Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Chair   Dear Section on Tumors Members and Colleagues, The section’s journey over the past six months, along with the anticipated event at the upcoming 2024 AANS Annual Scientific M...

Newsletter Editor : Garni Barkhoudarian, MD Newsletter Assistant Editor : Kristin Huntoon, DO, PhD We are happy to share the spring 2024 edition of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Newsletter. We appreciate the subcommittee members for participating i...

Committee Chair: Jennifer Moliterno, MD Co-Chair: Frank Attenello, MD Committee Members: Will Curry, MD, Jason Heth, MD, Pascal Zinn, MD, PhD For the 40th anniversary of the AANS/CNS section on Tumors, we are pleased to feature the highest scoring...

  Thank you to all the members who attended and supported the Section on Tumors Biennial Symposium, held last September 8-9, 2023, in Washington, DC. The meeting was highly successful with an unprecedented number of registrants five folds...

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 From the “Clinical Trials and Registries” Committee, we are excite...

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 new case log requirements for the CAST Neurosurgical...

Chair:  Kimberly Hoang, MD Co-Chair: 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 ...

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 The Development and Partnerships Committee had a successful la...

Co-Chairs:  Stephanie Cheok, MD, and Christian Bowers, MD Members:  Raj Mukherjee, MD, PhD, and Randy D’Amico, MD The Early Career Neurosurgeons Committee (ECNC) chaired by Dr. Stephanie Cheok and Dr. Christian Bowers welcomes the new year and we ...

Chair: Gelareh Zadeh, MD Co-Chair: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD Members : Michael Lim, MD, Pablo Recinos, MD, Vivian Tabar, MD, and Brad Zacharia, MD The theme for the AANS Annual Meeting this year, What Matters, provides an opportunity for introspection...

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 Komatar, ...

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 As the Joint Tumor Section approaches its 40th a...

Chair: Ian Parney MD, PhD It has been a busy year as we prepare to celebrate the Tumor Section’s 40th anniversary at the upcoming AANS Annual Meeting in Chicago. Based on input from all 17 current and prior Section on Tumors chairs, a peer-reviewed p...

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 committee continues to serve...

Editor: Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD   The JNO Webinar series “Tumor Talk” continues to help promote published works. Recent data from analyzing Tumor Talk shows: High participant satisfaction Webinars draw >200 views on average on ...

Co-Chairs:  Eva Galanis, MD, Mark Gilbert, MD The Medical Neuro-Oncology Subcommittee appreciates the opportunity to help foster interdisciplinary activities by promoting educational opportunities and dialogue that focus on areas of interest for ...

Chair: Randy Jensen, MD Co-Chair:   Isaac Yang, MD Members:  Ian Lee, MD, and Wajd Al-Holou, MD The membership committee continues to work to add value to Tumor Section membership. We personally contacted all Tumor Section members that had not pa...

Chair:  Lissa Baird, MD Co-Chair: Anthony Wang, MD   The Executive Committee of the AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery met in Oklahoma City, Okla., on November 29, 2023. An update on tumor-related concerns was provided by ...

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 A...

Chair: Kristin Huntoon, DO, PhD Co-Chairs: Christine Lee, MD, and Ian Parney, MD, PhD Inspired by this year's theme, What Matters , the Section on Tumors’ 2024 AANS Annual Meeting scientific program will focus on interactive modular segments t...

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 gathered in December 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa,...

Chair: Nicholas Szerlip, MD Co-Chair:  Nam D. Tran, MD Member:  John Shin, MD Spinal oncology is emerging as a distinct, yet vital subset of neuro-oncology. With advancements in radiation and systemic therapies, we expect to see longer survival a...

Liaison Chair: Tiffany R. Hodges, MD As an update to prior authorization reform legislation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the second rule to improve the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage, CHIP, Medicaid...