The Executive Council of the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation of the AANS gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, groups, corporate partners and members of the general public who munificently supported the NREF between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2008.
It is important not only to recognize but to show appreciation for their generous support in the last six months of the fiscal year. They understand the growing need for research support and the important role their contributions have in the funding of NREF’s annual grants; without their support, the scientific investigations of some of the specialty’s brightest researchers would not be funded. These studies have set a high standard in the neuroresearch community, serving as key indicators of our ability to advance science, medicine and technology, while also improving the delivery of quality patient care.
Innovation is possible thanks in part to the Donations of AANS members, AANS/CNS sections, NREF Corporate Associates, and grateful patients and their families.
The investment these NREF supporters have made in the future of neurosurgery will reap positive rewards—new advances in the areas of brain tumors, strokes, cerebrovascular disease, stem cell research, biomechanics and disorders of the spine. The outcomes of NREF-funded research projects will translate into medical breakthroughs and longevity of life for the many inflicted with neurological disorders and diseases.
Those supporting the NREF during the latter half of fiscal 2008 are listed below.
Additional information about the NREF, the research it funds, and the process for awarding grants is available at https://www.aans.org/research.
Gifts of $50,000 and Above
AANS/CNS Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery
DePuy Spine, a Johnson & Johnson company
Gifts of $20,000 to $49,999
American College of Surgeons
Gifts of $10,000 to $19,999
Biomet MicroFixation
Codman & Shurtleff Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company
Porex Surgical Inc.
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
Anspach Companies
Hans C. Coester, MD, FACS
Griffith R Harsh IV & Margaret C.
Whitman Foundation
Kelly Suzanne Schmidt, MD
The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation
University of Virginia – Department of Neurosurgery
Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999
Monica W. Loke, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Paul C. McCormick
Charles L. Branch Jr., MD
Drs. Robert Rosenwasser & Deborah August
Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
Ghanem Al-Sulaiti, MD
Michel W. Andre Kildare, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas M. Barbaro
Gary M. Bloomgarden, MD
Boston Pediatric Neurosurgical Foundation
Albert J. Camma, MD, FACS
John R. Caruso, MD, FACS
William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD
Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MD
Arthur L. Day, MD, FACS
Gary A. Dix, MD
Scott C. Dulebohn, MD
Eugene S. Flamm, MD
Dr. & Mrs. M. Sean Grady
Regis W. Haid Jr., MD
L.N. Hopkins III, MD
Integra Foundation
R. Patrick Jacob, MD, FACS
Yogish Dasappa Kamath, MD
Drs. Joseph King & Amy Justice
Dr. & Mrs. Mark E. Linskey
Robert L. Martuza, MD
Catherine Anne Mazzola, MD
Medtronic Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Praveen Mummaneni
Dr. & Mrs. George Ojemann
Frank T. Padberg, MD
Tae Sung Park, MD
Rob G. Parrish, MD, PhD
Glen Jeffrey Poffenbarger, MD
Bruce E. Pollock, MD
Dr. & Mrs. David W. Roberts
Dr. & Mrs. Jon H. Robertson
Thomas G. Rodenhouse, MD
Gail L. Rosseau, MD
Richard L. Rovit, MD
Warren R. Selman, MD
Christopher B. Shields, MD, FRCS(C)
Philip A. Starr, MD, PhD
Philip E. Stieg, MD, PhD
Synthes Spine
Karen Talmadge, PhD
Troy M. Tippett,MD
Dr. & Mrs. Alex Valadka
Edward Von der Schmidt III, MD
Jeffrey H. Wisoff, MD
Edie E. Zusman, MD, FACS
Gifts of $500 to $999
John M. Abrahams, MD
Jaime A. Alvarez, MD
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD
The Anspach Effort Inc.
