Editors: Michael Ivan, MD, MBS, FAANS | Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS
From the Chair
Dear Colleagues, The past year has been filled with accomplishments for the section. Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, FAANS, finished his term as section chair. Under his leadership, the section has expanded its membership and broadened its financial support....
Neuro-oncology during COVID: An NYC Perspective
I had not realized how unique the situation was in New York until I was on a panel discussing the possibility of performing endonasal surgery on a patient with COVID. It was sometime around mid-April and several papers had been published from prominent...
Neuro-oncology during COVID-19: A West Coast Perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on our national health care system. During the early part of the pandemic, elective surgical procedures were particularly affected, with the threat that should hospitalizations rise in the future in certain...
Spotlight on Education: Neuro-oncology Webinars
At the last Tumor Section meeting at both the AANS and CNS, it was unthinkable that having a meal or drink with a group of colleagues would be a far more complex endeavor in 2020. As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, in-person conferences worldwide...
New Tumor Section Awards and Grants
The Tumor Section Awards Committee is happy to report the addition of 14 new awards (summarized below) to be given at the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting and CNS Annual Meeting. In addition, two high-scoring NREF research proposals were...
CNS/SNO Virtual Brain Tumor Board
The Society of NeuroOncology and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, in collaboration with the Tumor Section and the Neurosurgical Atlas , have produced a Virtual Brain Tumor Board conference series. This multidisciplinary conference, involving neurosurgeons,...
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
The Journal of Neuro-Oncology (JNO) is the official journal of the AANS/CNS Tumor Section. Several other prominent organizations also help to sponsor the journal. These include the Radiosurgery Society (RSS), the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology (ISNO),...
2020 International Observership Program Thrives as Educational and Bridge-building Initiative
Franco Rubino, MD, of Tucumán, Argentina, spent three unique months at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Miami, observing with Ricardo Komotar, MD, FAANS, FACS, CNS Foundation Board member and director of the UM Residency Program and director ...
Meeting Updates
Satellite Symposium Update 2020/2021 Michael Vogelbaum, MD, PhD, FAANS | Ian Dunn, MD, FAANS | Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FAANS The Joint Section on Tumors' much anticipated 15th Biennial Tumor Section Satellite Symposium has been rescheduled for October...
Clinical Trials – ABTC
Clinical Trial Highlight: 10/4/2020 ABTC 1603: Phase I Study of Neoadjuvant GMCI + PD-1 Inhibitor Combined with Standard of Care for Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas Principal Investigator: Nino Chiocca, MD, PhD, FAANS The hypothesis of this study...
Membership & Social Media Update
Membership The lifeblood of the Tumor Section is its members. Across all paying membership categories, as of September 29, we have seen a drop in member numbers. Active membership currently stands at 574 members, as opposed to 636 in 2019. This may be...
Young Neurosurgeon’s Committee
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to limit in-person gatherings and conferences worldwide, national and international neurosurgical societies have adapted to a changing academic environment by embracing web-based educational, promotional and social communities....