AANS Spotlight: August is Neurosurgery Awareness Month
Did you know that August is AANS Neurosurgery Awareness Month? This year, for Neurosurgery Awareness Month, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons is raising awareness on the causes and prevention of traumatic brain injury, back pain, injury prevention and other neurological safety topics. In addition, Neurosurgery Awareness Month will focus the spotlight on the neurosurgeons […]
Does this Really Help?
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Vice President, AANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Thick, innocuous appearing mailings from insurance companies often arrive in a physician’s inbox. Most physicians probably toss these directly into the nearest trash receptacle. Who has time […]
Endovascular Interventions for Stroke Work!
Guest Post from Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, FAANS, FAHA AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section Wilkes Barre, PA Acute ischemic stroke due to a blockage of a larger vessel in the brain is a common medical condition and is potentially devastating to the patients. Over the last decade, incremental improvements in stroke care have resulted in improved […]
Pediatric Neurosurgery and “Growing-Up” in America
Guest post from Catherine A. Mazzola, MD Director of the Craniofacial Center at Atlantic Health Systems-Goryeb Children’s Hospital NJ Pediatric Neuroscience Institute Morristown, NJ As a parent and as a pediatric neurosurgeon I REALLY care about kids. During the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery meeting in Amelia Island, FL, guest speaker David L. Wood, […]
The Importance of Quality Neurosurgery Data
Guest Post from J. Todd Barnes, MBA, CMPE Administrator Dept.’s of Neurology and Neurosurgery University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Given the quantum changes that are happening to the healthcare system in the United States, there has never been more of a need for quality data in almost every facet of neurological surgery. Public and […]
Closed Intensive Care Units: Are Neurosurgical Patients Better Off?
Guest Blog from: J. Adair Prall, MD; South Denver Neurosurgery, Littleton, CO (top left) Jason Hauptman, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (top right) Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD; Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA (lower left) Deborah L. Benzil, MD; Mount Kisco Medical Group, Mount Kisco, NY (lower right) In […]
Neurosurgery Contributes to Choosing Wisely Campaign
Guest Post by John Ratliff, MD, FAANS, FACS Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) have developed set of five targeted, evidence-based recommendations regarding neurosurgical patient care. This effort was completed as […]
Double D.O.A.: The Obama and Ryan Budget Proposals
In March, President Obama released the Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) portion allocated $1 trillion in outlays and proposed $77.1 billion in discretionary budget authority, $0.8 billion less than the 2014 enacted level and $3 billion less than last year’s request. Of significance to many […]
AANS Joins ‘Partners for Healthy Dialogues’ Campaign
When it comes to our health, appropriate collaboration between physicians and biopharmaceutical and medical device professionals is essential to improving the care that patients receive. It is for this very reason that the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has joined the ‘Partners for Healthy Dialogues’ campaign because we believe there is great value when […]
Going Over the Fiscal Cliff will Hurt Patients
Today, Roll Call Newspaper (Capitol Hill’s paper of record) published a Guest Opinion piece featuring the Alliance of Specialty Medicine and our own Alex Valadka, the Alliance’s spokesperson and chair of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. The article, “Doctors: We Gave at the Office, and Then Some” addresses the idea that preventing the pending SGR cuts […]