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AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery
2008 Winter Meeting
Dec. 4, 2008, 5 p.m.
Davenport Hotel
Spokane, Wash.
Call to Order at 5 p.m. by Jeffrey Wisoff, MD, chair
Approval of Minutes From Spring 2008 Meeting –Alan Cohen, MD, secretary
Moved for approval and accepted by acclamation.
Financial Report –Bruce Kaufman, MD, treasurer
As of the end of October 2008 the section’s net assets totaled $586,440. The short-term/checking
account had $129,200 with a yield of approximately 2.3 percent, which compares
to a yield of 3.75 percent at this time last year. The long-term investments,
which are pooled and managed by the AANS, had $431,544 with a negative yield
(-19 percent) compared to a return last year of 2 percent.
Membership Committee – Alan Cohen, MD, for Mark Proctor, MD
The following applicants have fulfilled the criteria for membership. There
were 47 applicants with the following breakdown: eight Active; 34 Resident/Fellow;
five International.
Active
Laurie Ackerman, MD, Indianapolis, Ind.
Kuris Auguste, MD, San Francisco, Calif.
Samer Elbabaa, MD, Little Rock, Ark.
Jorge Guajardo Torres, MD, Garza Garcia, Mexico
Francisco Guerrero Jazo, MD, Cancun, Mexico
Sanjay Misra, MD, Pueblo, Colo.
Jay Riva-Cambrin, MD, Salt Lake City, Utah
Rachana Tyagi, MD, New Brunswick, N.J.
Resident
Gregory, Albert, MD, Iowa City, Iowa
Darric Baty, MD, Philadelphia, Pa.
David Bauer, MD, Birmingham, Ala.
Bryan Bertoglio, MD, Iowa City, Iowa
Michael Dorsi, MD, Los Angeles, Calif.
Andrew Fabiano, MD, Buffalo, N.Y.
John Gachiani, MD, New Orleans, La.
Sanjay Gupta, MD, Toronto, Canada
Abilash Haridas, MD, New York, N.Y.
Jason Hauptman, MD, Los Angeles, Calif.
Namath Hussain, MD, Phoenix, Ariz.
Eric Jackson, MD, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rolando Jimenez, MD, Mexico City, Mexico
Kristopher Kahle, MD, Boston, Mass.
Ioannis Karampelas, MD, Cleveland, Ohio
Colin Kazina, MD, Winnipeg, Canada
Tyler Kenning, MD, Albany, N.Y.
Sandi Lam, MD, Los Angeles, Calif.
Timothy Maryanov, MD, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Carrie Muh, MD, Atlanta, Ga.
Amanda Muhs, MD, Washington, D.C.
Karim Mukhida, MD, Toronto, Canada
Christina Notarianni, MD, Shreveport, La.
Eylem Ocal, MD, New Haven, Conn.
Brent O’Neill, MD, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nathan Ranalli, MD, Philadelphia, Pa.
Elias Rizk, MD, Harrisburg, Pa.
Brandon Rocque, MD, Madison, Wis.
Haitham Shareef, MBChB, IBMS (International Resident), Baghdad, Iraq
Debbie Song, MD, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Charles Stevenson, MD, Cincinnati, Ohio
Artur Szymczak, MD, London, Canada
Shobhan Vachhrajani, MD, Toronto, Canada
Payman Vahedi, MD, (International Resident), Tabriz, Iran
International
Ghanem Al-Sulaiti, MD, Doha, Qatar
Bernt Due-Tonnessen, MD, Oslo, Norway
Sergey Larionov, MD, Irkutsk, Russia
Mehmet Selcuki, MD, PhD, Izmir, Turkey
Boris Zivny, MD, Praha, Czech Republic
The names were circulated to the membership via Pediatric
ShortCuts. They all
were approved by the council, then were brought to a vote at the business meeting
and approved by acclamation.
Nominating Committee - Rick Abbott, MD
The nominating committee proposed the following slate: Chair-Elect: Alan Cohen,
MD; Secretary: Bruce Kaufman, MD; Treasurer: Sarah Gaskill, MD; At
Large: David Gruber, MD, and John Ragheb, MD. The slate was approved by acclamation.
Annual Meetings
Spokane 2008 – David Gruber, MD
The actual attendance was 227 neurosurgeons, 16 spouses, 53 nurses and 84
exhibitors. The projected revenue from registration was $101,955, excluding
onsite registration. It was expected that the Spokane meeting would end up revenue-neutral.
The section thanked Dr. Gruber for the outstanding job he did organizing this
year’s meeting.
Boston 2009 – Liliana Goumnerova, MD
The meeting will be at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Dec. 1-3, 2009.
Future Meetings – Tina Duhaime, MD
2010 – Cleveland was selected, with the meeting dates from Nov. 30 to
Dec. 3 at the Renaissance Hotel.
2011 – Austin was selected.
2012 – Cities offering to host the annual meeting were St. Louis, Pasadena,
Philadelphia, Chicago and Amelia Island. Addendum: Subsequent requests to host
the annual meeting have been received from Toronto and Houston.
Ad Hoc Committees
Traveling Fellowship Committee – Michael Scott, MD
There were six applications for international fellowships, and the following
two individuals were recommended for funding:
- Rezida Galimova of Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, to be sponsored by James
Goodrich, MD
- Wilhasto Suryaningtyas of Surabaya, Indonesia, to be sponsored by Michael
Scott, MD
There were two applications for the U.S./Canadian resident traveling fellowship,
and it was recommended that they both be funded:
- Erin Kiehna of the University of Virginia, to be sponsored by James Drake,
MD
- Eliaz Rizk of Penn State, to be sponsored by Bermans Iskandar, MD
Old Business
Workforce Study – Jeffrey Wisoff, MD
A comprehensive workforce study has been conducted by Jeffrey Sussman of Brandeis
University. A new manpower survey will be sent to the membership by Jeff Sussman,
Susan Durham and Mark Dias. The results of this survey will be reviewed at
the next meeting in May 2009.
New Business
Membership Drive – Jeffrey Wisoff, MD
Last year’s membership drive resulted in 47 new applicants. A new membership
drive will be conducted in the spring of 2009.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Alan R. Cohen, MD
Secretary
©1998-2009; American Association of Neurological Surgeons /
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
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