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AINA Executive Committee Member Dr. Prachi Mehndiratta received the 2019 A.B. Baker Teach Recognition Award for her contributions to improving neurology now and in the future. Teaching binds students, residents, faculty, other clinicians, researchers, and even patients, together and helps make our daily work more meaningful. This award demonstrates respect and appreciation for neurologic teaching. Dr. Mehndiratta is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University. She will receive a certificate of recognition from the AAN.
Congratulations to Dr. Mehndiratta!
Dr. Aarti Sarwal, AINA Executive Board Member, and Dr. Vineeta Singh, AINA Past President, were appointed to the Editorial Board of Critical Care Medicine.
Critical Care Medicine is the premier peer-reviewed, scientific publication in critical care medicine. Directed to those specialists who treat patients in the ICU and CCU, including chest physicians, surgeons, pediatricians, pharmacists/pharmacologists, anesthesiologists, critical care nurses, and other healthcare professionals, Critical Care Medicine covers all aspects of acute and emergency care for the critically ill or injured patient. Each issue presents critical care practitioners with clinical breakthroughs that lead to better patient care, the latest news on promising research, and advances in equipment and techniques.
The purpose of this journal is to publish original articles on significant work in critical care medicine. It also provides a forum for exchange of ideas on what's right and what's wrong in the management of the critically ill; a truly in-depth coverage of this specialty. All articles are original submissions and peer-reviewed.
* Published 12 times per year
* Ranked 3rd among 27 titles in the Critical Care Medicine category of the Journal Citation Reports
Find more information here:
https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Pages/aboutthejournal.aspx.
AINA held a reception and educational program at the International Stroke Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 7, 2019. After a social reception, there was a presentation by Dr. Maarten Lansberg from Stanford University on current concepts regarding brain perfusion imaging in acute stroke. AINA thanks I-Schema for an educational grant to support this program.
Thanks to all those who were able to attend!
Congratulations to the following two AINA life members who were recently elected as AAN section Chairs:
Neuromuscular section
Raghav Govindarajan, University of Missouri
Interventional Neurology section
Ashutosh Jadhav, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Headed to the International Stroke Conference (ISC) Meeting in early February in beautiful Hawaii?
We are pleased to have a special keynote speaker for the evening:
Keynote SpeakerMaarten G. Lansberg, MD, PhD Stanford Stroke Center Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Disorders
Dr. Maarten Lansberg completed his neurology training at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and his neurovascular fellowship at Stanford University. Following fellowship, he joined the faculty of the Department of Neurology at Stanford where he is currently an Associate Professor. Dr Lansberg’s research interest is in the design and conduct of clinical trials to test new methods for diagnosing and treating stroke patients. He has been an investigator on dozens of stroke trials. The primary focus of his research has been on the use of modern imaging techniques for the evaluation of acute stroke. These techniques include diffusion-weighted MRI, perfusion-weighted MRI and CT perfusion. Dr. Lansberg played a lead role in the recently completed DEFUSE 3 trial, which demonstrated that patients selected with MR or CT perfusion imaging benefit from endovascular stroke therapy up to 16 hours after onset. Dr Lansberg is also the lead investigator on several stroke recovery trials.
Please go to the AINA Website to RSVP you are attending the AINA Stroke Symposium.
The AINA Stroke Symposium is sponsored in part by:
The Tarang is the electronically published newsletter of the Association of Indian Neurologists of America. This is an opportunity to share the work throughout the year with our membership! Have something you are proud of at the local, state or national level? Be sure to share with us that we can include in the Tarang and/or monthly eNews!
Take a look at the 2018 Tarang Newsletter and previous by clicking here.
On Sunday, December 2nd, the AINA-Epilepsy Section held their meeting in conjunction with the American Epilepsy Society. Approximately 100 people in attendance from the U.S., Canada and India. Information about AINA was shared, along with featured presentations. See below a few photos from the event! Thank you all for coming, and we look forward to future opportunities with all! Special thank you to Dr. Sanjay Singh and Dr. Prakash Kotagal for organizing the event!
AINA held its first reception for the interventional neurology community on November 16, 2018. The reception was held during the Annual meeting of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN). Thanks to Drs. Sandra Narayanan, Ashutosh Jadhav, and Vishal Jani for helping to organize the event. AINA looks forward to adding the energy of interventional neurologists to the AINA family.
The SVIN society’s mission is to represent the advancement of interventional neurology as a field with the ultimate goal of improving clinical care and outcomes of patients with stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. Interested members can learn more at https://www.svin.org/m/
More than 100 people applied for the 2018–2019 Emerging Leaders Program. The 16 selected participants started the program in October and will work in two groups on projects assigned by AAN committees, with one group working on “How can the AAN educate residents about practice management issues, including coding and reimbursement?” and the other “How can the AAN develop a framework to score and measure engagement in order to improve the AAN’s member engagement?” At the Annual Meeting, the groups will meet with committee leadership to present their recommendations, which will then be reviewed and prioritized for implementation. Program participants are:
