About Us

Mission Statement

The mission of the CV Section is to promote and assure advancement in the diagnosis and the surgical and endovascular management of cerebrovascular disease in order to:

  1. Serve as the forum for the exchange of ideas and information among neurological surgeons and other scientists and physicians whose principal interest is directed toward this discipline;
  2. Serve as the responsible body to apprise the Board of Directors of the AANS and the Executive Committee of the CNS of activities in this area of neurological surgery;
  3. Serve as the resource for the Board of Directors of the AANS and the Executive Committee of the CNS in conducting special studies and propose solutions to problems in this area when directed to do so by the Board and/or Executive Committee;
  4. Serve as the Section to assist the AANS and the CNS in the advancement of education, research, and patient care in the area of cerebrovascular disease;
  5. Promote awareness among younger neurosurgeons of opportunities for clinical practice and research in the area of cerebrovascular and endovascular surgery; and
  6. Promote public awareness of the many manifestations of cerebrovascular disease and educate the public on recognizing the signs and symptoms as well as the treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disease.

Our History

For centuries, cerebrovascular ischemia (stroke) has captured the interest of physicians and scientists alike. The focus of this interest is to find new ways to prevent the occurrence of and minimize the injury caused by poor blood flow to brain tissue. In 1981, the Joint Cerebrovascular Section of the AANS & CNS was created with the purpose of unifying likeminded neurosurgeons to facilitate the academic discussion of cerebrovascular disease.

The following links review the history of the CV Section from its origins to recent years:


Officers

Chair

Stavropoula Tjoumakaris (2024-2025)

Chair-Elect

Ketan Bulsara (2024-2025)

Vice Chair

Scott Simon (2024-2025)


Secretary

Mark Bain (2023-2026)

Treasurer

Christopher Kellner (2022-2025)


Executive Council

Senior Officers


Chair

Stavropoula Tjoumakaris

Vice Chair

Scott Simon

Chair-Elect

Ketan Bulsara


Secretary

Mark Bain (2023-2026)

Treasurer

Christopher Kellner (2022-2025)

Immediate Past Chair


Past-Chair

Adam Arthur (2024)

Second Past Chair


2nd Past-Chair

William Mack (2023)

Members-at-Large


Joshua Osbun (2022-2025)

Peter Kan (2023-2026)

Justin Fraser (2024-2027)

Senior advisors (9yr term)


Robert Friedlander (2014-2023)

Brian Hoh (2015-2024)

Sean Lavine (2016-2025)


Kevin Cockroft (2017-2026)

Greg Zipfel (2018-2027)

J Mocco (2019-2028)


Babu Welch (2020-2029)

Adnan Siddiqui (2021-2030)

Clemens Schirmer (2022-2031)


Past Chairs

  • 2022-2023 William Mack
  • 2021-2022 Clemens Schirmer
  • 2020-2021 Adnan Siddiqui
  • 2019-2020 Babu Welch
  • 2018-2019 J D. Mocco
  • 2017-2018 Gregory J. Zipfel
  • 2016-2017 Kevin Cockroft
  • 2015-2016 Sean Lavine
  • 2014-2015 Brian Hoh
  • 2013-2014 Robert Friedlander
  • 2012-2013 Sepideh Amin-Hanjani
  • 2011-2012 E. Sander Connolly
  • 2010-2011 Murat Gunel
  • 2009-2010John Wilson
  • 2008-2009 Jacques Morcos
  • 2007-2008 Joshua B. Bederson
  • 2006-2007 B. Gregory Thompson, Jr.
  • 2005-2006 Robert H. Rosenwasser
  • 2004-2005 Philip E. Stieg
  • 2003-2004 Warren R. Selman
  • 2002-2003 Robert E. Harbaugh
  • 2001-2002 H. Hunt Batjer
  • 2000-2001 Issam A. Awad
  • 1999-2000 Christopher M. Loftus
  • 1996-1998 Steven L. Giannotta
  • 1994-1996 L. Nelson Hopkins
  • 1992-1994 Gary G. Ferguson
  • 1991-1992 John R. Little
  • 1990-1991 David G. Piepgras
  • 1989-1990 Robert A. Ratcheson
  • 1988-1989 Arthur L. Day
  • 1987-1988 Charles R. Neblett
  • 1986-1987 Robert R. Smith
  • 1984-1985 Christopher B. Shields
  • 1983-1984 Sydney J. Peerless
  • 1982-1983 James T. Robertson
  • 1979-1980 Robert G. Ojemann
  • 1978-1979 John M. Tew, Jr.
  • 1977-1978 Russell H. Patterson, Jr.

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