Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS
Dr. Asher is a neurosurgeon with Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates. He has special interest in brain tumors, micro and endoscopic spine surgery, skull base tumors, stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery and trigeminal neuralgia. Dr. Asher currently serves as AANS President.
The theme for the 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago May 3-6, What Matters, reflects my personal conviction that physicians, by virtue of public respect and goodwill maintained through their dedication to the art and science of medicine, possess unparalleled potential to enhance both individual and societal health and well-being. Even so, physicians...
The theme of the 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting is—“What Matters”—a phrase intended to simultaneously represent a question, a statement and a challenge. This theme means a lot to me personally as I, like many of you, am deeply concerned about growing disharmony, and sometimes outright acrimony, in current society. Lately, I’ve been thinking a...
2020: The Year that Changed Everything
The recent and unprecedented societal prohibition on mass gatherings precipitated by the COVID-19 crisis has profoundly impacted all forms of professional activity. Traditional forums such as national meetings have proved essential to the maintenance of united and vigorous cultural fabrics. The effects of this condition have had a particularly acute impact on medical practice,...
