Pediatric Section Education and Research Fund
Fund Purpose: To support the Pediatric Section’s mission to advance education, research, and patient care in the area of pediatric neurosurgery.
The AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery was founded in 1971 with Kenneth Shulman as the first Chair. The first meeting took place in 1972 in Cincinnati, hosted by Robert McLaurin.
The Mission of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery is to advance the care of patients with pediatric neurosurgical disorders. It seeks to foster interest and support career advancement in Pediatric Neurosurgery for medical students, residents, and early faculty. The objectives of the Section include the advancement of the subspecialty of pediatric neurosurgery by:
- Serving as a forum for the intimate exchange of ideas and information among a group of neurological surgeons whose interests are directed towards the infant and child.
- Serving as a vehicle through which the Board of Directors of the AANS and the Executive Committee of the CNS can be apprised of the activities and advances in the subspecialty of pediatric neurosurgery.
- Serving as a resource for the Board of Directors of the AANS and the Executive Committee of the CNS for conducting special studies and proposing solutions to problems in pediatric neurosurgery when directed to do so.
- Service as a section to assist the AANS and CNS to advance education, research, and patient care in the area of pediatric neurosurgery.
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