FAANS, Jason Heth, MD, FAANS, and Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD   The AANS/CNS section on Tumors once again received a record number of exceptional abstracts...

Editor's corner

Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS - Newsletter Editor Kristin Huntoon, PhD DO - Newsletter Assistant Editor     We are happy to share the Fall 2022 edition of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Newsletter.  As we exit the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

From the Chair

  Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA, FAANS, FACS August 2022     Dear Colleagues, It is truly an honor to serve as chair of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) section...

Tumor News Spring 2022

Editors:   Michael Ivan | Garni Barkhoudarian

Young Neurosurgeons News

Randy S. D’Amico, MD, Walavan Sivakumar, MD   Moving into 2022, the AANS Young Neurosurgeon’s Committee (YNC), under new chair Dr. Walavan Sivakumar, has continued to position itself for success in a post-pandemic academic environment.  Lean...
SNOSSA Update 2022

SNOSSA Update 2022

The Society for Neuro-Oncology Sub-Saharan Africa will hold its fifth annual meeting and its first in person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic in Accra, Ghana, from July 22nd -July 24th , 2022. Many tumor section members are scheduled to participate,...

NASBS Update 2022

Skull base surgery is making a bold return in 2022.  The 31st annual meeting of the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) was held at The Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass, in Phoenix, Arizona, February 18-20, 2022.  As usual, there was a very p...

Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy Studies Currently Open - 2022

Andrew Sloan, MD, & Ian Lee MD   There are currently 5 Studies of LITT for Adults with Brain Tumors with primary and recurrent gliomas as well as brain metastasis as indicated in the Table below.  Below, we highlight 2 of them (for Brain ...

Report from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Neuro-Oncology (April, 2022)

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology: The clinical trial highlighted in this report is entitled “Phase III trial of post-surgical single fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) compared with Fractionated SRS for Resected metastatic brain disease.” SRS...
Excellent Beginning for third CNS Foundation Tumor Observership Program

Excellent Beginning for third CNS Foundation Tumor Observership Program

On Monday, March 7th , Martín Andrés Merenzon of Buenos Aires, Argentina (pictured far right) began his three-month observership at the University of Miami in the division of surgical neurooncology.   He joins the Miami Brain Tumor team led by Ricardo Kom...
Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

  The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS and CNS Tumor Section.  Several other prominent organizations also help to sponsor the journal.  These include the Radiosurgery Society (RSS), the Indian Society o...

CNS Tumor Section 2021

Jon Sherman, Maryam Rahman, Brad Zacharia, Michael Ivan   The Tumor Section provided a dynamic educational program for the CNS Annual Meeting in Austin, TX Oct 16-20, 2021. The weekend symposia included topics covering malignant and benign...

Tumor Satellite Symposium 2021

Michael Vogelbaum, Ian Dunn, Michael Ivan Thank you to all of the members who attended and supported our 15th Biennial Tumor Section Satellite Symposium, held last October 15–16, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The meeting was a tremendous success and was o...

Tumor Section Awards

Costas G. Hadjipanayis, M.D., Ph.D., Walavan Sivakumar, MD., Wenya Linda Bi, M.D., Ph.D., Christopher P. Cifarelli, M.D., Ph.D., Gautam Mehta, M.D., Brian Williams, M.D.   The Tumor Section Awards Committee is happy to report 17 awards will...

AANS Tumor Section 2022 Update:

Randy S. D’Amico, MD, Georgios Zenonos, MD, Nelson Moss, MD, and Isaac Yang, MD   The AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, happening from April 29th to May 2nd , 2022 in Philadelphia, PA marks the return of the conference to in-person and features a...
From the Chair

From the Chair

  Dear Colleagues, The 2022 AANS meeting is finally upon us. The scientific program for the 2022 AANS Annual meeting was designed by Drs. Nelson Moss, Georgios Zenonos, and Randy D’Amico. They have done an outstanding job of organizing t...
Young Neurosurgeons News

Young Neurosurgeons News

Throughout 2021, the AANS Young Neurosurgeon’s Committee (YNC), under chair Dr. Jeremiah Johnson, has continued to adapt to the pandemic-influenced academic environment.  The Instagram account (@Youngneuros ) and Twitter account (@Youngneuros ) continue to...
Review of Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy Studies

Review of Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy Studies

LITT and Pembrolizumab in Recurrent Brain Metastasis (TORCH) This is an open-label, historically controlled pilot study investigating the immune effect of Laser Interstitial ThermotHerapy (LITT)+ pembrolizumab in adult patients with a primary cancer...
Society for Neuro-oncology of Sub-Saharan Africa (SNOSSA) 2021 Update

