THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
PRESIDENT
M. Sean Grady, MD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
M. Sean Grady, MD Douglas Kondziolka, MD
E. Antonio (Nino) Chiocca, MD Matthew Howard, MD James M. Markert, Jr., MD Shenandoah Robinson, MD Frederick Barker, MD Howard Riina, MD
HISTORIAN
Frederick Barker, MD
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Douglas Kondziolka, MD
VICE-PRESIDENT Matthew Howard, MD
TREASURER
Shenandoah Robinson, MD
SECRETARY
James M. Markert, MD
UAB Department of Neurosurgery 510 - 20th Street South, FOT 1060 Birmingham, AL 35294-3410 Phone: 205.934.3546, Fax: 205.934.3559 dmielke@uabmc.edu
Dear Academy Members,
We hope that you are all well and managing the changes that have been thrust upon us in 2020! One downside to the pandemic has been the loss of in-person meetings. Nonetheless, we still want to showcase our members’ and guests’ latest science and research advances, and enjoy at least some virtual time together. To that end, the Academy Meeting this year will be a virtual meeting, on Saturday September 26, scheduled from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (EDT).
The day will start with a Business Meeting from 10:00 – 10:45 am (EDT) then transition to the typical abstract presentations. Our featured speaker will be Dr. David Weiner, from the University of Pennsylvania and Wistar Institute who is leading the Inovio sponsored phase 3 DNA vaccine trial for SARS-CoV-2. He will update us on where vaccine trials stand (we all hope they will be well on the way)!
Please reserve September 26, 2020 from 10 am – 4 pm on your calendar now for the meeting. More details will follow soon.
The abstract center will open soon, so keep an eye on the website (www.americanacademyns.org) and send in your very best new work to share with your colleagues!
Sincerely yours,
M. Sean Grady, MD President, AAcNS
