Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation 2001-2002 Campaign Results
Each year the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the AANS conducts a charitable campaign to raise funds to award research fellowships, which are vital to the advancement of neurosurgery. Support of NREF by AANS members is greatly appreciated and critical to the success of the program.
The 2001-2002 NREF Campaign ran from July 2001 through June 2002, which included extraordinary philanthropic gifts made by Dr. and Mrs. Merwyn Bagan and Dr. Albert Rhoton, Jr.
The Executive Council of NREF is pleased to acknowledge the generous contributions received from AANS members, the public, and corporations:
Cushing Scholars Circle
Gifts of $1,000 or More
Gifts of $100,000
Dr. and Mrs. Merwyn Bagan
Gifts of $50,000
Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., MD
Gifts of $5,000
Rodolfo UyHam, MD
Seth M. Weingarten, MD
Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999
Hans C. Coester, MD
Charles Joseph Hodge, Jr., MD
Julian T. Hoff, MD
Herbert M. Oestreich, MD
Russel H. Patterson, Jr., MD
Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
James S. Anderson, MD
Ronald I. Apfelbaum, MD
Julian E. Bailes, Jr., MD
Vallo Benjamin, MD
Charles H. Bill, II, MD, PhD
Peter McL. Black, MD, PhD
Gary M. Bloomgarden, MD
David W. Cahill, MD, FACS
John R. Caruso, MD
Israel P. Chambi-Venero, MD
Fernando G. Diaz, MD, PhD
Stewart B. Dunsker, MD
E. Malcolm Field, MD
Thomas B. Flynn, MD
Paul D. Forrest, MD
Allan H. Friedman, MD
Julius M. Goodman, MD
M. Sean Grady, MD
Robert G. Grossman, MD
Robert L. Grubb, Jr., MD
Regis William Haid, Jr., MD
Walter A. Hall, MD
Robert E. Harbaugh, MD
Griffith R. Harsh, IV, MD
Roberto C. Heros, MD
Umeo Ito, MD
Jeffrey K. Kachmann, MD
David L. Kelly, Jr., MD
Patrick J. Kelly, MD
Robert B. King, MD
Thomas A. Kingman, MD
Michael H. Lavyne, MD
Benjamin B. Le Compte, III, MD
Joseph Lee
Lyal G. Leibrock, MD
Marc A. Letellier, MD
Robert Levinthal, MD
L. Dade Lunsford, MD
Robert L. Martuza, MD
Carole A. Miller, MD
K. Krishna Murthy, MD
Neurosurgery Foundation
John Neill, MD
George A. Ojemann, MD
Robert G. Ojemann, MD
John J. Oro, MD
Frank T. Padberg, MD
Tae Sung Park, MD
Rob G. Parrish, MD
Nettleton S. Payne, MD
Stan Pelofsky, MD
Russell Pelton, JD
Donald O. Quest, MD
Robert A. Ratcheson, MD
Keith M. Rich, MD
Gail L. Rosseau, MD
Richard L. Rovit, MD
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FRC
Arthur O. Schilp, MD
John F. Schuhmacher, MD, FACS
Edward L. Seljeskog, MD
Dr. and Mrs. John Lawrence Seymour
Michael B. Shannon, MD
Christopher B. Shields, MD
J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD
Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD
Robert F. Spetzler, MD
Elizabeth Sweet
Larry D. Tice, MD
Roland A. Torres, MD
University of Virginia
Edward Von der Schmidt, III, MD
Martin H. Weiss, MD
H. Richard Winn, MD
Fremont P. Wirth, MD
Gifts of $500 to $999
Moustapha Abou-Samra, MD
Jose F. Alvarez-Dib, MD
R. E. Balch, MD
Thomas E. Carter, MD
Vasco F. Da Silva, MD
Thomas C. Doolittle, MD
Robert A. Feldman, MD
Stephen R. Freidberg, MD
Jonathan E. Hodes, MD
L. N. Hopkins, III, MD
Paul K. King, MD
Mark J. Krinock, MD
Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD
David W. Newell, MD
Kee B. Park, MD
A. John Popp, MD
John F. Raggio, MD
Keith L. Schaible, MD
Michael Schulder, MD
Scott Shapiro, MD
Harold K. Smith, MD
Randall W. Smith, MD
Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD
Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD
Timothy Strait, MD
Raymond M. Taniguchi, MD
Dennis A. Turner, MD
Charles J. Wright, MD
Paul Yessenow
Dr. and Mrs. Randall Yessenow
Gifts of $250 to $499
AANS Board of Directors
Bizhan Aarabi, MD
Roberto J. Aranibar, MD
Wilson T. Asfora, MD
Edward Barth
Jerry Bauer, MD
James R. Bean, MD
Linda I. Bland, MD
Frank H. Boehm, Jr., MD
Norman Neil Brown, MD, PhD
Christopher Covington, MD
Jose R. De La Cruz, MD
Robert E. Dicks, III, MD
Antonio DiSclafani, II, MD
Henry Feuer, MD
Stanley W. Fronczak, MD, JD
William F. Ganz, MD
Arnulfo R. Garza-Vale, MD
Hamilton C. Goulart, MD
A. Lee Greiner, MD
John M. Grollmus, MD
Peter H. Hollis, MD
Matthew K. Hummell, MD
Alan T. Hunstock, MD
David F. Jimenez, MD
Robert Lacin, MD
Ranjit Kumar Laha, MD
Philip Levitt, MD
Joel D. MacDonald, MD
Jacek M. Malik, MD, PhD
Paul B. Nelson, MD
William G. Obana, MD
Richard A. Olafson, MD
Katie Orrico, JD
David Edward Ostrow, MD
Richard C. Ostrup, MD
Andrew D. Parent, MD
Bruce E. Pollock, MD
Stephen K. Powers, MD
William L. Pritchard, MD
Matthew J. Ross, MD
Raymond Sawaya, MD
Charles L. Schnee, MD
Laligam N. Sekhar, MD
Peter M. Shedden, MD
Dennis D. Spencer, MD
Kiyoshi Takagi, MD
B. Gregory Thompson, Jr., MD
Bruce Tranmer, MD
Russell L. Travis, MD
Dante F. Vacca, MD
Harry R. Van Loveren, MD
Carol M. Wadon, MD
John Yen, MD
Eric L. Zager, MD
Gifts of $100 to $249
M. Samy Abdou, MD
Muwaffak M. Abdulhak, MD
Hiroshi Abe, MD
Mark S. Adams, MD
Cynthia Zane Africk, MD
Charles B. Agbi, MD
Todd D. Alexander, MD
Jaime A. Alvarez, MD
Michel W. Andre-Kildare, MD
Nobuo Aoki, MD
Alan J. Appley, MD, FACS
Hajime Arai, MD
Arthur G. Arand, MD
Perry Argires, MD
Reza P. Asli, MD
Hillel Baldwin, MD
Gene H. Barnett, MD
Frank D. Barranco, MD
Jay M. Barrash, MD
Ernest A. Bates, MD
Alim L. Benabid, MD, PhD
Deborah L. Benzil, MD
Mitchel S. Berger, MD
James Earl Boggan, MD
Frederick A. Boop, MD
Henry Brem, MD
William C. Broaddus, MD, PhD
Jacques Brotchi, MD, PhD
Bobbi Burgstone
Isa S. Canavati, MD
Robert C. Cantu, MD
Larry V. Carson, MD
L. Philip Carter, MD
David A. Cech , MD
Mokbel K. Chedid, MD
Han-Jung Chen, MD, PhD
Ennio Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
HoSung Chung, MD
Yong-Gu Chung, MD, PhD
Frank B. Clare, MD
William F. Collins, Jr., MD
John S. Crutchfield, MD
John T. Cummings, Jr., MD
Lycurgus M. Davey, MD
Olivier De Witte, MD
William R. Dobkin, MD
Michael Dorsen, MD
Werner K. Doyle, MD
Luis E. Duarte, MD
Annie Dubuisson, MD
Scott C. Dulebohn, MD
Maura Durkin
Michael S. B. Edwards, MD
Susan Eget
Kost Elisevich, MD
J. Paul Elliott, MD
Syed Ather Enam, MD, PhD
George D. England, MD
Joseph A. Epstein, MD, FACS
Mark S. Ercius, MD
Domenic P. Esposito, MD
Bruce A. Everett, MD
Walter J. Faillace, MD
Avner I. Feldman, MD
Basilio Fernandez, MD
Robert E. Flandry, Jr., MD
Eldon L. Foltz, MD
George Foroglou, MD
Joel I. Franck, MD
Donald H. Frank, MD
Michael H. Freed, MD
Anthony K. Frempong-Boadu, MD
Marc H. Friedberg, MD, PhD
David M. Frim, MD
Hugh J. L. Garton, MD, MHSc
Grant E. Gauger, MD
J. Michael Geier, MD
Kirby Gemmell
Randolph Owen George, MD
Todd M. Goldenberg, MD
John G. Golfinos, MD
Stuart Glenn Goodman, MD
Vicente C. Gracias, MD
Jon F. Graham, MD
Richard P. Greenberg, MD, PhD
Brent H. Greenwald, MD
Michael L. Griffith, MD
Peter J. Grillo, MD
John Peter Gruen, MD
Mary K. Gumerlock, MD
Catherine L. Hamma
E. Jerome Hanson, Jr., MD
