Trauma Section Update
The Joint Section on Neurotrauma, with the approval of the AANS, is forming a group under the Prevention Committee of the Joint Section that will develop a gun safety program. Anyone interested in helping on this project should contact Dr. Howard Kaufman at West Virginia University, (304) 293-5041.
Pain Section Update
The Pain Section offered a full range of activities during the AANS Annual Meeting in Denver, including a special pre-meeting educational workshop, and elected new officers for the 1997-98 term.
Workshop Review
The Second Annual Interventional Therapies in Chronic Pain Management Workshop, presented by the Pain Section in Denver, received exceptional ratings from participants.
The workshop faculty covered ablative and augmentative procedures with the use of demonstration models and participation cadaver sessions. On a scale of one to five, participants rated the workshop 4.5 for overall practice relevance. Individual workshop sessions and lectures scored in the range of 4.1-4.75. Furthermore, responses from 60 participants showed their primary reason for attending the meeting was the workshop.
Another workshop will precede the 1998 AANS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on April 23 and 24, 1998. For registration or program information, contact Sam Hassenbush by e-mail at [email protected], by fax at (713) 794-4950, or by phone at (713) 792-2400.
Awards and Honors
During the 1997 Annual Meeting in Denver, Giovanni Broggi, MD, received the William Sweet Award. In addition, ABC News came to tape a segment for “World News Tonight” based on Lars Augustinsson’s, MD, presentation on the neurosurgical management of cardiogenic pain by neurostimulation.
New Officers Elected
Officers elected at the Section’s Annual Business Meeting were: Chairman: Jeffrey A. Brown, MD; Vice Chairman: Kenneth Pollet, MD; Continuing Council: Giancarlo Barolat, MD, Jamie Henderson, MD, Robert Levy, MD, and Richard Weiner, MD.