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 and pleased to recognize such well deserving awardees with 18 awards.

Our Award portfolio continues to grow with two new awards at the AANS 2023:

• Gladiator Project Award, awarded to a high scoring translational abstract on adult glioblastoma.
• Globus Spine Tumor Award, awarded to a high scoring abstract on spine tumors.

We are grateful for all of the following support to allow us to recognize the outstanding work being done in the field of Neurosurgical Oncology. Congratulations to our awardees and we’ll see you in LA!

AANS/CNS Joint Section Tumor Neuro-Oncology Trainee Award –  Mojtaba Dayyani

American Brain Tumor Association Young Investigator Award –  Pavan Shah

BrainLab Neurosurgery Award –  Hailiang Tang

Columbia Softball Skull Base Award – Adam Marmelak

Elekta Tumor Section Award –  Kunal Patel

Gladiator Award – Michael Argenziano

Globus Spine Tumor Award – Vicki Butenschoen

Integra Foundation Award –  Mulki Mehari

James Rutka Pediatric Brain Tumor Award –  David Baskin

Journal of Neuro-Oncology Award –  Shreya Budhiraja

Leica Proficient Surgical Tumor Award – Yuan Xu

Lunsford and Leksell Radiosurgery Award –  Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar

Mizuho Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery Award – Paolo Palmisciano

Rosenblum-Mahaley Clinical Research Award –  Assaf Berger

Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation – Joshua Casaos

Staches Strong Award – Elyse Moore

Stryker CNS Tumor Award – Arka Mallela

Ronald L. Bittner Award on Brain Tumor Research – Victor Arrieta Gonzalez