The Prevention Committee of the Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care provides a vehicle for education and involvement of members of the AANS and CNS in issues related to prevention of neurological injuries. The current areas of activity for the Prevention Committee are gun safety, and ongoing endorsement of the Think First brain and spinal cord injury prevention educational programs.
The gun safety subcommittee is chaired by Howard K. Kaufman, MD. The committee is in the process of recruiting interested members from the AANS and the CNS. Those interested in becoming committee members, or individuals having issues which they would like to be addressed by the committee, should contact Howard Kaufman, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, P.O. Box 9183, Morgantown, WV, 26506-4819. Phone: (304) 293-5041; Fax (304) 293-4819.