American Affiliation of Neurological Surgeons Names John Knightly, MD, FAANS, because the Group’s Vice President

Newswise — John Knightly, MD, FAANS, has been named the vp of the American Affiliation of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He’ll function the group’s vp by the 2024 Annual Scientific Assembly in Chicago subsequent spring.

Dr. Knightly, a training neurosurgeon with a subspecialty curiosity in minimally invasive and complicated backbone surgical procedure, is the previous president of the Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists and Altair Well being, in addition to chief of the High quality, Atlantic Neuroscience Institute. Exterior of his medical work, his different areas of specialty curiosity and analysis embody well being care coverage, outcomes and registry science and high quality enchancment. He has served as chair of the AANS/CNS Joint Part on Issues of Backbone and Peripheral Nerves, in addition to chair of the of the High quality Enchancment Workforce of the AANS/CNS and the AANS consultant to the AANS/CNS Washington Committee the place he’s presently Co-Chair of the Neurosurgical High quality Council for the Washington Committee.

Dr. Knightly is presently Co-Chairman of the Board of Administrators for NeuroPoint Alliance and was appointed a founding member of the chief committee of the newly created American Backbone Registry. He’s additionally a Vice-Chairman and Director on the American Board of Neurological Surgeons and has had appointments on a number of committees throughout the AANS, CNS, American School of Surgeons, in addition to the Nationwide High quality Discussion board.

The members of the 2023-24 AANS Government Committee are President Anthony L. Asher, MD, AANS; Previous-President Ann R. Stroink, MD, FALSE; President-Elect; Jacques J. Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS; Vice President John Joseph Knightly, MD, FALSE; Secretary E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, FAANS and Treasurer Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD, FAANS.

In regards to the AANS:

Based in 1931 because the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Affiliation of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and academic affiliation with greater than 13,000 members worldwide. The AANS promotes the best high quality of affected person care and advances the specialty of neurological surgical procedure. Fellows of the AANS are board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgical procedure, the Royal School of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgical procedure, A.C. Neurosurgery is the medical specialty involved with the prevention, prognosis, therapy and rehabilitation of issues that have an effect on the spinal column, spinal wire, mind, nervous system and peripheral nerves.

For extra info, go to www.AANS.org.