Sections
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological
Surgeons (AANS) jointly support eight Sections—each dedicated to a neurosurgical
subspecialty or a special population within neurosurgery. The AANS/CNS Sections
serve to advance education, research and patient care relative to their individual
subspecialties, as well as to advise the parent organizations of important issues
and initiatives within the subspecialty or special population.
The Sections maintain their own rules, elect their own officers, hold their own
meetings, levy their own dues, and maintain their own financial accounts. They also
report annually to the Executive Committee of the CNS and the Board of Directors
of the AANS. Members of either parent organization are eligible to become Section
Members.
- Cerebrovascular – This Section is dedicated
to education, research and patient care in cerebrovascular diseases.
- Neurotrauma & Critical Care – This
Section is focused on advocacy, education and research in the areas of trauma and
critical care of the nervous system.
- Pain – This Section acts to increase
the role of the neurosurgeon in the multidisciplinary field of pain management,
through education and advocacy.
- Pediatric – This Section is dedicated
to education, research and patient care in pediatric nervous system diseases.
- Spine & Peripheral Nerves – This Section
is dedicated to advancing spinal neurosurgery and related sciences through education,
clinical research and improved patient care.
- Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery
– This Section serves to foster the use of stereotactic and functional neurological
methods for the treatment of diseases of the nervous system.
- Tumor – This Section was created to
promote the education of neurosurgeons in the area of neuro-oncology and to serve
as a resource on the clinical treatment of and research into nervous system tumors.
- Women In Neurosurgery (WINS) – This Section
serves to inspire, encourage and enable women surgeons to realize their professional
and personal goals