Fall 2023

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...

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."...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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,...