Ikram Ul Haque, MD
Robert F. Heary, MD
M. Peter Heilbrun, MD
T. William Hill, MD
Mary Louise Hlavin, MD
Robert S. Hood, MD
John F. Howe, MD
Mitsu Iwata
Sim Jae-Hong, MD
Saied Jamshidi, MD
Woodrow Janese, MD, FACS
Randy Lynn Jensen, MD, PhD
Mark W. Jones, MD
Kevin D. Judy, MD
Fredrick S. C. Junn, MD
James A. Kenning, MD
Kaveh Khajavi, MD, FACS
Young H. Kim, MD
Joseph T. King, Jr., MD
Laurence I. Kleiner, MD
Barry A. Kriegsfeld, MD
Mark J. Kubala, MD
Masahiro Kurisaka, MD
John A. Kusske, MD
Byung Duk Kwun, MD, PhD
Alex M. Landolt, MD
Frederick F. Lang, Jr., MD
Jeffrey J. Larson, MD
Mark S. Le Doux, MD
James J. Leech, MD
Marc Levivier, MD, PhD
Matt John Likavec, MD
Blas Ezequiel Lopez Felix, MD
Shiyoji Mabuchi, MD
Asim Mahmood, MD
Ghaus M. Malik, MD
Ronald E. Manicom, MD
James B. Mansfield, MD
Philip J. Marra, MD
Thomas A. Marshall
Jeffrey E. Masciopinto, MD
Clinton Edward Massey, MD
Kiyoshi Matsumoto, MD
Irvine G. McQuarrie, MD, PhD
John H. McVicker, MD
Thomas D. Meek, MD
Robert C. Meredith, MD
Abraham Mintz, MD
Joseph C. Mirabile, MD
Mark A. Mittler, MD
James A. Moody, MD
Harrison T. M. Mu, MD
Marwan Najjar, MD
Walter Nigri, MD
Deborah Novak
Gregory M. Oetting, MD
Ayub Khan Ommaya, MD
Vivekanand Palavali, MD
John K. Park, MD, PhD
Dwight Parkinson, MD
Noel I. Perin, MD
Daniel L. Peterson, MD
Chris Ann Philips
Hal Watson Pittman, MD
Ian F. Pollack, MD
Donald J. Prolo, MD
Melvin E. Prostkoff, MD
Gregory J. Przybylski, MD
Morris Wade Pulliam, MD
Rodwan K. Rajjoub, MD
Ruben Ramirez DelToro, MD
Kenneth L. Renkens, MD
Daniel K. Resnick, MD
Howard Anthony Richter, MD
Mario Raul Rincon Duran, MD
Jack P. Rock, MD
Antonio Rodrigues Ribas, MD
Jose L. Rodriguez, MD
Alfredo Roman Messina, MD
Norbert Roosen, MD
Julio E. Rosado, MD
Mark L. Rosenblum, MD
Arthur P. Rosiello, MD
Brian K. Russell, MD
James Karl Sabshin, MD
Toshisuke Sakaki, MD
Hirotoshi Sano, MD
Kiyoshi Sato, MD
Leslie Schaffer, MD
Gerald R. Schell, MD
Robert E. Schultz, MD
Theodore H. Schwartz, MD
Gordon Peter Scratch, MD
Donald M. Seyfried, MD
Melvin Shafron, MD
Mitesh V. Shah, MD
Set Shahbabian, MD
Chun-jen Shih, MD
Yang-Hsin Shih, MD
Suk-Keun Shin, MD
Howard J. Silberstein, MD
William E. Snyder, Jr., MD
William W. S. So, MD
Francisco X. Soldevilla, MD
John D. Steichen, MD
John E. Stevenson, MD
Julio C. Suarez, MD
Michael G. Sugarman, MD
Shigeharu Suzuki, MD
George S. Tigliev, MD
Humberto Tijerina, MD
Sidney Tolchin, MD
Hani J. Tuffaha, MD
Paul Truman Turner, MD
David D. Udehn, MD
Masaaki Uno, MD
Alex B. Valadka, MD
Gary D. Vander Ark, MD
Frank T. Vertosick, Jr., MD
Wayne G. Villanueva, MD, FACS
Thomas M. Wascher, MD
Mark C. Watts, MD
William C. Welch, MD
Charles A. Wetherington, MD
William L. White, MD
David A. Wiles, MD
Diana E. Wilson, MD
Philip A. Yazbak, MD, FACS
Kenneth S. Yonemura, MD
Craig H. Yorke, Jr., MD
Lloyd A. Youngblood, MD
Karol Zakalik, MD
David E. Zinke, MD
Kevin M. Zitnay, MD
Corporate Associates
Gifts of $50,000
American Brain Tumor Association
DePuy AcroMed
Gifts of $25,000 to $49,999
Medtronic Neurological
University of Michigan
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
Anspach Companies
Carl Zeiss Surgical, Inc.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NREF Ray Charles Benefit Concert Sponsors
Neuroscience Specialists
Northwestern Memorial Hospital/Dept. of
Neurological Surgery
Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and
Neuro-research/Rush University Medical Center