Congratulations to the follow AINA Members who received the A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award from the AAN.  The Award  recognizes excellent teachers for their 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.

Dinesh V. Jillella, MD
Emory University School of Medicine

Zabeen Kaizar Mahuwala, MD
University of Kentucky

Pazhani Ranganathan, MD, DM, MRCP, FRCP, FEBN, FEAN, LLB
Pazhani Neuro Centre/The Tamilnadu DR.M.G.R Medical University

Geetanjali Rathore, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

AINA President, Dr. Sanjay Pratap Singh, MD, FAAN, FANA as been awarded the 2021 Mridha Spirit of Neurology Award from the AAN-ABF.  The award will be given at the Annual AAN Meeting in April.  

The Mridha Spirit of Neurology Award is a humanitarian award for a neurologist or neuroscientist who is dedicated to improving the lives of others.

The Award recognizes a neurologist or neuroscientist working in an impoverished community of the world.

Congratulations Dr. Singh! 

We invite neurologists in training to apply for the AINA Neurology Trainee Award.  The deadline for application is March 26, 2021. Any in-training neurologist of Indian origin and who is also a first or senior author on an abstract accepted to the American Academy of Neurology meeting is eligible for the award. You must be virtually present at the AINA Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 18, 2021 to receive the award. There will be three award winners based upon a review team. The top three abstracts will receive $500, $250, and $100, respectively, and a recognition plaque at the AINA Virtual Meeting.

Eligibility:

• Residents or Fellows of Indian origin currently enrolled in a training program in North America.
• Should be registered for the AINA Annual Meeting and be present virtually to receive the award.
• Should be the 1st or senior author of an abstract presentation at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Join AINA on Sunday, April 18 at 7PM EST for the 2021 Annual Meeting.

The program will include AINA updates, Trainee Award Winners, and the announcement of the 2021 AINA Lifetime Achievement Award!

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AINA is offering Annual Memberships at a subsidized rate of $50 until August 1st due to hardships some have faced during the pandemic.

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Congratulations to Drs. Shashvat M. Desai Tudor G. Jovin, and Ashutosh P. Jadhav for their work published in the World Nerurosurgery Journal

Read the full paper here

Did you miss the AINA Virtual Epilepsy Annual Meeting?

Listen to the Recording Here!

Updates from AINA President, Dr. Sanjay Singh, the Epilepsy Foundation of India, AIIMS, India, and AINA-IAN Observership Recipient.

Abhimanyu Mahajan, MD, MHS along with members of the education committee and graduate education committee had their paper on immigrant neurologist in the US published in the Green Journal. Read the paper here.

Congratulations Dr. Mahajan! 

Dr. Shashvat Desai received a grant from the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) to be used to start and complete the Doppler Study. 

Timely and efficient reperfusion after acute ischemic stroke in the setting of a large vessel occlusion is essential to achieving good outcomes however at least 50% of patients continue to have poor outcomes despite receiving endovascular therapy. Post-procedural blood pressure management is a modifiable therapeutic target, however current parameters are largely arbitrary and are not routinely tailored to a specific patient or clinical scenario. The Doppler Study aims to use transcranial doppler technology based collateral status evaluation to guide blood pressure management in the post thrombectomy patient.