Newswise — John A. Wilson, MD, FAANS, will serve as the 2016-2017 treasurer of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the organization announced during the 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, held in Chicago, April 30-May 4, 2016. He will join President Frederick A. Boop, MD, FAANS; Vice President Timothy B. Mapstone, MD, FAANS; President-Elect Alex B. Valadka, MD, FAANS; Secretary Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FAANS; and Immediate Past President H. Hunt Batjer, MD, FAANS, to complete the 2016-2017 AANS Executive Committee.
Wilson began neurosurgical practice in Pittsburgh at Allegheny General Hospital. In 1993, he was recruited to the neurosurgical faculty at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston Salem, N.C. Since then, he has practiced neurosurgery at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center where he is the David L. and Sally Kelly Professor and vice chair in the Department of Neurological Surgery as well as the co-director of the Neuroscience Service Line. His practice focuses primarily on cerebrovascular and skull base disorders.
“It is an honor to have been elected by my peers to serve the AANS membership as its treasurer. I am looking forward to working with the dedicated and hard-working volunteer physician leadership of the AANS as well as our terrific staff and executive leadership. I will strive to be a good steward of the resources of the organization and to continue the strong precedent of fiscal responsibility set by those serving before me,” commented Wilson. Wilson has served as an advisor to the North Carolina state Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee and the national Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee. Wilson has served as an officer in a numerous national and regional societies including: president of the North Carolina Neurosurgical Society, president of the Southern Neurosurgical Society, president of the Society of University Neurosurgeons (SUN), chair of the joint AANS and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Cerebrovascular Section and chair of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee.
Media Representatives: The 2016 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting press section will include releases on highlighted scientific research, AANS officers and award winners, Neurosurgery Awareness Month and other relevant information about the 2016 program. Releases will be posted under the “Media” area on the 2016 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting website. If you have interest in a topic related to neurosurgery or would like to interview a neurosurgeon — either onsite or via telephone — during the event, please contact Alice Kelsey, AANS associate executive director, via email at [email protected].
About the 2016 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting: Attended by neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents, medical students, neuroscience nurses, clinical specialists, physician assistants, allied health professionals and other medical professionals, the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting is the largest gathering of neurosurgeons in the nation, with an emphasis on the field’s latest research and technological advances. More than 1,200 scientific abstracts were submitted for the 2015 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting; the scientific presentations accepted for the 2016 event will represent cutting-edge examples of the incredible developments taking place within the field of neurosurgery. Additional information about the 2016 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting and the meeting program can be found here.
Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and educational association with more than 10,000 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to the public. Fellows of the AANS are board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery, A.C. Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the spinal column, spinal cord, brain, nervous system and peripheral nerves.
For more information, visit www.AANS.org.
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