Paolo A. Bolognese, MD
Lewis J. Brown, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Chicoine
Maurice Collada Jr., MD
Jeffrey W. Cozzens, MD
Frank Culicchia, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Allan Gardner
Judy Huang, MD
Matthew A. Hunt, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Mapstone
Michael W. McDermott, MD
Mori Seiki Inc., USA
A. John Popp, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Harold L Rekate
Kenneth J. Richland, MD
Julio E. Rosado Jr., MD
David Louis Semenoff, MD
Mark Edwin Shaffrey, MD
Scott A. Shapiro, MD
Henry M. Shuey, MD, FACS
Melissa Smith
Robert A. Solomon, MD
Albert Leo Timperman, MD
D. Roxanne Todor, MD
Bruce Tranmer, MD
Dr. Dennis A. Turner & Ms. Kathleen Kaiser
G. Edward Vates, MD, PhD
Kevin A. Walter, MD
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Wilson
Philip A. Yazbak, MD, FACS
Gifts of $250 to $499
Adage Capitol Management, L.P.
Salah A. O. Al-Akkad, MD, FRCS(C)
Jose Fausto Alvarez-Dib, MD
Thomas A. Bergman, MD
Peter M. Black, MD, PhD
James E. Bland, MD
Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS
Michael Joseph Caron, MD
Jeffrey E. Catrambone MD
Michael Anthony Chabraja, Esq.
Charles Mylan Chuman, MD
Kathleen Craig
Arthur Steven Daus, MD
Donald D. Dietze, MD
Arno H. Fried, MD, FACS
Allan H. Friedman, MD, FACS
Phillip Friedman, MD, FACS
Anthony K. Frempong-Boadu, MD
Kimball S. Fuiks, MD
Holly S. Gilmer-Hill, MD
David J. Hart, MD
Hospital for Sick Children-Toronto
Michael G. Kaiser, MD
Samuel S. Kasoff, MD
Charles Koski, MD
William Y. Lu, MD
Tansu Mertol, MD
Christina Mayer, MD
Hisham S. Majzoub, MD
Alejandro Mendez, MD
Carole A. Miller, MD
Paul B. Nelson, MD
Stephen K. Ofori-Kwakye, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Oldfield
Katie Orrico, JD
Joan Frances O’Shea, MD
M. Chris Overby, MD
Andrew D. Parent, MD
Mick J. Perez-Cruet, MD
Amed A. Rawanduzy, MD
Ralph F. Reeder Jr., MD
Kristin M Robidas
Keith L. Schaible, MD
Caple A. Spence, MD
Joseph Sramek, MD
Juraj Steno, MD, PhD
Tenet Healthsystem
Mark A. Testaiuti, MD
Victor C. K. Tse, MD, PhD
Eugenio F. Vargas, MD
Michael A. Vogelbaum, MD, PhD
Philip J. A. Willman, MD, FACS
Yoshihiro Yamamoto, MD, DMSc
Gifts of $100 to $249
M. Samy Abdou, MD
Moustapha Abou-Samra, MD
Robert Adams, MD
David E. Adler, MD
Joseph Aferzon, MD
Cynthia Zane Africk, MD, FACS
Yousef A. Al-Awadi,MD, PhD
Faisal J. Albanna II, MD, FACS
Brent T. Alford, MD
Ahmed S. Ammar, MD, PhD
Russell J. Andrews, MD
David F. Antezana, MD
Applied Recruitment Technologies
Hajime Arai, MD
Donald C. Austin, MD, FACS
Behnam Badie, MD, FACS
Walter L. Bailey, MD
Robert S. Bakos, MD
Amit Banerjee, MD
Frederick G. Barker II, MD, FACS
Gene H. Barnett, MD, FACS
Thomas A. Becherer, MD
Sylvia Bele, MD
Clark B. Bernard, MD
Mark Bernstein, MD FRCSC
David Black, PA-C
Deborah A. Blades, MD
Stephen Michael Bloomfield, MD
Kenneth S. Blumenfeld, MD
Maxwell Boakye, MD
Miroslav P. Bobek, MD
James Earl Boggan, MD
John W. Bookwalter III, MD
Adam P. Brown, MD, FACS
Lee M. Buono, MD
Rafael Camacho Morales, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Louis Caragine
