Leadership & Commitees

 

Current ASSFN Officers (2020-2024)

Officers

Andre Machado, MD
President

Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD
Vice-President

Ellen Air, MD, PhD
Secretary / Treasurer

Board of Directors

Sharona Ben-Haim, MD
(2022-2026)

Shabbar F. Danish, MD
(2022-2026)

Dario Englot, MD, PhD
(2020-2024)

Guy M. McKhann II, MD
(2020-2024)

Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD
(2020-2024)

John Rolston, MD, PhD
(2022-2026)

Nathan Rowland, MD, PhD
(2022-2026)

Jason M. Schwalb, MD
(2020-2024)

Sameer Sheth, MD, PhD
(2020-2024)

Jennifer Sweet, MD
(2022-2026)

Ashwin Viswanathan, MD
(2020-2024)

Chengyuan Wu, MD
(2020-2024)

Past Presidents

Joseph S. Neimat, MD

Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD

Emad N. Eskandar, MD

Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD

Konstantin V. Slavin, MD

Ali R. Rezai, MD

Committees

Membership Committee

  • Dario Englot
  • Nathan Rowland

Scientific Program Committee

  • Dario Englot

AANS SPC

  • Guy McKhann
  • Sharona Ben-Haim

CNS SPC

  • Shabbar Danish
  • John Rolston

Communications Committee

Incorporates Newsletter and Webmaster Below

Newsletter, social media

  • Ashwin Vishwanathan
  • Shabbar Danish
  • Chuck Mikell

Webmaster

  • John Rolston
  • Chen Wu
  • Shabbar Danish
  • Erika Petersen

Advocacy Committee

  • Jason Schwalb
  • John Rolston
  • Josh Rosenow
  • Ash Mehta
  • Brett Youngerman
  • Willard Kassoff

Washington Committee

  • John Rolston
  • Nathan Rowland

Guidelines Committee

  • Jason Schwalb
  • Sharona Ben Haim
  • Shabbar Danish

COI Committee

  • Jason Schwalb
  • Ashwin Viswanathan
  • Tim Lucas

Research Committee

  • Jennifer Sweet
  • Nader Pouratian
  • Andre Machado
  • Eddie Chang
  • Clement Hamani
  • Sunil Kalia

Education Committee

  • Chen Wu
  • Ashwin Viswanathan
  • Jason Gerrard
  • Vibhor Krishna
  • Rushna Ali

Bylaws Committee

  • Nader Pouratian
  • Dario Englot

Diversity Committee

  • Nathan Rowland
  • Jennifer Sweet
  • Patrick Senatus

Psychiatric Neurosurgery Committee

  • Nader Pouratian
  • Sameer Sheth
  • Jennifer Sweet

Liasons Committee

  • Guy McKhann
  • Society specific outreach

Bioethics Committee

  • Nader Pouratian
  • Sameer Sheth

Finance Committee

  • Ellen Air