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...

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."...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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,...