Society for Neuro-oncology of Sub-Saharan Africa (SNOSSA) 2021 Update

The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-oncology of Sub-Saharan Africa (SNOSSA) was held, again, as in 2020, virtually, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event was a success, with over 150 registrants representing 28 countries. The...
Clinical Trials-ABTC

Clinical Trials-ABTC

Clinical Trial Highlight: 08/25/2021 ABTC -1801:  BGB-290 and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Recurrent Gliomas With IDH1/2 Mutations Brief Summary This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and how well BGB-290  (a PARP Inhibitor) and...
From the Chair

From the Chair

Dear Colleagues, The AANS/CNS Tumor Section Satellite meeting is finally upon us.  The Satellite meeting is filled with timely and impactful lectures on spinal oncology, the tumor microenvironment, endoscopic skull base surgery, neurosurgeons ...
Diversifying the CNS and AANS: A Pathway to Improving Patient Care

Diversifying the CNS and AANS: A Pathway to Improving Patient Care

The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the impact of socioeconomic disparity on health outcomes to the forefront of national attention. The pandemic laid bare the disparate access to medical care felt by those at the lowest rungs of...
2021 Satellite Symposium Update

2021 Satellite Symposium Update

The Joint Section on Tumors' much anticipated 15th Biennial Tumor Section Satellite Symposium has been rescheduled for October 15–16, 2021 , in Austin, Texas. The meeting theme will be Neurosurgical Oncology: A Vision for the Future. This two-day confe...
CNS Meeting Update

CNS Meeting Update

The Tumor Section is planning for a dynamic educational program for the CNS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, Oct 16-20, 2021. Registrants who sign up for both the CNS Annual Meeting (free registration) and the Tumor Section meeting will save $100. Highlights...
2021 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting Update

2021 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting Update

While we were all disappointed that the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting was transitioned to a virtual format. Like any challenge it brings opportunity along with adversity, particularly to reach a wider audience. The frustration of this circumstance brings...
New Tumor Section Research Grants in Partnership with NREF and Nonprofit Organizations

New Tumor Section Research Grants in Partnership with NREF and Nonprofit Organizations

The Tumor Section has forged new relationships with two nonprofit organizations that have now provided $250,000 in brain tumor research grant funding to NREF applicants since 2020. The Tumor Section in partnership with the brain tumor nonprofit organizations,...
Tumor Section Offers More Awards Than Any Other Section

Tumor Section Offers More Awards Than Any Other Section

The Awards Committee is happy to report that the Tumor Section offered 27 awards to high scoring abstracts submitted this year, more than any other section at the AANS and CNS meetings.  While the pandemic limited our ability to physically come together ...
Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS and CNS Tumor Section. Several other prominent organizations also help to sponsor the journal. These include the Radiosurgery Society (RSS), the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology...
Update from the Society for Neuro-Oncology Fall 2021 

Update from the Society for Neuro-Oncology Fall 2021 

During the pandemic, I have been both inspired and humbled by the resiliency and dedication of the SNO membership who, despite many obstacles, have remained focused and steadfast in their commitment to advance the field of neuro-oncology and improve...
CNS/SNO Virtual Brain Tumor Board

CNS/SNO Virtual Brain Tumor Board

The Society of NeuroOncology and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in collaboration with the Tumor Section and The Neurosurgical Atlas, have produced a Virtual Brain Tumor Board conference series. This multidisciplinary conference, involving neurosurgeons,...
NASBS Update

NASBS Update

The 2021 Virtual symposium on February 13, 2021, was a great success, with 609 participants. The best abstracts were presented, and they are still available online as recorded talks along with the electronic posters until the NASBS 31st Annual Meeting...
International Observership Program Grows in 2022

International Observership Program Grows in 2022

CNS Foundation Innovative Seed Grant has recently approved the: CNS Foundation/Harvard-Massachusetts General Neurosurgery International Observership Program (IOP ) which will be accepting application in Fall 2021.  One selected candidate will spend ...
Leadership and Committees

Leadership and Committees

AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Leadership & Committees Chair Jason Sheehan Secretary & Treasurer Isabelle Germano Past Chair; Nominating Manish Aghi Advisory Board Fred Barker Advisory Board Steven...

Tumor News Fall/Winter 2020

Editors: Michael Ivan, MD, MBS, FAANS | Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS

Young Neurosurgeon’s Committee

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to limit in-person gatherings and conferences worldwide, national and international neurosurgical societies have adapted to a changing academic environment by embracing web-based educational, promotional and social communities....