Benjamin Solomon Carson, MD
Tamerla D. Chavis, MD
Mokbel K. Chedid, MD, FACS
B. Barry Chehrazi, MD, FACS
Mike Yue Chen, MD
Yung-Hsiao Chiang, MD, PhD
Patrick J. Cindrich, MD
David B. Clarke, MD
John Cleary, MD
Cully A. Cobb III, MD
Edward Vincent Colapinto, MD
Frederic Pierre Collignon, MD
Jeffrey D. Cone MD, FACS
Patrick J. Connolly, MD
Shon W. Cook, MD
Samuel D. Critides Jr., MD
Edwin J. Cunningham, MD
Amos O. Dare, MD
Lycurgus M. Davey, MD
Reynaldo De Jesus Rodriguez, MD
Mark A. J. Dexter, MD
Subhash R. Dharker, MD
Victor Manuel Diaz-Simental, MD
Phillip S. Dickey, MD
John B. Dietze, MD
Tamas P. Doczi, MD
David J. Donahue, MD
Jose Dones-Vazquez, MD
Clifford C. Douglas, MD, PhD
Doros Economos, MD
Daniel P. Elskens, MD
George D. England, MD, MS
Mark S. Ercius, MD
Thomas B. Falloon, MD
Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD
John Flint Ferguson, MD
Henry Feuer, MD
E. Malcolm Field, MD
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD
Duncan Kinnear Fischer, MD, PhD
Robert E. Flandry Jr., MD
Lawrence T. Foody, MD
Douglas John Fox Jr., MD
Kai U. Frerichs, MD
Victor T. Freund, MD
Thomas Duane Fulbright, MD
Robert M. Galler, DO
Stephen R. Gardner, MD, FACS
Ira M. Garonzik, MD
H. Harvey Gass, MD
Benjamin R. Gelber, MD, MS, FACS
Fred Gentili, MD
Kevin J. Gibbons, MD, FACS
Michael J. Giordano, MD, FACS
Roberta P. Glick, MD
Stanley J. Goodman, MD
William B. Gormley, MD
John Andrew Grant, MBChB, FRCS
Ronald S. Greenwald, MD
C. Russ Greer, MD
Frederick K. Gregorius, MD, FACS
Michele S. Gregory
Yannick Grenier, MD
Gary R. Gropper, MD
David P. Gruber, MD
John Joseph Guarnaschelli, MD
Maria Ann Guglielmo, MD
Gerardo Guinto Balanzar, MD
Mary K. Gumerlock, MD
Ryder P. Gwinn, MD
Steven C. Hamel, MD
Edward George Hames III, MD, PhD
David Houston Harter, MD
Robert F. Heary, MD
David A. Herz, MD, FACS
Eric M. Horn, MD
Paul P. Huang, MD, FACS
Jerry L. Hubbard, MD
George V. Huffmon III, MD
Linda Hull
Panos Ignatiadis, MD
International Business Machine
John Iskandar, MD
Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD
Dale K. Johns, MD
William J. Johnston Jr., MD
Julius July, MD, MHSc
Iain H. Kalfas, MD
Charles C. Kanos, MD
Yoko Kato, MD
David B. Kee Jr., MD
James A. Killeffer, MD
Dong H. Kim, MD
Terrell Dan Kjerulf, MD
Robert L. Klaes II, MD
Kathryn Ko, MD
Byung Duk Kwun, MD, PhD
David J. Langer, MD
Howard Lantner, MD
Jeffrey J. Larson, MD
Aleksandyr William Lavery, MD
Martin L. Lazar, MD, FACS
Barbara E. Lazio, MD
James J. Leech, MD, FACS
James W. Leiphart, MD, PhD
Marc Levivier, MD, PhD
H. Paul Lewis, MD
Tina Lin, MD
John D. Lipani, MD, PhD
Charles Y. Liu, MD, PhD
John D. Loeser, MD
John A. Lopez, MD
Blas Ezequiel Lopez Felix, MD
Shannon Lyde
Shiyoji Mabuchi, MD
Nelson T. Macedo, MD
Robert J. Maciunas, MD
Shahram Makoui, MD
Amir S. Malik, MD
Jacek Marian Malik, MD, PhD
Eileen M. Maloney Wilensky, MSN, ACNP
Kim Herbert Manwaring, MD
Taras Masnyk, MD, PhD
Eric M. Massicotte, MD MSc
Morris E. McCrary III, MD
Michael Dean Medlock, MD
Alexander David Mendelow, FRCS, PhD
Michael W. Meriwether, MD
William J. Meyer, MD
