Awards Committee

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 scientific abstracts during the 2024 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting. From a pool of more than 500 submitted abstracts, there were numerous outstanding studies, making award selection particularly challenging. In line with the meeting theme of What Matters, the award-winning abstracts highlight advances in current clinical and scientific topics.

A very special thanks to Isabelle Germano for her help in making this a very thoughtful and productive process.

Congratulations to the following 2024 AANS awardees for their exceptional work and heartfelt thank you to our industry and philanthropy partners for their continued support.

  1. AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Neuro-Oncology Trainee Award — Brandon Santhumayor, BA
  2. Ronald L. Bittner Award on Brain Tumor Research — Ramin Morshed, MD
  3. BrainLab Neurosurgery Award —Justin Wang, MD
  4. Columbia Softball Skull Base Surgery Award Skull Base Surgery Award — Maxwell Laws, MD
  5. Globus Spine Tumor Award — Hani Chanbour, MD
  6. Integra Foundation Award — Alper Dincer, MD
  7. Journal of Neuro-Oncology Award — Kirit Singh, MD, MSc
  8. Lunsford and Leksell Radiosurgery Award — Othman Bin Alamer, MBBS
  9. Mizuho Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery Award — Chandler Berke, BS
  10. Rosenblum-Mahaley Clinical Research Award — David Puccio, BS
  11. James Rutka Pediatrics Award — Jimin Shin, BS
  12. Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF) Award — Nicholas Dadario, BS
  13. Stryker Tumor Award — David Asuzu, MD, PhD
  14. Zeiss Brain Tumor Research Award — Irakily Abramov, MD, PhD