Heartbreaking news. Dr. Mark Hallett, NIH Distinguished Investigator Emeritus at The National Institutes of Health passed away on Sunday November 2. Mark has been a friend of numerous Indian American Neurologists and has several meaningful collaborations with Indian scientists and physicians. Mark attended many AINA meetings as a guest and also was honored as one of our past annual dinner speakers attracting incredible accolades from the audience and numerous fans. I wanted to bring him back as our annual dinner speaker in 2024, but destiny would not permit this to happen.

Mark was my godfather, mentor and friend like he was to many Indian origin neurologists and movement disorders specialists. I met him first while I was a fellow at Emory with Dr. Mahlon Delong. For reasons best known to him and to God he took a liking for me and took an interest in my research. From then on for the past three decades he has been there for me to run ideas, review grants, papers, make recommendations or just simply listen and give feedback. He enjoyed science as much as he enjoyed life and took keen interest in every human he touched. His incredible scientific acumen and ability to provide the most meaningful advice not only changed my life for the better but also helped improve the care of my patients enormously. I had the good fortune to meet him just a few weeks ago prior to giving a grand rounds lecture at NINDS in his honor. His encouragement to continue my research as we enjoyed an Indian meal together will remain with me as one of my cherished memories. I will deeply miss him but I am sure all of us who knew him will continue his legacy of giving back to science what Mark admirably taught us via his life.

On behalf of AINA, as its current president I offer our collective condolences to Mark’s family and all his grieving friends.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow appointed Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Aleem AINA member, Former Vice Principal HOD & Prof. of Neurology KAPVGMC Neurologist ABC Hospital Trichy as one of a new International Advisor for the period of three years.

He has also been elected as Convener for Advocacy Subsection of our Indian Academy of Neurology IAN for the term 2025 to 2027.

Congratulations Dr. Dubey!

Congratulations Dr. Acharya!

• Parichita Choudhury, MD – Chair, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
• Sonika Agarwal, MD, FAAN – Vice-Chair, Child Neurology Section
• Aarti Sarwal, MD, FAAN – Chair, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
• Kaustubh Limaye, MD – Chair, Endovascular & Interventional Neurology Section
• Kaustubh Limaye, MD – Chair, General Neurology Section
• Niranjan Singh, MD, FAAN – Vice-Chair, General Neurology Section
• Rohit Das, MD, LFAAN – Vice-Chair, Government Service Section
• Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS – Chair, Movement Disorders Section
• Zain Guduru, MD, FAAN – Vice-Chair, Movement Disorders Section
• Sujani Bandela, MD – Vice-Chair, Neural Repair & Rehabilitation Section
• Kuntal Sen, MD – Chair, Neurogenetics Section
• Sushma Kola, MD – Vice-Chair, Neurohealth & Integrative Neurology Section
• Kiran Thakur, MD, FAAN – Chair, Neuro-infectious Disease Section
• Prashanth Ramachandran, MBBS – Vice-Chair, Neuro-infectious Disease Section
• Sahil Gupta, MD – Chair, Pain Section
• Ayushi Chugh, MD - Vice-Chair, Spine Section
• Dinesh Jillela, MD – Vice Chair, Stroke and Vascular Neurology

IAN Past President, Dr. Nirmal Surya receives AAN Service Award. Congratulations! 

Congratulations Dr. Dileep Yavagal for receiving the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Pioneering Neurointerventional Award. Dr. Yavagal has done outstanding work globally to promote access to Mission Thrombectomy.

Dr. Pooja Khatri selected as the next Chair of the Neurology Dept at Yale

Dr. Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS elected Chair to of the AAN Movement Disorders Section.

Dr. Subramanian was named as the new chair of Neurology at Howard University, Washington DC. He will begin his tenure on April 15, 2025.