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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Neurosurgeon Peter W. Carmel Inaugurated as AMA President
Dr. Carmel has served in numerous positions in both the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). For 17 years, Dr. Carmel was a CNS representative in the House of Delegates, the AMA’s primary …
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Neurosurgeon Monica C. Wehby Elected to AMA Board of Trustees
Monica C. Wehby, M.D., a pediatric neurosurgeon from Portland, Ore., was elected June 21 as a new member of the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association (AMA). Dr. Wehby was elected by an assembly of physician leaders from across the country …
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Notice of Censure
Dr. J. Martin Barrash. following an appeal to the AANS General Membership on April 11, 2011, has been censured for giving expert testimony without having seen the imaging studies relevant to that testimony, and for failure to provide unbiased testimony …
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Membership Suspension
The AANS Board of Directors on April 8 2011 approved the recommendation of the Professional Conduct Committee that the membership of Mihai D. Dimancescu, M.D. of Freeport N.Y. be suspended for a period of six months for unprofessional conduct. The unprofessional …
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Medicare Pay Cut Reprieve Assured for 2011, Physician Groups Target SGR
The legislation sets a zero update to the calculation that determines physician payment under Medicare, known as the sustainable growth rate formula. In a lame duck session the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4994, the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders …
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Congress Extends 2010 Medicare/Medicaid Physician Fee Schedule Through 2011
Legislation that will extend the 2010 Medicare physician fee schedule through 2011, avoiding a 25 percent cut in payment to doctors, awaits the president's signature. On Dec. 9 the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4994, the Medicare and Medicaid …
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Brain Photos Become ‘Mind Portraits’ in New Art Book
Connections between visual art and medicine are perhaps as old as the need to communicate about illness, whether in thanks or appeal to a deity like Asklepios in ancient Greece, or through illustrations of surgical treatment like those of Serefeddin …
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Congress Delays Dec. 1 Medicare Physician Payment Cut
The now-familiar countdown to a cut in Medicare physician fees has been extended for another month. This time a 23 percent cut in Medicare physician fees, scheduled to take effect Dec. 1, is delayed until Jan. 1, 2011: In a voice vote Nov. 29 the U.S …
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Monday, November 22, 2010
AANS Neurosurgeon Information and Analysis: Dig In
This new issue of the AANS Neurosurgeon offers in-depth content in an enhanced, interactive format. Scan the table of contents and link directly to articles or browse the site from your desktop, laptop or mobile device. Participate by commenting on articles …
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Protein Predicts Brain Injury in Children on ECMO Life Support
High blood levels of a protein commonly found in the central nervous system can predict brain injury and death in critically ill children on a form of life support called extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO. In 22 patients age 9 or younger …
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