Terra Miller
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country with an approximate area of 51 thousand km² for a population of 3.8 million and is middle-developed country (1). Neuroscience, as a separate area of science in this country, is not well developed. It had been seen as a branch of biology but is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields, such...
History of Neurosurgery in Greece
The first report of a neurosurgical procedure dates back to Greek mythology when the god of metals and fire, Hephaestus, removed the goddess of wisdom, Athena (Minerva), from Zeus’ (Jupiter) head via a “craniotomy”. Findings from the Minoan period (2000 B.C.) on the island of Crete and from the Bronze Age (1900-1600 B.C.) in...
The NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) launched a pilot test from January-July 2017 for eight Quality Outcomes Database (QOD) registry participants that functioned as the QOD Spine Surgery Learning Community (SSLC). Participating centers included Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, Goodman-Campbell Brain and Spine, Norton Healthcare, Semmes-Murphey Brain and Spine, the University of...
AANS and CNS Representatives Meet With HHS and CMS Leaders
On June 20, Washington Committee chair, Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS, and Katie O. Orrico, JD, director of the AANS/CNS Washington Office, met with Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Tom Price, MD, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Seema Verma. The meeting was one of...
At its meeting on April 21, 2017, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Board of Directors approved the recommendation of the Professional Conduct Committee to discipline a member for unprofessional conduct while serving as expert witnesses in medical malpractice lawsuit. The disciplinary action is as follows: Gregory J. Przybylski, MD, FAANS – Censure. The Board of Directors concluded that Dr....
Voting members of the AANS are invited to submit nominations for the 2018 Humanitarian Award by Oct. 16, 2017. The award will be presented at the 86th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held April 28-May 2, 2018, in New Orleans. The Humanitarian Award honors an AANS member whose activities outside of medicine bring great benefit to society. Nominees can be...
Voting members of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) are invited to submit nominations for the 2018 AANS Cushing Award for Technical Excellence and Innovation in Neurosurgery by Oct. 16, 2017. The award will be presented at the 86th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held April 28-May 2, 2018, in New Orleans. The Cushing Award honors an AANS...
Doctors often encounter patients with significant pain. As the social gatekeepers for the medical and surgical treatment of pain, physicians also have the power and responsibility to try to help patients understand the treatment options that are available to try to help alleviate pain. The subspecialty of neurosurgery is not immune to the challenge of helping patients to confront...
Andrew E. Sloan, MD, FAANS (AS): Why did you decide to become a neurosurgeon?
Peter W. Carmel, MD (PC): I took a circuitous route. I planned to be a psychiatrist because I hated biochemistry but was very interested in how the mind works. In my first year, I realized psychiatry was too imprecise for me so I started looking at...
Neurosurgery residents deal with both acute surgical pain and a variety of chronic pain syndromes ranging from lower back pain and failed back surgery syndrome to complex regional pain syndrome and trigeminal neuralgia. As the surgical management of acute and chronic pain has become a more prominent component of neurosurgical practice, it is imperative that resident physicians not only...