Earl Clarence Mills, MD, FACS
Horace Lee Mitchell, MD
Shigeru Miyachi, MD
Gerald Wayne Molloy, MD
James A. Moody, MD
Richard J. Moulton, MD
Bradford B. Mullin, MD
Mr. & Mrs. David Munger
Ewell Lee Nelson III, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Kent C. New
Richard B. North, MD
Clark J. Okulski, DO
Alessandro Olivi, MD
Joe I. Ordia, MD
Juan M. Padilla, MD
Luis R. Pagan, MD
Salvatore J. Palumbo, MD
Prof. Necmettin M Pamir, MD
Nettleton S. Payne, MD
Jeff Erle Pearce, MD
Bruce Pendleton, MD
Michael James Petr, MD, PhD
Chris A. Philips
Gautam Phookan, MD
Cynthia B. Piccirilli, MD
Andy Hugo Pierre, MD
Praveen G. Prasad, MD
Martin A. Proescholdt, MD
Donald J. Prolo, MD
Melvin E. Prostkoff, MD
Bimal G. Rami, MD
Archimedes Ramirez, MD
Ruben Ramirez Del Toro, MD
Rogelio Revuelta Gutierrez, MD
Francisco J. Robaina-Padron, MD, PhD
Michael Howard Robbins, MD
Norman C. Rokosz, MD
Marshal D. Rosario, MD
RosmanSearch Inc.
Matthew J. Ross, MD
James Karl Sabshin, MD
Dorothea M. Sandin
Kiyoshi Sato, MD
Gerald R. Schell, MD
Charles L. Schnee, MD, FACS
Karl D. Schultz Jr., MD
Marc S. Schwartz, MD
Brad A. Selland, MD
Magdy S. Shady, MD
Michael A. Sheinberg, MD
Robert John Sieling, MD
Daniel L. Silbergeld, MD
Danilo Silva, MD
Gary Robert Simonds, MD
Pervie B. Simpson Jr., MD
John Sinclair, MD
Marc P. Sindou, MD, DSc
Theodore Leigh Slade, MD
Harold Karrlin Smith, MD
William W. S. So, MD
Thomas N. Spagnolia, MD, PhD
Lawrence M. Spetka, MD
Scott C. Standard, MD
Richard A. Stea, MD
Paul Steinbok, MD
Mark Kenneth Stevens, MD, PhD
Shanker S. Sundrani, MD
Thomas M Sweeney II, MD, PhD
Viviane S. Tabar, MD
Philip W. Tally, MD
Charles H. Tator, MD, PhD MA
Onno Pieters Maria Teernstra, MD, PhD
Carson Joseph Thompson, MD, FACS
Gregory Errol Thompson, MD
L. Gerard Toussaint III, MD
Talmadge Trammell, MD
Earl Christopher Troup, MD
Eve C. Tsai, MD, PhD
Jamie S. Ullman, MD
Taufik Ali Valiante, MD, PhD
Rodrigo Manuel Vallejo, MD
Jean-Marc Voyadzis, MD
M. Christopher Wallace, MD
Thomas M. Wascher, MD, FACS
Jon D. Weingart, MD
David Leslie Weinsweig, MD
Steven B. Wilkinson, MD
Timothy F. Witham, MD
Eric J. Woodard, MD
Shokei Yamada, MD
Joseph S. Yazdi, MD
Ann-Marie Yost, MD
Julius D. Zant, MD
John L. Zinkel, MD, PhD
Gifts to $99
Tina L. Arnieri Luka
Daniel Acosta Diaz de Leon, MD
Terri L. Bruce
Andrew George Chenelle, MD, MSc
Pamela J. Costello, MD, PhD
Mark G. Hamilton, MD
Robert M. Hess, MD
Maurizio Iacoangeli, MD
Alexandra C. Kunz, DDS
Sagi M. Kuznits, MD
Roberto Martinez-Alvarez, MD, PhD
Jessica Masotino
Cynthia Marshall McGrath, FNP
Mellisa Park
Julie A. Quattrocchi
Dr. & Mrs. Brian T. Ragel
Joni L. Shulman
Julius Anthony Silvidi, MD
Hiroshi Takahashi, MD, DMSc
2008 NREF Grant Recipients: 11 New Projects Funded
The Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation is dedicated to funding research training in the neurosciences and has done so since its establishment in 1981. The NREF ensures the continued viability and expansion of the field of neurological surgery, based on fundamental research in the basic sciences and clinical enterprises relevant to neurosurgery.