Membership & Social Media Update

Membership The lifeblood of the Tumor Section is its members. Across all paying membership categories, as of September 29, we have seen a drop in member numbers. Active membership currently stands at 574 members, as opposed to 636 in 2019. This may be...

Clinical Trials – ABTC

Clinical Trial Highlight: 10/4/2020 ABTC 1603: Phase I Study of Neoadjuvant GMCI + PD-1 Inhibitor Combined with Standard of Care for Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas Principal Investigator: Nino Chiocca, MD, PhD, FAANS The hypothesis of this study...

Meeting Updates

Satellite Symposium Update 2020/2021 Michael Vogelbaum, MD, PhD, FAANS | Ian Dunn, MD, FAANS | Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FAANS The Joint Section on Tumors' much anticipated 15th Biennial Tumor Section Satellite Symposium has been rescheduled for October...

2020 International Observership Program Thrives as Educational and Bridge-building Initiative

Franco Rubino, MD, of Tucumán, Argentina, spent three unique months at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Miami, observing with Ricardo Komotar, MD, FAANS, FACS, CNS Foundation Board member and director of the UM Residency Program and director ...

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS/CNS Tumor Section. Several other prominent organizations also help to sponsor the journal. These include the Radiosurgery Society (RSS), the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology (ISNO),...

CNS/SNO Virtual Brain Tumor Board

The Society of NeuroOncology and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in collaboration with the Tumor Section and the Neurosurgical Atlas , have produced a Virtual Brain Tumor Board conference series. This multidisciplinary conference, involving neurosurgeons,...

New Tumor Section Awards and Grants

The Tumor Section Awards Committee is happy to report the addition of 14 new awards (summarized below) to be given at the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting and CNS Annual Meeting. In addition, two high-scoring NREF research proposals were...

Spotlight on Education: Neuro-oncology Webinars

At the last Tumor Section meeting at both the AANS and CNS, it was unthinkable that having a meal or drink with a group of colleagues would be a far more complex endeavor in 2020. As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, in-person conferences worldwide...

Neuro-oncology during COVID-19: A West Coast Perspective

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on our national health care system. During the early part of the pandemic, elective surgical procedures were particularly affected, with the threat that should hospitalizations rise in the future in certain...

Neuro-oncology during COVID: An NYC Perspective

I had not realized how unique the situation was in New York until I was on a panel discussing the possibility of performing endonasal surgery on a patient with COVID. It was sometime around mid-April and several papers had been published from prominent...

From the Chair

Dear Colleagues, The past year has been filled with accomplishments for the section. Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, FAANS, finished his term as section chair. Under his leadership, the section has expanded its membership and broadened its financial support....

Tumor Section Fellowship Award Update

The AANS/CNS Joint section on Tumor takes great pride in supporting and encouraging young investigators to innovate the field of neuro-oncology with bench research. In 2017, the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumor started a new Research Fellowship Award in...

NASBS Meeting Update

The world of skull base disorders, like neuro-oncology as a whole, has experienced dramatic changes in 2020. The highlight, by far, was the 30th annual scientific meeting of the North American Skull Base Society, held February 6-9, 2020, in San Antonio....

AANS SRS Registry Update

The AANS National Stereotactic Radiosurgery Quality Registry is a joint project that was developed with input from organized neurosurgery and radiation oncology to define national patterns of care in radiosurgery. The goals are to identify gaps in treatment...

2020 Tumor Section Satellite Symposium

Neurosurgical Oncology 2020: A Vision for the Future Chairs Michael A. Vogelbaum MD, PhD, FAANS Ian Dunn, MD, FAANS Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FAANS Committee Pablo Recinos, MD, FAANS Nam Tran MD, PhD, FAANS John Chi MD, MPH, FAANS Isaac...

Tumor Section Guidelines Committee

The updates of guidelines projects sponsored by the Joint Tumor Section are under active development and at various stages of maturity. This is accounting for most of the energy being expended by the writing groups at this time. The Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma...

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

JNO has received and fast-tracked reports from our Italian and Chinese colleagues to better our response and help develop best practices during this COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS and CNS...

Education Update: Neurosurgical Oncology Fellowship 2020

The Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST), our governing body for all fellowships in the U.S., has instituted certain changes to standardize accreditation of neurosurgical oncology (NO) fellowships. The most notable change has been with enfolded...

From the Chair

Greetings and Welcome to the Spring 2020 AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Newsletter Dear Colleagues, We are living in unprecedented times as the ongoing global Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has caused a high rate of global fatalities and imposed...

