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2025 Board of Directors

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Ahmed Raslan, MD, FAANS
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President

​Professor and Interim Chair of Neurological Surgery  
Chief, Division of Functional Neurosurgery 
Oregon Health and Science University, 
Portland, OR​



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
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Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD
President-Elect
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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

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Parag Patil, MD, PhD
Vice President

Associate Professor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Conflict of Interest
  • Consultant for NeuroOnce, Epiminder, and Science Corp
  • Serves as a member on Scientific Program Committees for AANS/CNS
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Nebosja Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD
Treasurer

​Vice Chairman for Research and Education, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center,  Chicago, IL

Conflict of Interest
  • Serves on the Board for Illinois Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
  • Serves as a member of the ASA Pain Medicine Committee and ASRA and Pain Medicine Research Committee

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

Conflict of Interest
  • Grant support from Medtronic
  • Consultant for Setpoint Medical and Stryker Inc
  • Serves on the DSMB for Functional Neuromodulation and Enspire DBS Therapeutics
  • Receives travel stipend from Clearpoint
  • Vice President of ASSFN
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Corey Hunter, MD, FIPP
Past President​

Executive Director
Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management, New York, NY

Conflict of Interest
  • Serves on the Advisory Board for Vivex (with equity options) 
  • ​Grant support from Mainstay, Saluda, TissueGene, and Averitas 
  • Ownership interest in PainTEQ 

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

​President
APICO Pain Management, 
Bear, DE 

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Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH
Director-At-Large

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
  • Consultant for Abbott, Avanos, and Medtronic 
Conflict of Interest
  • President of WISIPP
  • Editor-in-Chief of Pain Medicine Case Reports
  • Serves as a member on the ASPN Research Committee ​
  • Consultant for Avanos, Averitas, and Curonix
  • Grant support from Medtronic
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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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Marom Bikson, PhD
Director-At-Large

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
The City College of New York of CUNY,
New York, NY



Conflict of Interest
  • Consultant for Medtronic
  • Serves on the Board for AANS/CNS Section on Pain
Conflict of Interest
  • Ownership interest in Soterix Medical

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Ryan D'Souza, MD
Director-At-Large

Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Physician  
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Conflict of Interest
  • Grant support from Nevro Corp and Saol Therapeutics
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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

Conflict of Interest
  • Chair of Surgical Therapies for International League Against Epilepsy
  • Serves on the Board and various committees for American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
  • Receives travel stipends from Neuropace and Boston Scientific 
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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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Christine Hunt, DO
Director-At-Large

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

Conflict of Interest
  • Consultant for Saluda, Abbott, and Stratus Medical
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

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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

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
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Michael Staudt, MD, MSC
Director-At-Large

​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
None
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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
Conflict of Interest
  • Grant support from B. Brian Miethke and Shiratronics
  • Ownership interest in Neuros
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Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA
Ex-Officio
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Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Radiology and Neurosciences
UC San Diego
​San Diego, CA


Conflict of Interest
  • Serves as President for the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
  • Serves as a member on AANS/CNS Washington Committee
  • Consultant for Medtronic
  • Serves on the board for Proximie, Ospitek, and Synaptive
  • Ownership interest in Aseyena

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Keri Kramer
Chief Executive Officer




Conflict of Interest
None
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