Newswise — Timothy B. Mapstone, MD, FAANS, will serve as the 2016-2017 vice president 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; President-Elect Alex B. Valadka, MD, FAANS; Treasurer John A. Wilson, 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.
Mapstone is the current vice president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS), past president of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN) and a past member of the AANS’s Board of Directors. His neurosurgical practice focuses on pediatric neurosurgery and seizure surgery, and he has a special interest in evidence-based medicine and in developing processes to enhance patient safety and quality care. Part of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, he serves as professor and chairman and is the Harry Wilkins Chair in the Department of Neurosurgery.
“I am pleased to have been chosen as the vice president of the AANS and look forward to working with the Executive Committee and Board of Directors to further the efforts of the AANS to enhance our members’ ability to provide high-quality care by continuing our advocacy in health policy and educational offerings. Neurosurgery is a rapidly-evolving specialty, and the AANS is committed to keeping members at the forefront of these changes and to advocate for increasing diversity in our workforce,” said Mapstone.
Mapstone has a long-standing commitment to medical education, including playing key roles in the development of the Matrix and Portal, a combined effort of the AANS, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the SNS. He has also been involved in the develop of the Milestones with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
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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