Tumor Section Awards

The Tumor Section Awards Committee continues to expand and develop its robust award program for outstanding research during both AANS and CNS scientific meetings, with new key steps below summarized: In 2019, the Leksell award previously given only...

Tumor Section Membership Report

Fall 2019 Membership Statistics as of Sept. 17, 2019 Class Code Subclass 2019 Dues 2019 Fall Members 2018 Members 2017 Members 2016 Members Active 01S $150 636 602 531 544 Adjunct 60D $37.50 68 43...

Initial Biopsy and Early Re‐resection Practices in the Treatment of Glioblastoma among AANS/CNS Tumor Section Surgeons

A recent ten-question survey distributed to AANS/CNS Tumor Section members sought to characterize the surgical management of glioblastoma (GBM) among neurosurgeons. While surgical resection remains the best initial treatment for GBM, practice patterns...

Guidelines

The AANS/CNS Section on Tumors has been offered the opportunity to influence guidelines beyond organized neurosurgery. In recent months, representatives of the Tumor Section (Brian Nahed, Navid Redjal, Andrew Sloan, Pricilla Brastianos and Jeffrey J....

Young Neurosurgeons Reception/YNC Report

The April 2019 the AANS Tumor Section Young Neurosurgeons Reception, honoring speaker Ganesh Rao, MD, FAANS, was well-attended by junior faculty, residents and medical students. Dr. Rao tailored his speech to guide the career development of graduating...

AANS SRS Registry Update

The AANS national Stereotactic Radiosurgery Registry (SRS) is a project developed with input from organized neurosurgery and radiation oncology to define national patterns of care in radiosurgery. The goals are to identify gaps in treatment quality,...

SNOSSA Update

The Second Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-oncology of Sub-Saharan Africa (SNOSSA) was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in conjunction with the South African Paediatric Brain Tumor Workshop, the South African Congress of Oncology and the Society...

International Observership Program (IOP)

The AANS/CNS Tumor Section, in conjunction with the CNS Foundation, is pleased to announce the inaugural International Observership Program (IOP), which will provide an Argentinean neurosurgeon the opportunity to participate as an observer for three months...

SNO Update

The Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) had a busy summer, organizing two separate boutique meetings. The first, the 5th Pediatric Basic and Translational Neuro-Oncology Research Conference, was held May 3-4 in San Francisco, with Nada Jabado and Sabine...

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors. Several other prominent organizations also help to sponsor the journal. These include the Radiosurgery Society (RSS), the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology...

Funding Opportunities for Investigator-initiated Clinical Trials in Neurosurgical Oncology

One of the career challenges often cited by young academically-oriented neurosurgeons relates to the funding of new clinical trial concepts. This brief overview is intended to highlight some of the readily-available funding options for these types of...

Upcoming North American Skull Base Meeting 2020

The North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) 30th annual meeting will be held at La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, February 7-9, 2020, with a pre-meeting hands-on dissection course February 5-6, 2020. La Cantera is a beautiful resort, full of family-oriented...

2019 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting Summary

Under the leadership of Chair Dr. Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, FAANS, the Tumor Section scientific program at the 2019 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting delivered an abundance of original scientific content and educational programming for neurosurgeons and trainees...

2020 AANS Tumor Section Scientific Program Preview

The 2020 AANS Tumor Section scientific program was developed to mirror the AANS theme of The World of Neurosurgery . Our two tumor section symposia will highlight glioblastoma clinical trials and radiosurgery equipoise when assessing brain tumors. Sessions...

2019 CNS Meeting: A Preview of Tumor Section Highlights

Constructed with the guiding theme of The Age of Reason for Neurosurgery , the 2019 CNS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, October 18-23, is anticipated to be both an exciting and evidence-based event. The AANS/CNS Section on Tumors has planned several...

Tumor Section Awards Update

The Tumor Section Awards Committee continues to actively develop the most robust award program for outstanding research of any of the AANS/CNS sections. At the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting each year, the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors sponsors 12 Awards...

Tumor Section Education: CNS Tumor Complication Course

The CNS is offering a brand new live course this year focused on prevention and management of complications related to brain tumors. It will be held Jan 25-26, 2020, in Las Vegas. The faculty include: Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, FAANS, University of California...

From the Chair

Greetings, and Welcome to the Fall 2019 AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Newsletter Dear Colleagues: As we look forward to gathering again at the 2019 CNS annual meeting in San Francisco, this is a great opportunity to reflect upon recent...