The AANS officers for 2008-2009 were elected at the annual business meeting on April 28 and took office at the conclusion of the 2008 AANS Annual Meeting. The president-elect took office June 1 after a special election necessitated when the nominee previously selected by the Nominating Committee withdrew his name from consideration on March 31.
Officers comprising the Executive Committee are: James R. Bean, MD, president; Troy M. Tippett, MD, president-elect; Martin B. Camins, MD, vice president; James T. Rutka, MD, secretary; Paul C. McCormick, MD, treasurer; and Jon H. Robertson, MD, past president. While brief biographical information on each of the officers follows, press releases with more extensive information are available in the Library at www.aans.org. The Board of Directors additionally includes five directors-at-large, four regional directors, a historian, nine ex-officio members, and three liaisons; the board is listed in its entirety at www.aans.org/about/membership/executive.asp.
James R. Bean, MD
President
James R. Bean, MD, completed a three-year term as AANS treasurer prior to serving
as president-elect and now as president. An active member of the AANS since
1988, Dr. Bean was editor of the AANS Bulletin from 2003 to 2005. He has served
as chair of the AANS/CNS Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (1997-1999),
the AANS/CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee (2000-2002), and the AANS/CNS
Washington Committee (2002-2004).He is a member of the following committees:
Executive, Finance, Long-Range Planning, the Neurosurgery Research and Education
Foundation Executive Council, and the NeurosurgeryPAC Board of Directors. He
currently is president of Neurosurgical Associates PSC in Lexington, Ky.
Troy M. Tippett, MD
President-Elect
Troy M. Tippett, MD, FACS, has served on the AANS Board of Directors since
2004, most recently completing a one-year term as vice president and a three-year
term as chair of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. He is a member of the following
committees: Bylaws, Executive, Finance, Long-Range Planning, Neurosurgery Research
and Education Foundation Executive Council, and the NeurosurgeryPAC Board of
Directors. Dr. Tippett received the Distinguished Service Award from the AANS
in 2003. He served as president of the Florida Medical Association from 2005
to 2006 and just completed service as chair of the Florida delegation to the
American Medical Association. Dr. Tippett has been in private practice and
a member of the Neurosurgical Group in Pensacola, Fla., since 1976 and medical
director of this practice since 1988.
Martin B. Camins, MD
Vice President
Martin B. Camins, MD, a member of the AANS since 1980, serves on the following
committees: Bylaws, Executive, Finance, Long-Range Planning, the NeurosurgeryPAC
Board of Directors, and Professional Conduct. He is a member of the Administrative
Committee of the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons, the Neurosurgical
Society of America, and the Society of Neurological Surgeons. He is the neurosurgical
Regent of the American College of Surgeons. He also served on the Executive
Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons from 1985 to 1991 andwas
CNS vice president in 1988. Dr. Camins is currently clinical professor of neurosurgery
at The Mount Sinai Hospital and an attending neurosurgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital.
James T. Rutka, MD
Secretary
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCS, is serving the last year of a three-year term
as secretary. An active member of the AANS since 1983, he has served on the
AANS Board of Directors since 2003. He was chair of the 2006 AANS Annual Meeting
and chair of the Scientific Program Committee in 2005. He serves on following
committees: Executive, Finance, Long-Range Planning, the Neurosurgery Research
and Education Foundation Executive Council, Publications, and the NeurosurgeryPAC
Board of Directors. Dr. Rutka has been on the neurosurgical staff at the Hospital
for Sick Children in Toronto since 1990. He is currently director of the Arthur
and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre. Among his many awards are the
Lister Award from the University of Toronto, a Scientist Award from the Medical
Research Council of Canada; and the Grass Award from the Society of Neurological
Surgeons.
Paul C. McCormick, MD
Treasurer
Paul C. McCormick, MD, is serving the second year of a three-year term as treasurer.
An active member of the AANS since 1992, Dr. McCormick served on the AANS Board
of Directors from 2002 to 2005. He was chair of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders
of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves from 2000 to 2001, chair of the 2001 AANS
Annual Meeting, and chair of the Scientific Program Committee in 2000. He is
a member of the following committees: Development, Executive, Finance (Chair),
Information Technology, Long-Range Planning, Maintenance of Certification,
and the NeurosurgeryPAC Board of Directors. Dr. McCormick has been on the staff
of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y., since 1990. In July
2006, he was appointed the Herbert and Linda Gallen Professor of Clinical Neurological
Surgery at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 2007,
he received the John Jay award for professional achievement from Columbia University.
Jon H. Robertson, MD
Past President
Jon H. Robertson, MD, an active member of the AANS since 1983, has served on
the AANS Board of Directors since 1999. He is a member of the following committees:
Executive, Finance, Long-Range Planning, Neuro-Knowledge Advisory Task Force,
the NeurosurgeryPAC Board of Directors, and Nominating (Chair). He finished
a three-year term as AANS secretary in 2006, served as chair of the Development
Committee from 2003 to 2007, and served as chair of the Annual Meeting Committee
in 1994. He is active in many professional organizations, among them the American
Board of Neurological Surgery, American Academy of Neurological Surgery, and
the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Robertson was named professor and
chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health
Science Center in Memphis in 1997. He has been a practicing member of the Semmes-Murphey
Neurologic and Spine Institute since 1979. NS
AANS Disciplinary Actions
The AANS Board of Directors heard six recommendations from the Professional
Conduct Committee at its April 25 meeting in Chicago. Approved were recommendations
for dismissal of the complaints in three cases and for censure in two cases.
One case in which the PCC had recommended censure was dismissed.
Both of the members who were voted to be censured are appealing to the general membership of the AANS. Those appeals will be heard at the annual business meeting in San Diego, Calif., on May 4, 2009.
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AANS Bylaws
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Guidelines on Neurosurgeon-Industry Conflict of Interest