Newswise — John Knightly, MD, FAANS has been named Vice President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He will serve as the organization’s vice president until his 2024 annual science conference in Chicago next spring.
Dr. Knightley is a neurosurgeon with a subspecialty interest in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, former president of Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists and Altair Health, and director of quality at the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute. Besides his clinical research, his other professional interests and areas of research include health policy, outcomes, registry science, and quality improvement. He has served as Chairman of his AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine and Peripheral Nerve Disorders, and Chairman of his AANS/CNS Quality Improvement Workforce, and his AANS Representative to his Washington Commission on AANS/CNS. I came. He is currently co-chair of the Washington Commission Neurosurgical Quality Council.
Dr. Knightly is currently Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the NeuroPoint Alliance and has been appointed a founding member of the executive committee of the newly created American Spine Registry. He is also Vice President and Board Member of the American Board of Neurosurgery and has been appointed to several committees within the AANS, CNS, American College of Surgeons, and the National Forum for Quality.
Members of the 2023-24 AANS Executive Committee are Anthony L. Asher, Chairman, MD, FAANS. Former President Anne R. Strawink, MD, FAANS. next chairman. Jacques J. Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS; John Joseph Knightley Vice President, MD, FAANS. Executive Director He is E. Antonio Chiokka (MD, PhD, FAANS) and Treasurer Sepideaminhanjani (MD, FAANS).
About AANS:
Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and educational organization with more than 13,000 members worldwide. AANS advances the highest quality patient care and advances neurosurgical expertise. AANS Fellows are accredited by the American Board of Neurosurgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the Mexican Council of Neurosurgery. Disorders that affect the spine, spinal cord, brain, nervous system, or peripheral nerves.
For more information, see: www.AANS.org.
