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AANS announces new leaders at annual meeting
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The American Association of Neurological Surgeons announced new appointments to its organization for the 2016 to 2017 year at the group’s annual meeting, which was held in Chicago.
According to a press release from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the organization named Frederick A. Boop, MD, FAANS, as its president. He is the JT Robertson professor and chairman for the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tenn.
The organization also named Alex B. Valadka, MD, FAANS, president elect. He is professor and chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University and is director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Timothy B. Mapstone, MD, FAANS, was appointed vice president of AANS. According to a release, he is the vice president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons and was a past member of the AANS board of directors.
The AANS has named John A. Wilson, MD, FAANS, treasurer. Wilson, according to an AANS press release, has served in various national and regional neurological societies, including serving as chair of the joint AANS and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Cerebrovascular Section and chair of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee.
H. Hunt Batjer, MD, FAANS, the 2016 to 2017 past president of AANS, has been appointed to a role on the group’s executive committee.
“As past president of the AANS, I will continue to serve both our specialty, as well as the public interests. Our executive committee and board of directors will remain focused on ensuring that health policy enables the public to receive the highest quality of neurosurgical care,” Batjer said in a press release.
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