Our Leadership
Leadership
The AANS/CNS Washington Committee is led by a physician leadership team representing the breadth of organized neurosurgery. The Committee consists of seven official members — three appointed by the President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), three appointed by the President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and a Chair jointly appointed by both organizations. The Committee is further supported by ex officio officers from the AANS and CNS, as well as the Chairs of its six standing subcommittees: Coding and Reimbursement, Quality, Drugs and Devices, Communications and Public Relations, Joint Guidelines Review, and the AMA House of Delegates.
Executive Leadership Members
Alexander A. Khalessi, MD
Chair
Tiffany Hodges, MD
CNS Appointee
Joshua M. Rosenow, MD
AANS Appointee/Drugs and Devices
Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD
CNS Appointee/Coding and Reimbursement
Jason M. Schwalb, MD
AANS Appointee
Krystal L. Tomei, MD
CNS Appointee
Luis M. Tumialán, MD
AANS Appointee
Ex Officio Officers
Martina Stippler, MD
CNS President
E. Antonio Chiocca
AANS President
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD, FAANS
AANS President-elect
Brian V. Nahed, MD
CNS President-Elect
Subcommittee Chairs
Krystal Tomei, MD
Communications and Public Relations
Joshua M. Rosenow, MD
Drugs and Devices/AMA
Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD
Coding and Reimbursement
John "Jack" Knightly, MD
Neurosurgery Quality
Jennifer A. Sweet, MD
Guidelines
Select Liaisons
Catherine Mazzola, MD
NeurosurgeryPAC
Becky Ruegg Cowan
NERVES
Yi Lu, MD
Spine Section
Eric A. Potts, MD
Spine Section
Ann R. Stroink, MD
American Medical Association
Shelly D. Timmons,MD, PhD
American College of Surgeons