Since its inception, the NREF has funded 81 Research Fellowships and 58 Young Clinician Investigator awards. With these grants, some of the nation’s most promising neurosurgeons have begun their research careers. The young investigators supported by the NREF are paving the way to finding cures for diseases and serious ailments such as Parkinson’s disease, aneurysms, brain tumors, epilepsy, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injuries. Research related to biomechanics and stem cells have also received support in recent years. The activities of the NREF have been critical to providing the opportunity for neurosurgical scholars to advance the basic understanding of these diseases and improve the quality of patient care. The awards have been made possible through the generosity of AANS members, corporate partners, foundations and associations.
Some of the cosponsored research grants the NREF currently offers are:
- ACS-AANS/NREF Faculty Career Development Award
- NREF/Spine & Peripheral Nerves Section Young Clinician Award
- NREF/American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS) Research Grant
- NREF/AANS Pinnacle Partners in Neurosurgery Research Grant
- Various corporate supported grants including collaborations with Biomet, Microfixation, Codman, DePuy Spine, Kyphon, and Porex Surgical
This year, the Scientific Advisory Committee reviewed 48 applications and approved 11 individuals for funding, which commenced July 1.
| NREF Research Fellows
Rollin Hu, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Rahul Jandial, MD, University of California San Diego Medical Center Betty Kim, MD, University of Toronto Pawel Ochalski, MD, University of Pittsburgh NREF/Spine and Peripheral Nerves Section Research Fellow NREF/Codman Research Fellow NREF/Kyphon Research Fellow NREF/Porex Surgical Research Fellow NREF Young Clinician Investigators NREF/Biomet Microfixation Young Clinician Investigator Award |
| ACS/AANS-NREF Faculty Career Development Award
The American College of Surgeons and the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation of the AANS are offering the two-year Faculty Career Development Award to neurological surgeons. The award, cosponsored by the ACS and the NREF, supports an independent research program in an area of neurological surgery. The award is $40,000 per year for each of two years (2009-2011), to support the neurosurgical research. The award is open to surgeons who (1) are members or candidate members of both the ACS and the AANS; (2) have completed specialty training within the preceding five years; and (3) have received a full-time faculty appointment at an accredited medical school in the U.S. or Canada. The applications are reviewed by the NREF’s Scientific Advisory Committee. The SAC is composed of 12 highly respected and experienced neuroscientists from many of neurosurgery’s subspecialty areas. Each year this committee reviews all applications and makes recommendations based on the scientific merit and value of each proposal. Final funding decisions are made by the Executive Council of the NREF and in this case, by the chair of the ACS Scholarship Committee. Funding for NREF-supported research grants is possible thanks to generous contributions from AANS members, hospitals, private medical practices, corporate partners, general public and groups like the American College of Surgeons. Applicants should provide evidence of productive initial efforts in laboratory research (by publication or otherwise). The award is to be used to support the research of the recipient. It should not replace the usual, expected compensation or benefits. Indirect costs are not paid to the recipient or to the recipient’s institution. The awardee is expected to attend both the AANS Annual Meeting and the ACS Clinical Congress to present reports to the ACS Scholarship Committee and the NREF. The application submission deadline was Nov. 15 and funding will commence for the period of July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011. The 2007-2009 ACS/AANS-NREF Faculty Career Development Awardee is Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, of New York University Medical Center for her project, sonic hedgehog therapy after lysis of intracranial hemorrhage. |