NANS Board of Directors

Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD
President
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Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine  
Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship  
Chief, Division of Pain Management  
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

Conflict of Interest

• Grant support from Abbott, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific
• Serves as a member of ASRA's Research Committee
• Chair of Problem Based Learning Discussions for ASA
• Past President, Association of Anesthesia Subspecialty PD for SAAAPM

Ellen Air, MD, PhD
President-Elect
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Chair, Department of Neurosurgery and Co-Medical Director, Neuroscience Service Line
Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI

Conflict of Interest

• Advisory board member for Medtronic
• Grant support from Medtronic and Nevro
• Research collaborator for ClearPoint
• Clinical Events Committee member for Functional Neuromodulation and Enspire DBS
• Vice President of ASSFN​

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Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH
Treasurer
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Medical Director of UW Health Pain Services and UW Pain Clinic and Division
​Chief of Chronic Pain Management at the Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Conflict of Interest

• ​President of WISIPP
• Serves on the Board of Directors for ASIPP
• Consultant for Medtronic, Curonix, Avanos, Averitas, and Stratus Medical

Michael Staudt, MD, MSC
Secretary

​Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Epilepsy Surgery
Co-Director of Pain Surgery and Neuromodulation
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Conflict of Interest

• Member-at-Large on the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain

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Ahmed Raslan, MD, FAANS
​Past President

​John Raaf Chair in Neuroscience
Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

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Conflict of Interest

• Consultant for Neuralink and Insightec
• Grant support from Insightec, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and Abbott 
• Ownership interest in Cortical Science 
• Secretary of AANS/CNS Section on Pain

Rany T. Abdallah, MD, PhD, MBA
Director-At-Large

​President
APICO Pain Management, 
Bear, DE 

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Conflict of Interest

• None

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Rushna Ali, MD
Director-At-Large

Associate Professor, Director of Stereotactic, Functional and Epilepsy Fellowship, Department of Neurological Surgery 
Mayo Clinic,
​Rochester, MN

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Conflict of Interest

• Consultant for Medtronic
• Serves on the Board for AANS/CNS Section on Pain

David Darrow, MD, MPH
Director-At-Large

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor, Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, MN

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Conflict of Interest

• Serves on the AANS/CNS Section on Pain
• Consultant for Medtronic, Curonix, Avanos, Averitas, and Stratus Medical
  

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Ryan D'Souza, MD
Director-At-Large

Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Physician  
Mayo Clinic,
​Rochester, MN

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Conflict of Interest

• Chair, Research Committee, American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM)
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) – Chair, Neuromodulation Special Interest Group; Scientific Program Chair, 2027 Annual Meeting; Member-at-Large, Research and Guidelines Committees
• Grant support from Nevro Corp and Saol Therapeutics
  

Dario Englot, MD, PhD
Director-At-Large

Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Surgical Epilepsy  
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center,  
Nashville, TN

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Conflict of Interest

• Member, Board of Directors and Chair, Education Committee for American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN)
• Immediate Past Chair, Surgical Therapies Commission, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
• Member, Scientific Program Committee, American Epilepsy Society (AES)
• Consultant for NeuroPace and Boston Scientific
• Faculty member for FHC

Johnathan Goree, MD
Director-At-Large

Director, Chronic Pain Division  
Chief of Staff – Elect  
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology   
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, AR 

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Conflict of Interest

• Consultant for Saluda and Stratus Medical
• Institutional grant support from Sangemo
• Ownership interest in ReCapture

Salim Hayek MD, PhD
Ex-Officio

Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

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Conflict of Interest

• Grant support from B. Brian Miethke and Shiratronics
• Ownership interest in Neuros

Christine Hunt, DO
Director-At-Large

Assistant Professor, Vice Chair of Quality
Department of Pain Medicine
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Conflict of Interest

• Serves as a member on ASRA Membership Committee, ASRA CME Committee, IPSIS Research Committee, and IPSIS Standards Division
• Grant support from Nevro

Scott Lempka, PhD
​Director-At-Large

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan
​Ann Arbor, MI

Conflict of Interest

• Grant support from Medtronic plc and Presidio Medical Inc.
• Ownership interest in CereGate, Neuronoff, Inc., and Presidio Medical Inc.
• Serves as Scientific Advisory Board Member for CereGate and Presidio Medical Inc.

Mark Malinowski, DO
Director-At-Large

Interventional and Surgical Pain Physician, OhioHealth Physicians Group
Circleville, OH
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, ​Athens, OH

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Conflict of Interest

• Serves as Chair on ASPN's Advocacy & Policy Committee
• Pending consulting relationship with Medtronic
  

Julie Pilitsis, MD, PhD
Ex-Officio
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Chair, Department of Neurosurgery,
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

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Conflict of Interest

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Jeffrey Raskin, MD, MS
​Director-At-Large

Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Ann & Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

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Conflict of Interest

• Serves as Vice Chair on the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN) Wellness Committee
• Speaking roles with Medtronic, Iota Biosciences, Blackrock Neurotech, and Synergia

Keri Kramer
Chief Executive Officer

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Conflict of Interest

• None