The American Association of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery has been planning its next meeting to be held in June, 1999, at Snowbird Resort in Utah. The meeting will be chaired by Joint Section President, Dr. David Roberts, and includes Dr. Peter Heilbrun, as Local Arrangements Chairmen and Dr. Douglas Kondziolka, as Scientific Program Chairman. Further notification will be sent by mail regarding meeting information and abstract submission.
Board members of the Joint Section have been working on movement disorder surgery guidelines; reimbursement guidelines for radiosurgery and pallidotomy; and CPT code clarifications in image-guided surgery. The Section is represented by Douglas Kondziolka on the Outcomes Committe of the AANS/CNS. Work is underway on the design of outcomes instruments for pallidotomy and metastatic tumor radiosurgery.
Dr. Richard Lehman will host a “2nd Pallidotomy Accord” in April, 1998. Further information on this New Jersey meeting will be forthcoming.
For membership inquiries, please contact the Secretary/Treasurer office: Douglas Kondziolka, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, Suite B400, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.